Tracking the Tinderbox: Mapping Dry Wildfire Fuels With AI and New Satellite Data
Researchers have developed a deep-learning model that maps fuel moisture levels in fine detail across 12 western states, opening a door for better fire predictions….
Researchers have developed a deep-learning model that maps fuel moisture levels in fine detail across 12 western states, opening a door for better fire predictions….
UIUC Editor’s note: Health authorities believe COVID-19 spreads by the transmission of respiratory droplets, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends homemade cloth…
Research findings exist to apply for PPE use in fight against COVID-19. With the number of novel coronavirus infections over 5 million and growing as…
Scientists from the UK, Europe and the USA, including experts from the University of Birmingham, have published a vitamin D consensus paper warning against high…
Researchers have succeeded in detecting anti-avian influenza virus antibody in blood serum within 20 minutes, using a portable analyzer they have developed to conduct rapid…
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers are studying ways to safely and rapidly remove viral threats from N95 respirators, without compromising the device’s fit and…
The investigational antiviral remdesivir is superior to the standard of care for the treatment of COVID-19, according to a report published today in the New…
Retraction: This article has been retracted by 3 of its 4 authors after they were unable to independently verify their data. A large observational study…
University of Chicago computer scientist Blase Ur examines smartphone tracking during the COVID-19 pandemic. Scientific experts agree that widespread testing, contract tracing, and isolation of…
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, there’s been a worldwide shortage of face masks — particularly, the N95 ones worn by health care workers. Although these…
The coronavirus neutralizing antibody, called S309, is on an accelerated path toward clinical trials. An antibody first identified in a blood sample from a patient…
Women and older adults are the populations most vulnerable to high temperatures. A new study by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), a center…
Current social distancing guidelines of 6 feet may be insufficient, because a mild cough occurring in low wind speeds of 4-15 kph can propel saliva…
As coronavirus hit, JPL engineers teamed up to make a ventilator prototype that could be mass produced to fill a massive need. It’s not rocket…
Study provided data for clinical testing to commence. A single dose of ChAdOx1 nCoV-19, an investigational vaccine against SARS-CoV-2, has protected six rhesus macaques from…
Online symptom checkers are only accurate about a third of the time, according to new Edith Cowan University research published in the Medical Journal of…
Study enrolling adults with mild to moderate COVID-19 in the United States. A clinical trial has begun to evaluate whether the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, given…
The test may rapidly and sensitively distinguish subtypes of Salmonella, reports The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics. Researchers report the development of a sensitive and specific…