Portable Sensors for Detecting COVID-19 and Other Viruses
A proposed future society. Credit: Tohoku University
The future could hold portable and wearable sensors for detecting viruses…
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Quantum Sensing Using Nanodiamonds to Help Detect Disease Earlier
An artist’s conception of nanodiamonds used for in vitro diagnostics. Credit: Ella Maru Studio/ UCL
The quantum sensing…
Governments around the world weigh thorny question: Who gets the vaccine first?
While federal and state officials agree that the nation’s 21 million health care workers should be first in line for the…
Tracking COVID-19 Trends in Hard-Hit States Using Computational Models
Researchers at Louisiana State University have applied computational models to investigate infection rates in relation to…
Time to Rethink COVID Predictions? Pandemic Infection Rates Are Deterministic but Cannot Be Modeled
Forecasting cannot foresee COVID-19 infection rates peaking or plateauing.
During the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic,…
New Weapon Against Metastatic Cancer: Engineered “Stealth Bomber” Virus
Retooled adenovirus not caught by liver/innate immune system.
Many cancer researchers can claim to have devised “smart…
Can Vitamin D Supplements Prevent COVID-19 or Reduce Symptoms?
Funding from the National Institutes of Health will enable a Penn State researcher to study whether vitamin D supplementation…
Talc-Based Cosmetics Test Positive for Asbestos
Laboratory tests of talc-based cosmetics products, commissioned by the Environmental Working Group, found asbestos — a deadly…
Trump officials hold first ‘Operation Warp Speed’ briefing for Biden
Wednesday's planned one-hour meeting was steered by Rear Adm. Erica Schwartz, the career health department official in charge…
Sleeping in (a Bit) May Help Teens With Migraine Headaches
Fewer headaches reported when school starts later, UCSF-led study shows.
Research indicates that starting school later in the…