Expert in fluid dynamics explains how to reduce the risk of COVID-19 airborne transmission inside a car

Keeping windows open while driving at a moderate speed can increase airflow inside the cabin of the car, but which ones should you keep open?

Varghese Mathai, Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Massachusetts Amherst • conversation
Jan. 27, 2021 ~4 min

A potential new weapon in the fight against COVID-19: Food coloring

Aerosols of some FDA-approved food coloring could deactivate airborne viruses.

Yuhyun Ji, Doctoral student in Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University • conversation
Aug. 20, 2020 ~4 min


Air conditioning may be factor in COVID-19 spread in the South

Harvard researchers, drawing on insights from tuberculosis research, say air conditioners may be a factor in COVID-19’s spread down South, and relatively inexpensive germicidal ultraviolet lights a weapon.

Alvin Powell • harvard
June 29, 2020 ~7 min

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