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May 24, 2021 10:00am The BreFence Go test system, administered by trained personnel, uses a software algorithm to analyze a breath sample for COVID-19-related biomarkers and returns results in less than one minute. (Getty Images)
Taking deep breaths is a well-worn tactic for calming daily anxieties, and, now, with Singapore’s approval of a breathalyzer test for COVID-19, a large exhale could help mitigate what is currently one of the world’s biggest stressors of all.
The country’s Health Sciences Authority granted provisional authorization to the BreFence Go COVID breath test from Breathonix, a local startup spun out of the National University of Singapore, making it the first breath analysis system to receive the go-ahead from the agency.
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Where There’s Smoke: Reducing Downwind Impacts of Wildland Fire Management
To thrive, southern Appalachian forests need fire. The region’s iconic Table Mountain pines, for example, can’t release their seeds without it. Wildfires, though, pose risks to people and property, especially where communities neighbor wildlands, and so natural resource managers strategically apply prescribed burns to maintain landscape health while reducing fire risks.
New research at North Carolina State University led by Geospatial Analytics Ph.D. student Kate Jones will use geospatial modeling and interactive data visualization to help ensure that decision-making about prescribed burns also considers the vulnerability of communities to smoke downwind.
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