The first situation to simulate is of someone coughing indoors. Photo: Petteri Peltonen / Aalto University The researchers are using a supercomputer to carry out…
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Coronavirus Map: Distribution of COVID-19 case as of March 29, 2020. Credit: WHO WHO Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Situation Report 69 One new country/territory/areareported cases of…
David Walker wears the final product. Researchers hope to make a dent in hospitals’ need with a single 3D printer. Northwestern University researchers have demonstrated…
In a new study, researchers found that half of the patients they treated for mild COVID-19 infection still had coronavirus for up to eight days…
Constantly being told to wash your hands? Us, too. So we’re diving into the chemistry behind why soap is so effective against viruses like the…
An Atlas V rocket launches at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, to take an AEHF-6 satellite into orbit, March 26, 2020. The sophisticated communications…
MIT chemists have designed a peptide that can bind to part of the coronavirus spike protein, which they hope may prevent the virus from being…
Coronavirus Map: Distribution of COVID-19 case as of March 28, 2020. Credit: WHO WHO Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Situation Report 68 No new countries/territories/areas reported cases…
Emerging infectious diseases have become more likely partly as a result of how people move around the planet and relate to the natural world. Emerging…
The new device fits around an Ambu bag (blue), which hospitals already have on hand in abundance. Designed to be squeezed by hand, instead they…
Coronavirus Map: Distribution of COVID-19 case as of March 27, 2020. Credit: WHO WHO Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Situation Report 67 Two new countries/territories/areas from the…
COVID-19 can have fatal consequences for people with underlying cardiovascular disease and cause cardiac injury even in patients without underlying heart conditions, according to a…
Research suggests that people may acquire the coronavirus through the air and by touching contaminated surfaces. The virus that causes COVID-19 remains for several hours…
Pangolin. As scientists scramble to learn more about the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, two recent studies of the virus’ genome reached controversial conclusions: namely, that snakes are…
Coronavirus Map: Distribution of COVID-19 case as of March 26, 2020. Credit: WHO WHO Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Situation Report 66 Three new countries/territories/areas from the…
This visualization depicts the 3D structure of an antibody candidate binding to the protein of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Credit: Lawrence Livermore National…
The genetic quest to understand COVID-19 will help us prevent other diseases. How the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 made the leap from animals to…
Coronavirus Map: Distribution of COVID-19 case as of March 25, 2020. Credit: WHO WHO Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Situation Report 65 Two new countries/territories/areas from the…
A Science Robotics editorial describes how robots can help combat COVID-19. Can robots be effective tools in combating the COVID-19 pandemic? A group of leaders…
The White House announced the launch of the COVID-19 High Performance Computing Consortium to provide COVID-19 researchers worldwide with access to the world’s most powerful…