R&D

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Boston, MA-based Empatica will work with BARDA to validate, Aura, a system with the potential to alert individuals when it detects a likely COVID-19 infection, enabling them to self-isolate and seek early treatment.

A radio-frequency re-identification system developed at MIT CSAIL could help retirement homes and assisted-living facilities detect COVID-19 outbreaks early using radio-frequency signals.

Sera Prognostics is developing a biomarker test for predicting very preterm birth.

The measure is part of the Baseline COVID-19 Research Project. It also shows how Verily (like many others) has had to switch gears to deal with the ongoing pandemic. Prior to COVID-19 striking, Verily was involved in several projects which...

The medical director for the NFL Players Association told ESPN's Adam Schefter during a podcast that NFL engineers and Oakley are working on prototypes of new helmets and facemasks to protect players from the coronavirus when the league returns to...

A team of radiologists from Shanghai discuss modifications to the CT examination process during COVID-19. Their work was published in an open-access article published ahead-of-print by the American Journal of Roentgenology.