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COVID-19, China, and the Tangled Web of Globalized Supply Chains
May 20, 2020
“Never let a serious crisis go to waste,” Rahm Emanuel famously said about the Great Recession when he served as the White House Chief of Staff under President Obama. “And what I mean by that — it’s an opportunity to do things you think you could...
PPE Industry Experiences Turbulence in Wake of COVID-19
May 13, 2020
If you’re not a healthcare provider or a worker exposed to hazardous conditions, chances are you didn’t pay much attention to personal protective equipment (PPE). That all changed with COVID-19. Frost & Sullivan recently hosted a webinar on the...
Anti-Coronavirus Surface Coating Could Be Effective for Months
May 06, 2020
SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, has a nasty habit of lingering on surfaces for extended periods of time. For example, active virus particles were found on the Diamond Princess cruise ship 17 days after it had been evacuated...
Skin-Like Sensors Bring Human Touch to Wearables
Mar 09, 2020
Researchers have been working to improve wearable technology so that it’s more comfortable for those using it while still offering optimal performance to monitor health- and wellness-related signals from the body...
New Polymers Bend, Twist, And Grab
Jan 03, 2020
In the past materials tended to remain static. More and more, researchers are developing dynamic materials that can change their shape on the fly...
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