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Five-layered mask has minimum leakage of droplets, says IIT Bhubaneswar
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar, [India], April 9 (ANI): A five-layered mask has been observed to be the "most effective preservative measure" with minimum leakage of the droplet, says a study by IIT Bhubaneswar which highlights that mask and adequate ventilation is the key to curb COVID-19 spread in indoor
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Study: Managing aerosol lining could reduce COVID-19 spread
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 10 (ANI): Researchers have suggested that stabilizing airway lining mucus in aerosol infected individuals might help manage the spread of COVID-19, according to a new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
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Masks, Hand Sanitizers and Vaccines May be Protective but Insufficient
Updated : 5 years, 2 months 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 physical a
Updated : 5 years, 4 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 : 5 years, 5 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 : 5 years, 5 months 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 University res
Updated : 5 years, 7 months 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 effectiveness
Updated : 5 years, 7 months 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 COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 8 months 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 spread
Updated : 5 years, 8 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 of brai
Updated : 5 years, 8 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 surge
Updated : 5 years, 8 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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