Share this article: The Sunrise Powerlink brings power through the desert to San Diego. Photo courtesy of SDG & E San Diego Gas & Electric was scheduled to begin rolling out blackouts Monday that could have caused 100,000 customers, but the power crisis was averted at the last minute. Support …
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Birx says data collected from hospitals during coronavirus pandemic has been “extremely important”
“We have an interim system – it’s just an interim system – to get daily reports from hospitals about new admissions,” Birx said in a roundtable discussion hosted by Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson. “I think it has been critically important to support the states.” The White House began asking hospitals …
Read More »Your smartphone might tell you when you are drunk
By accessing real-time data on intoxicants, people could reduce their alcohol intake, prevent drinking and even warn a sponsor of someone receiving treatment for alcohol abuse, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have said. Researcher and emergency physician Brian Suffoletto studied 22 adults between the ages of …
Read More »Research team must first observe new equatorial wind patterns in Antarctica
Lidar is shooting in the Antarctic night sky, Arrival Heights Observatory. Credit: Danny Hampton, Ian Geraghty, Zimu Li A CIRES leadership team has discovered a critical link between wind at the Earth’s equator and atmospheric waves 6,000 miles away at the South Pole. The team has for the first time …
Read More »SEC releases Week 1 schedule for season 2020
We now know what the SEC scheme will look like if the conference has a fall football season in 2020. The conference on Monday released its 10-game conference-only schedule. And, in true SEC fashion, that release was drawn to dramatic effect. The conference published Monday afternoon the 26th September Week …
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