Low-cost, easy to build prototype ventilator during use. The ventilator can be used to support COVID-19 treatment in low income regions of where ventilator supplies…
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IBM’s World Community Grid hosts Scripps Research project to virtually screen chemical compounds that might help fight COVID-19. Under a collaboration between IBM and Scripps…
Solar-powered hand sanitization unit in use. Credit: SunCrafter A start-up company that has repurposed upcycled solar cells to generate ultraviolet light to disinfect people’s hands…
The head of a mannequin sits inside a Plexiglas box in James Smith’s lab, awaiting inhalation testing. Credit: James Smith / UCI University of California,…
Researchers have reported a method to quickly identify mutated versions of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Credit: Drexel University Drexel University researchers have reported…
Coronavirus World Map: Distribution of COVID-19 cases as of April 19, 2020. Credit: WHO WHO Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Situation Report 90 No new country/territory/area reported…
CSIRO researchers are studying SARS-CoV-2, which has a single-stranded RNA genome, to understand how the virus evolves. Credit: CSIRO Data visualization helping researchers ‘see’ mutating…
Shuguang Zhang, a scientist in MIT’s Media Lab, has been developing antibody-like proteins that can fuse to cytokine receptors and potentially block a “cytokine storm,”…
The team’s Austin Bridge Breathing Unit. Credit: University of Texas at Austin Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin are building a new type…
Coronavirus World Map: Distribution of COVID-19 cases as of April 18, 2020. Credit: WHO WHO Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Situation Report 89 No new country/territory/area reported…
Study suggests testing and contact tracing and population behavioral changes — measures which have far less disruptive social and economic impact than total lockdown —…
A 3D print of a spike protein on the surface of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. University of Iowa and University of Georgia are…
Coronavirus World Map: Distribution of COVID-19 cases as of April 17, 2020. Credit: WHO WHO Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Situation Report 88 No new country/territory/area reported…
Cumulative number of confirmed COVID-19 pediatric intensive care patients United States (March 18-April 6). Credit: mvps.org The number of children infected with the coronavirus is…
Research due to be presented at this year’s European Congress on Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ECCMID)* shows that using paper towels is substantially more…
These images, using data from the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite, show the average nitrogen dioxide concentrations from March 13 to April 13, 2020, compared to the…
Part of the body’s immune system, neutrophils detect bacteria and can expel their DNA (see arrows) to attack the bacteria with a gauzy web of…
Researchers are urging health authorities to immediately recognize the role of airborne transmission of COVID-19 virus droplets from an infected person beyond 1.5m in order…
Coronavirus World Map: Distribution of COVID-19 cases as of April 15, 2020. Credit: WHO WHO Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Situation Report 86 No new country/territory/area reported…
Millions of people have been tested for the novel coronavirus, most using a kit that relies on the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). This sensitive method…