Seeing the pandemic at night: How satellites observe more than just weather
Using a sensor flying on two NOAA satellites, CSU scientists can detect visible light at night and map changes in where people live and go.
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Computer scientists combatting COVID-19 falsified data, misinformation
Researchers will spend the next year refining machine learning-based tools that help ensure the integrity of COVID-19 data and news.
Cell phone data helps track mobility patterns during social distancing
A new modeling report estimates just how much Coloradans have changed their behaviors since the start of the pandemic.
NIGHT LIGHTS: Suomi NPP Detects Changes In Nighttime Lights Around NYC
CIRA Senior Research Scientist Steve Miller speculates that these, “may be cases of people who usually live in NYC in the winter months having relocated to their summertime residences early, due to the slowdown.” (WDRB)
Occupational therapy in an equine environment benefits youth with autism
A recent CSU pilot study aimed to develop and evaluate occupational therapy in an equine environment for youth with autism.
Company Week: Dr. Raymond Goodrich, Infectious Disease Research Center at CSU
Using a manufacturing platform developed to prevent the transmission of disease during blood transfusions, IDRC staffers are working with the faculty of several departments at CSU to test an internally developed vaccine candidate dubbed SolaVAX.
Fox31: CSU researchers working on COVID-19 vaccine
A Colorado State University veterinary pathologist, Dr. Amy MacNeill, and her team are using the vaccinia virus to make a vaccine that might protect against coronavirus.
Hurricane season is expected to be worse than normal
“The hurricane season is coming whether we want it to or not,” Klotzbach said. “And regardless of the seasonal forecasts, people need to be prepared every year.” (NBC News)
Graduate student advocates for success of underrepresented groups in science
Colorado State University graduate student Josué Andrés Rodríguez-Ramos almost put his Ph.D. degree on hold to return home to Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria devastated the island in 2017.
Rushika Perera named American Chemical Society young investigator
"I am very excited to move this field forward and to utilize metabolism as a way to choke virus replication in both the human host and mosquito vector." -Rushika Perera