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Air Purifiers May Do More Harm Than Good in Confined Spaces with Airborne Viruses

WASHINGTON, January 26, 2021 — The positions of air inlets and outlets in confined spaces, such as elevators, greatly affect airborne virus transmission. In Physics of Fluids, […]

Microwaves Used to Deactivate Coronavirus, Flu, Other Aerosolized Viruses

WASHINGTON, January 26, 2021 — As the pandemic has continued to spread globally, studies indicate the COVID-19 virus may be contained in aerosols that can be generated […]

Personalizing Cancer Care with Improved Tumor Models

WASHINGTON, January 21, 2021 — Cancer is a major, worldwide challenge, and its impact is projected to escalate due to aging and growth of the population. Researchers […]

Combining Best of Both Worlds for Cancer Modeling

WASHINGTON, January 21, 2021 — Despite cancer being a leading cause of death worldwide, treatment options for many types of cancers remain limited. This is partly due […]

Fastener with Microscopic Mushroom Design Holds Promise

WASHINGTON, January 19, 2021 — A Velcro-like fastener with a microscopic design that looks like tiny mushrooms could mean advances for everyday consumers and scientific fields like […]

DNA Origami Enables Fabricating Superconducting Nanowires

WASHINGTON, January 19, 2021 — The quest for ever-smaller electronic components led an international group of researchers to explore using molecular building blocks to create them. DNA […]

New Insights into Wound Healing Process

WASHINGTON, January 19, 2021 — Biomedical engineers developed a technique to observe wound healing in real time, discovering a central role for cells known as fibroblasts. The […]

Eggs Reveal What May Happen to Brain on Impact

WASHINGTON, January 19, 2021 — What causes brain concussions? Is it direct translational or rotational impact? This is one of the research areas currently being explored by […]

Wearable Electronics for Continuous Cardiac, Respiratory Monitoring

WASHINGTON, January 12, 2021 — A highly sensitive wearable sensor for cardiorespiratory monitoring could potentially be worn continuously by cardiac patients or others who require constant monitoring. […]