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NASA's Aqua Satellite Shows Extent of Apple Fire's Burn Scar
On Aug. 9, 2020 NASA's Aqua satellite imaged the Apple Fire near Big Bear Lake in California using its false-color bands in order to be able to distinguish burn scars from the surrounding area more easily.
Innovative Digital App Fast-Tracked to Help Motor Neurone Disease Patients During COVID-19 Pandemic
A new online system, developed by the University of Sheffield, which enables healthcare professionals to remotely monitor and support patients who have motor neurone disease (MND) during the Covid-19 pandemic, has been fast-tracked for use by Sheffield Teaching Hospitals.
Agtech to the Rescue in a Pandemic: Adapting Plant Labs for Human Testing
Just as redeploying a fleet of small British fishing boats helped during the Battle of Dunkirk, marshalling the research equipment and expertise of the many agtech labs around the world could help combat pandemics, say the authors of a just-published article in Nature Biotechnology.
Air Pollution Impacts the Health of Wild Pollinators
Our air is the one thing that surrounds all of us.
SDSC’s ‘Comet’ Supercomputer Used to Simulate Environmental Changes in Chesapeake Bay
Encompassing more than 4,000 square miles, the Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the continental U.S., providing an excellent testbed for scientists aiming to better understand long-term changes occurring in coastal waters by using supercomputers to create detailed model simulations.
