Random Effects Key to Containing Epidemics
WASHINGTON, October 27, 2020 — To control an epidemic, authorities will often impose varying degrees of lockdown. In a paper in the journal Chaos, by AIP Publishing, […]
Aerosol Microdroplets Inefficient Carriers Of COVID-19 Virus
WASHINGTON, October 27, 2020 — Aerosol microdroplets, the tiny particles that linger in the air longest after we talk, cough, or sneeze, do not appear to be […]
Promising Strategies for Durable Perovskite Solar Cells
WASHINGTON, October 27, 2020 — Perovskite materials are becoming increasingly popular as the active layer in solar cells. Internal forces in these materials cause distortions in their […]
Estimating Risk of Airborne COVID-19 with Mask Usage, Social Distancing
WASHINGTON, October 26, 2020 — The continued increase in COVID-19 infection around the world has led scientists from many different fields, including biomedicine, epidemiology, virology, fluid dynamics, […]
COVID-19 Cough Clouds in Closed Spaces
WASHINGTON, October 20, 2020 — As the coronavirus has affected more than 30 million people globally, researchers have increasingly focused on the extent to which airborne respiratory […]
Computational Study Reveals How Ebola Nucleocapsid Stabilizes
WASHINGTON, October 20, 2020 — The Ebola virus causes a serious infection with a mortality rate between 50% and 90%. Nucleoproteins in the virus assemble into a […]
Keeping COVID-19 Out of Classrooms: Open Windows, Use Glass Screens In Front of Desks
WASHINGTON, October 20, 2020 — As the COVID-19 virus continues to spread around the globe, studying aerosol and droplet transport within different environments can help establish effective, […]
Interactions Within Larger Social Groups Can Cause Tipping Points in Contagion Flow
WASHINGTON, October 20, 2020 — Contagion processes, such as opinion formation or disease spread, can reach a tipping point, where the contagion either rapidly spreads or dies […]
Assessing State of the Art in AI for Brain Disease Treatment
WASHINGTON, October 14, 2020 — Artificial intelligence is lauded for its ability to solve problems humans cannot, thanks to novel computing architectures that process large amounts of […]