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Masks, Hand Sanitizers and Vaccines May be Protective but Insuffic
Updated : 1 week, 6 days ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], January 4 (ANI/NewsVoir): The Governments in several countries have made it clear that failure to wear face masks will result in the public being faced with hefty fines. The concept that a mask can prevent the spread of COVID-19 continues to remain debatable. De
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Exercised over nothing: Masks don't impair lung function during ph
Updated : 2 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 17 (ANI): Wearing a facemask helps limit the spread of COVID-19 by reducing respiratory droplets and aerosols spewed into the air when people breathe, talk, laugh, sneeze, or cough, a new study suggests.
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Droplets of fat fights back against infections, finds study
Updated : 3 months ago IST
Queensland [Australia], October 18 (ANI): Droplets of fat inside our cells are helping the body's own defence system fight back against infection, University of Queensland researchers have discovered.
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Study supports airborne spread of COVID-19 indoors
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Washington [US], September 30 (ANI): Findings of a recent study from the University of Georgia support growing evidence for airborne transmission of COVID-19 in enclosed spaces.
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Neck gaiters can not protect people amid COVID-19, say Duke Univer
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Washington [US], Aug 12 (ANI): Amid the coronavirus pandemic face masks have become part of everyone's lives but there are questions on which masks to wear. Researchers from Duke University have recently published the results of its study that tested which face covering is effective to preve
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Scientists develop simple approach to visually evaluate mask effec
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 8 (ANI): Using inexpensive and widely available tools, scientists have developed a simple approach to visually evaluate how effectively different types of masks prevent the spread of droplets that could contain SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, according to a new study.
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Study reveals new model connects respiratory droplet physics with
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
California [US], July 25 (ANI): According to a study on droplet physics by an international team of engineers, respiratory droplets from a cough or sneeze travel farther and last longer in humid, cold climates than in hot, dry ones. The researchers incorporated this understanding of the impa
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New model connects respiratory droplet physics with COVID-19 sprea
Updated : 6 months ago IST
California [US], July 21 (ANI): Respiratory droplets from a cough or sneeze travel farther and last longer in humid, cold climates than in hot, dry ones, according to a study on droplet physics by an international team of engineers.
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Blocking fat storage might offer new way to treat most lethal form
Updated : 6 months ago IST
Ohio [USA], July 20 (ANI): Glioblastoma is a lethal form of brain cancer that accumulates fats in lipid droplets and uses them as energy for rapid cell division. Blocking an enzyme that GBM cells use to form the lipid droplets might offer a new way to treat this deadly disease, according to
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US scientists re-emphasize on using face masks as COVID-19 cases s
Updated : 6 months ago IST
Washington [USA], July 20 (ANI): Amid the continuous surge in number of coronavirus cases and deaths globally, the scientists have time and again reiterated the necessity of wearing a mask.
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Condensate from gas leak damages crops in Assam's Tinsukia, say fa
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
Tinsukia (Assam) [India], June 12 (ANI): Many farmers in Tinsukia district of Assam on Friday claimed that their crops are being damaged with droplets of condensate falling on it in villages near the site of the oil well fire at Baghjan here.
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Study shows that six-feet social distancing may not be enough
Updated : 7 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 23 (ANI): The current social distancing guideline of 6 feet maybe insufficient according to a recent study as saliva droplets can travel 18 feet in five seconds at low wind speeds.
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