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3 Questions: Richard Samuels on Japan’s 3.11 triple disaster and its impact 10 years later

Mar 16, 2021

Of 9.1 magnitude by many accounts, the earthquake occurred off the Pacific coast of Tohoku and triggered a tsunami and meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. His work...

European summer droughts since 2015 unprecedented in past two millennia

Mar 16, 2021

Recent summer droughts and heatwaves in Europe have had devastating ecological and economic consequences, which will worsen as the global climate continues to warm. Büntgen and his colleagues from the...

Linda Griffith and Douglas Lauffenburger honored for contributions to biological engineering education

Mar 16, 2021

Linda G. Griffith, the School of Engineering Professor of Teaching Innovation in the Department of Biological Engineering, and Douglas A. Lauffenburger, the Ford Professor of Biological Engineering, Chemical Engineering and...

Machine learning models for diagnosing COVID-19 are not yet suitable for clinical use

Mar 15, 2021

None of the 62 models was of potential clinical use, which is a major weakness, given the urgency with which validated COVID-19 models are needed. Machine learning is a promising...

EXCLUSIVE-Regular booster vaccines are the future in battle with COVID-19 virus, top genome expert says

Mar 15, 2021

Sharon Peacock, who heads COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) which has sequenced nearly half of all the novel coronavirus genomes so far mapped globally, said international cooperation was needed in the...

Meet the newest grantees of the Bisciotti Foundation Translational Fund

Mar 15, 2021

Four Johns Hopkins professors have received grants for their research through the Bisciotti Foundation Translational Fund. Established with a generous multiyear gift from the Stephen and Renee Bisciotti Foundation, the...

US prison guards refusing vaccine despite COVID-19 outbreaks

Mar 15, 2021

In Rhode Island, prison staff have refused the vaccine at higher rates than the incarcerated, according to medical director Dr. Justin Berk. Prison staff helped accelerate outbreaks by refusing to...

Funding for science diplomacy network

Mar 15, 2021

The Norway-EU Science Diplomacy Network has received funding of NOK 1 million (approximately 100,000 Euros) through the Research Council of Norway’s FORSTERK programme. Connecting Norway and the EU“The Norway-EU Science...

Norway Reports Three Blood Clot Cases After AstraZeneca Shot

Mar 15, 2021

© Photographer: Antonio Masiello/Getty Images Europe ROME, ITALY - MARCH 05: A healthcare worker of the Italian Army prepares doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, as part of COVID-19 vaccinations...

"Sustainability is about research, respect, and responsibility"

Mar 15, 2021

So I would describe sustainability with the following words: research, respect, and responsibility. Acting on that commitment, he launched the Sustainability Task Force and founded the Sustainability Office, which we...