Bay Area residents are joining the global race for a coronavirus vaccine this week, with developers of two of the most promising candidates seeking hundreds of volunteers in San Francisco, Oakland and Santa Clara County. Kaiser Permanente enrolled its first participants in Northern California in a worldwide clinical trial for …
Read More »How MIT built its own COVID-19 test trailer that can test a maximum of 1500 people per day
A team of engineers, architects, medical staff, and experts has built a 60-foot trailer that now serves as the main test site for asymptomatic members of the MIT community who need to return to campus. “It really is an example of MIT at its best – groundbreaking innovation,” said MIT …
Read More »A fierce “blue whirl” could change the future of fossil fuels
Fire may be one of the original innovations of man, but it still surprises us hundreds of centuries after the first man-made flames. In 2016, scientists at the University of Maryland stumbled upon a completely new type of flame while investigating the use of fire vortices to clean up oil …
Read More »New Zealand Beat the Coronavirus Once. Can it do it again?
SYDNEY, Australia – As the week began, New Zealanders celebrated 100 days without community spread of the coronavirus, drunk in pubs, packed stadiums and surrounded by friends. Two days later that changed suddenly: Four new cases, all related, arose in Auckland. On Thursday, officials said the cluster had grown to …
Read More »New Zealand Beat the Coronavirus Once. Can it do it again?
SYDNEY, Australia – As the week began, New Zealanders celebrated 100 days without community spread of the coronavirus, drunk in pubs, packed stadiums and surrounded by friends. Two days later that changed suddenly: Four new cases, all related, arose in Auckland. On Thursday, officials said the cluster had grown to …
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