Ventilators: why it is so hard to produce what's needed to tackle coronavirus
It's not as simple as churning out more products, though that's a good starting point.
April 9, 2020 • ~7 min
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Clinicians may one day give up syringes in favor of pills
New formulations enable oral delivery of therapeutics traditionally delivered intravenously.
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Cambridge engineers use industrial modelling techniques to help Addenbrooke’s manage COVID-19 care
Modelling tools originally designed to improve the efficiency of factories are being used by Cambridge engineers to help Addenbrooke’s Hospital manage the COVID-19 emergency.
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Coronavirus: why we need to consult engineers as well as scientists for solutions
Engineers may be able to develop new ways of opening doors or better and mass-produced face masks for the elderly.
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Coronavirus: why did we shut down society without consulting engineers for other solutions first?
Engineers may be able to develop new ways of opening doors or better and mass-produced face masks for the elderly.
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Remote work will stress-test the internet — and parts will fail
The massive shift from the office to remote work will test the internet in ways it hasn’t been tested before, a Harvard expert on the technology industry said, offering a real-time experiment that will likely see failures, but from which unexpected solutions will also emerge.
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In creating a coronavirus vaccine, researchers prepare for future
In response to this public health crisis, researchers in the Precision Vaccines Program at Boston Children’s Hospital are on the front lines of developing a vaccine specially targeted toward older populations
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NIH-funded i3 Center formed to advance cancer immunotherapy
Harvard’s Wyss Institute will collaborate with other institutions to form the i3 Center where cancer immunologists and biological engineers will develop new biomaterials-based approaches to enable anti-cancer immune-therapies for therapy-resistant cancers.
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Cambridge researchers advise county council on net zero policy actions
A team of early-career researchers from the University of Cambridge are working with the county council to identify the best ways for Cambridgeshire to reach net zero emissions.
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The story behind the mumps outbreaks of 2016-17
Studying the mumps virus genomes in 2016 and 2017 filled in gaps about how the disease was spreading in Massachusetts and elsewhere in the U.S.
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