Despite efforts by President Trump and others to reassure the public that tests are getting disseminated quickly, several states, doctors and patients complained that access was limited.
The foundation for all decision-making, according to expert risk-taker Barnaby Marsh, is acquiring adequate information. Context and consideration of the possible outcomes is important because each decision is different and what works in one scenario won't necessarily work in another. Marsh argues that the evolution of knowledge is also crucial. Failing to shift and reframe knowledge as environme
The U.S. government was slow to respond during the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic. The Reagan administration didn't take the AIDS epidemic seriously for years. The government has a playbook for dealing with pandemics but does it follow it well? Responding to pandemics like Covid-19, the infamous coronavirus, is one good reason to have governments. The need for effective organization and quick spread o
As more cases of coronavirus are confirmed in the U.S., clergy are reconsidering a variety of practices during religious services, from handshakes to close contact. Experts say that's a wise idea. (Image credit: Artem Vorobiev/Getty Images)
A colour-coded contagion-risk app being rolled out across China doubles as a means of social control When Barack Obama was US president, his chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, had a useful motto : "Never let a serious crisis go to waste: it's an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before. " The Chinese authorities have clearly taken this to heart – as evidenced by the unprecedented scal
Proposals include four-week job guarantee, banning over-70s from big gatherings and stadium closures in battle against Covid-19 A range of drastic new measures, including emergency legislation allowing people to switch jobs and volunteer to work in the NHS or care homes, are being drawn up by ministers in an attempt to tackle the coronavirus crisis. The measures – which also include plans for cour
Yes, Covid-19 is serious, but context is key and the world is well placed to deal with it Share your experiences The coronavirus epidemic plainly poses an exceptionally serious global problem: in a few short weeks, it has spread from China to more than 80 countries, infecting more than 100,000 people so far and causing more than 3,400 deaths. But as we are hit with minute-by-minute updates from a
When it comes to containing the outbreak, small mistakes will have big consequences for our health In a time of coronavirus, small mistakes can have outsize consequences. In the small southern Italian town of San Marco in Lamis, a man who died before it was known that he was carrying the virus infected his wife and daughter, who then came into contact with dozens of relatives and friends at his f
What are the symptoms caused by the virus from Wuhan in China, how does it spread, and when should you call a doctor? Find all our coronavirus coverage here How to protect yourself from infection Coronavirus latest updates It is caused by a member of the coronavirus family that has never been encountered before. Like other coronaviruses, it has come from animals. Many of those initially infected
Beijing says its heavy-handed measures are working. Can other countries battling the outbreak learn from its efforts — or is the cure worse than the disease?
Scientists are racing to create a vaccine to protect people against the new strain of the coronavirus. But while researchers are making fast progress, a vaccine is probably more than a year away.
Cyanobacteria — colloquially also called blue-green algae – can produce oil from water and carbon dioxide with the help of light. This is shown by a recent study. The result is unexpected: Until now, it was believed that this ability was reserved for plants. It is possible that blue-green algae will now also become interesting as suppliers of feed or fuel, especially since they do not require ara
A monumental Tree of Life stands outside the 2039 New York World's Fair. Carbon dioxide, the main driver of climate change, has been extracted from our atmosphere and converted into the mineral used to construct this new colossus. COSMOS: POSSIBLE WORLDS premieres March 9, 2020 on National Geographic. (Cosmos Studios) Cosmos: Possible Worlds debuts March 9th on National Geographic. The new 13-epi
A new NASA/university study of carbon dioxide emissions for 20 major cities around the world provides the first direct, satellite-based evidence that as a city's population density increases, the carbon dioxide it emits per person declines, with some notable exceptions. The study also demonstrates how satellite measurements of this powerful greenhouse gas can give fast-growing cities new tools to
Tidigare studier på varför människan är sådana bra löpare har fokuserat på valvet mellan hälen och tårna. I en ny studie kan forskare konstatera att våra fötter är utformade på ett unikt sätt.
Using the wild boar as a model, a team of scientists have shown that a life spent in captivity has an identifiable effect on the shape of the calcaneus, a tarsal bone that plays a propulsive role in locomotion. This bone is well preserved in archaeological contexts, which makes it possible to obtain information about the earliest placing of wild animals in captivity.
Amerikanska forskare har gjort ett nytt försök att utveckla ett urintest för att hitta prostatacancer. I så fall skulle patienterna slippa smärtsamma och osäkra biopsier och blodprover.
Scientists have discovered that signals in the motor cortex act like a series of clutches when it comes to moving, and that these signals can be disrupted to slow the brain's initiation of movement.
Two factors that control the expression of a key gene required by luminescent bacteria to kill competing bacterial cells have been identified. The finding, by researchers at Penn State, sheds light on the molecular mechanisms that enable different strains of bacteria to compete and establish symbiosis in the Hawaiian bobtail squid. Consequently, the study, which appears online in the Journal of Ba
PLUS. Franske Citroën har lagt en strategi for, hvordan elbiler kan blive tilgængelige for almindelige mennesker. Første skud er en ekstrem by-mikrobil, der skal konkurrere med elløbehjul.
By blending paints in their palette, artists can create a broad spectrum of colors with subtly different hues. However, scientists who wish to create a similar range of structural colors, like those found on butterfly wings, are much more limited. Now, researchers have developed a new method for mixing plasmonic red, blue and green to yield a virtually unlimited number of colors that could be used
Every time you turn around someone is suggesting aromatherapy. Essential oils are a $1 billion industry, but are they effective? — Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
An improved method to predict the temperature when plastics change from supple to brittle, which could potentially accelerate future development of flexible electronics, was developed.
Efter månelandingen kunne astronauterne konstatere, at overfladen er fuld af sten og småkratere. De hjembragte prøver tyder på, at Jorden og Månen ikke har fælles oprindelse.
"W hen I started it , they all just called it that crap . Like, 'Oh, they're over there doing that crap .' " This nurse, whom I'll call Jamie, was on the line from a Veterans Affairs medical center in the Northeast. She'd been struggling for a few minutes between the impulse to tout the program she'd piloted, which offers Reiki to vets as part of their medical care, and the impulse to "tread ligh
PLUS. Kirken kan stoppe vindmølleprojekter som følge af en særret i planloven, fortalte ing.dk i sidste uge. Mange læsere mente ikke, det burde være så svært for vindmøllebranchen at tage hensyn til kulturminder.
SPACE Inside Elon Musk's Plan to Build One Starship a Week—and Settle Mars Eric Berger | Ars Technica "Musk always wants to go fast. He will not live forever, and the money may eventually run dry. He knows this. One day, the window to spread humanity to Mars may close, but Musk doesn't know when. So he needs to squeeze through before the window shuts. " ROBOTICS A Deft Robotic Hand That'd Make Luk
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People soon might be able to identify career options that truly fit their personality traits and values, based on the digital traces that they leave through their online behaviors. Photo Illustration by Billion Photos / Shutterstock For many of us, finding the "right " career can feel like an impossible feat. When my little sister was in her last year of high school, she took a career aptitude tes
After reconstructing the ancient forms of two cellular proteins, scientists discovered the earliest known instance of a complex form of protein regulation.
Before the Taqba Dam impounded the Euphrates River in northern Syria in the 1970s, an archaeological site named Abu Hureyra bore witness to the moment ancient nomadic people first settled down and started cultivating crops. A large mound marks the settlement, which now lies under Lake Assad.
Den nyfunna himlakroppen har en tidigare okänd sammansättning i sin atmosfär. Dessutom är den ovanligt tung. Upptäckten väcker nya frågor om hur vita dvärgar bildas och dess egenskaper.
PLUS. Interview: Citroën vil gøre sin elbil Ami tilgængelig for alle via online-køb og billig transport. Men den kommer ikke til Danmark lige foreløbig.
Women with heart disease today need flexible options for lifestyle programs that fit their busy schedules. That's the finding of a study published today, International Women's Day, in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC).
Someday, microscopic robots could perform useful functions, such as diagnostic testing in lab-on-a-chip sensors, micropatterning surfaces or repairing equipment in tight spaces. But first, scientists need to be able to tightly control the microbots' speed. Now, researchers have developed micromotors with three 'engines' that they can control separately with chemical fuel, magnets and light.
NPR's Scott Simon talks to Andrew Rosenberg of the Union of Concerned Scientists about the latest Environmental Protection Agency proposal that could limit scientific research used for regulations.
To help answer one of the great existential questions — how did life begin? — a new study combines biological and cosmological models. A professor looked at how life's building blocks could spontaneously form in the universe — a process known as abiogenesis.
Astronomers have recently raised concerns about the impact of satellite mega-constellations on scientific research. To better understand the effect these constellations could have on astronomical observations, ESO commissioned a scientific study of their impact, focusing on observations with ESO telescopes in the visible and infrared but also considering other observatories.
A team, looking to make adhesives tougher, added bonds that are broken easily throughout the material. When pressure or stress is applied to the glue, these sacrificial bonds are designed to absorb energy and break apart. Meanwhile, the rest of the larger adhesive system remains intact.
BioNyt Videnskabens Verden (www.bionyt.dk) er Danmarks ældste populærvidenskabelige tidsskrift for naturvidenskab. Det er det eneste blad af sin art i Danmark, som er helliget international forskning inden for livsvidenskaberne.
Bladet bringer aktuelle, spændende forskningsnyheder inden for biologi, medicin og andre naturvidenskabelige områder som f.eks. klimaændringer, nanoteknologi, partikelfysik, astronomi, seksualitet, biologiske våben, ecstasy, evolutionsbiologi, kloning, fedme, søvnforskning, muligheden for liv på mars, influenzaepidemier, livets opståen osv.
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BioNyt Videnskabens Verden (www.bionyt.dk) er Danmarks ældste populærvidenskabelige tidsskrift for naturvidenskab. Det er det eneste blad af sin art i Danmark, som er helliget international forskning inden for livsvidenskaberne.
Bladet bringer aktuelle, spændende forskningsnyheder inden for biologi, medicin og andre naturvidenskabelige områder som f.eks. klimaændringer, nanoteknologi, partikelfysik, astronomi, seksualitet, biologiske våben, ecstasy, evolutionsbiologi, kloning, fedme, søvnforskning, muligheden for liv på mars, influenzaepidemier, livets opståen osv.
Artiklerne roses for at gøre vanskeligt stof forståeligt, uden at den videnskabelige holdbarhed tabes.
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