One of China's top health experts is warning of the potential for "super-spreaders" to worsen the impact of the new coronavirus strain, which can now be passed from human to human. Super-spreaders are ...

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* pre-print server, researchers conducted a systematic review to evaluate the characteristics of super-spreaders of three novel coronaviruses (nCoV) that caused ...

When it comes to the spread of infectious diseases, not all infected persons are equal. Some individuals seem to have a greater ability to spread infections than others. Indeed it is believed that ...

Old habits die hard. So do stereotypes. It’s often assumed broadcast spinner spreaders don’t have the accuracy, precision, or technology as other application equipment, making them less effective in ...

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The majority of cases in the world's largest outbreak of Ebola were caused by a tiny handful of patients, research suggests. The analysis, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, ...

Welcome to another session of void-your-warranty, as today we will look at upgrading the stock heat spreaders on a pair of Kingston DDR2 memory modules. What we will do here is run through a ...

Since a novel coronavirus first made its presence known in China, public health officials around the world have had one fervent hope: That people who are infected but not sick would pass the virus to ...