Study adapting HIV/AIDS behavioral interventions to mitigate COVID-19
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A research project is exploring whether interventions that have been effective at engaging high-risk populations in...
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Seeing the values behind the numbers
In a new book, "Data Action," Associate Professor Sarah Williams issues a call for thinking ethically about data today.Credit: Photo: Adam Glanzman In the early...
Tension between awareness and fatigue shapes Covid-19 spread
Credit: Georgia Tech In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, two human factors are battling it out: awareness of the virus's severe consequences and fatigue...
Eric Beckman named 8th National Academy of Engineering Fellow from Pitt
Beckman is recognized for advances in molecular design, biomedical polymers, green product engineering, and sustainabilityCredit: Swanson School of Engineering/John Altdorfer PITTSBURGH (December 8, 2020) ......
Scientists shed new light on how lung bacteria defend against pneumonia
Findings suggest that probiotics could be an alternative to antibiotics for treating pneumonia and other respiratory illnesses Credit: Janice Haney Carr, Centers for Disease Control...
7 nations deepen science and technology cooperation to secure Polar region
Credit: U.S. Navy photo by John F. Williams The International Cooperative Engagement Program for Polar Research Memorandum of Understanding (ICE-PPR MOU) entered into effect on...
SPIE Press publishes Joe Goodman’s Fourier Transforms Using Mathematica®
The latest book from Fourier optics expert Goodman describes the properties of Fourier transforms and presents their modern applications utilizing this versatile softwareCredit: SPIE BELLINGHAM,...
NSF-funded deep ice core to be drilled at Hercules Dome, Antarctica
Credit: University of Washington Antarctica’s next deep ice core, drilling down to ice from 130,000 years ago, will be carried out by a multi-institutional U.S....
An honored inventor
National Academy of Inventors elects UD's Terry Papoutsakis to 2020 Fellows classCredit: Photo by Evan Krape The University of Delaware's Eleftherios (Terry) Papoutsakis, Unidel Eugene...
Corona pandemic could be better tackled by reducing aerosol transmission.
Working committee particulate matter (AAF) recommends concrete countermeasures for indoor areas: masks, ventilation, air purification and overhead extractionCredit: Hartmut Herrmann / Konstanze Kunze, TROPOS Leipzig/Frankfurt/Main/Düsseldorf....
Sandia National Laboratories hosts Education With Industry officer
Air Force captain brings experience and determination to labsCredit: Photo by Randy Montoya, Sandia National Laboratories ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- With the resiliency and determination that...
Army looks to improve quadrotor drone performance
Researchers develop algorithms to enable drones to quickly switch between hover and forward flightCredit: U.S. Army ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- When an aircraft veers...
Delivering sound to people where they want it for VR, AR
Sound projectors provide an alternative to headphones for use in virtual reality and augmented reality simulations and for other contexts where it is helpful to...
Using targeted microbubbles to administer toxic cancer drugs
Credit: Please credit: Graphic: Dr Sunjie Ye, University of Leeds/Theranostics New research has shown how microbubbles carrying powerful cancer drugs can be guided to the...
Batteries mimic mammal bones for stability
By copying the multilayer geometry of mammal bones, cathodes for sodium-ion batteries can be made more structurally stable, while maintaining high capacities and fast charge...
