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In a Pandemic, Migration Away from Dense Cities More Effective than Closing Borders

WASHINGTON, November 17, 2020 — Pandemics are fueled, in part, by dense populations in large cities where networks of buildings, crowded sidewalks, and public transportation force people […]

Smartphone Use Offers Tool to Treat MS, Other Diseases

WASHINGTON, November 17, 2020 — Monitoring how patients with multiple sclerosis or other degenerative diseases use their smartphones could provide valuable information to help get them better […]

Smart Devices to Schedule Electricity Use May Prevent Blackouts

WASHINGTON, November 10, 2020 — Power plants generate electricity and send it into power lines that distribute energy to nodes, or sites, where it can be used. […]

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, […]

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 […]

Finding Right Drug Balance for Parkinson’s Patients

WASHINGTON, September 29, 2020 — Parkinson’s disease is most commonly treated with levodopa, a drug which alleviates the slowing of bodily movements, called bradykinesia, found in Parkinson’s […]

COVID-19: Second Wave for Some; Others Remain in First Wave

WASHINGTON, September 22, 2020 — As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads around the world, some locations have experienced decreasing numbers of cases followed by an increase. This has […]

Betrayal or Cooperation? Analytical Investigation of Behavior Drivers

WASHINGTON, September 8, 2020 — When looking at humanity from a macroscopic perspective, there are numerous examples of people cooperating to form societies, countries, religions, and other […]

Why Does COVID-19 Impact Only Some Organs, Not Others?

WASHINGTON, August 11, 2020 — In severe cases of COVID-19, damage can spread beyond the lungs and into other organs, such as the heart, liver, kidney and […]