COVID-19

  • Invention sparked by COVID-19 pandemic safely disinfects surfaces continuously

    Monday, Oct 12, 2020
    by Larry Bernard, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory

    An invention to apply plasma to frequently touched items for continuous disinfection could provide a safe and effective, non-chemical way to reduce pathogens on various surfaces such as keypads, escalator handrails and other high-touch surfaces, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) inventors say.

    The invention (patent pending) directs cold plasma from different orientations to keep surfaces disinfected without hand sanitizer, sprays, ultraviolet light or other chemical-based solutions.

  • How exactly do we spread droplets as we talk? Engineers found out.

    Monday, Oct 12, 2020
    by Adam Hadhazy, Office of Engineering Communications
    Droplets of saliva expelled into the air

    For the first time, researchers have directly visualized how speaking produces and expels droplets of saliva into the air. The smallest droplets can be inhaled by other people and are a primary way that respiratory infections like COVID-19 spread from person to person.

  • The worm in the bud: Do parasites interfere with immunization? 

    Monday, Jul 27, 2020
    by Liana Wait, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
    Parasite

    Vaccines are one of the most important tools we have in our defense against infectious diseases, but not everyone responds to vaccination in the same way. Parasites such as worms and viruses change the way a person or animal’s immune system functions, and this can affect their ability to respond to vaccines. 

  • Preventing the next pandemic

    Thursday, Jul 23, 2020
    by The Office of Communications
    Andrew Dobson

    A Policy Forum article published today in Science shows that an annual investment of $30 billion should be enough to offset the costs of preventing another global pandemic such as COVID-19.

    Thus far, COVID has cost at least $2.6 trillion and may cost 10 times this amount. It is the largest global pandemic in 100 years. Six months after emerging, it has killed over 600,000 people and is having a major impact on the global economy.

  • Worldwide Stellarator research goes virtual

    Friday, Jul 10, 2020
    by John Greenwald, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
    Scene from a weekly Stellarator conference

    Travel restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic are transforming, with pluses and minuses, scientific conferences around the world. Take the Coordinated Working Group Meeting (CWGM), an international event cohosted by the U.S.

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