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Pittsburgh’s first mission control center to land at Carnegie Mellon University ahead of 2022 lunar rover launch
Carnegie Mellon University will send its first rover, Iris, to the moon this year.
People distrust contact-tracing apps: Can a new approach help?
A team at Carnegie Mellon University thinks it can inspire greater buy-in with a new approach that helps users to prevent infection in the first place.
Smart Talk Wednesday; COVID survey collects extensive data; Swing state Wisconsin look-in; Trusting News
National committee recommends who should be first in line for a coronavirus vaccine
The report weighs four criteria: the odds of an individual contracting the virus, a person’s overall health, the societal impact of certain individuals falling ill, and how likely certain people are to spread the virus to others.
New tool identifies potential bottlenecks for in-person voting ahead of November
The nonprofit group Voter Protection Corps compiled data on the number of polling places and voter turnout to predict where bottlenecks are likely to occur.
Carnegie Mellon University map helps predict spikes of COVID illness across the U.S.
Could robots help in the fight against pandemics? A group of researchers say it’s possible
Robots have long been used to tackle dangerous and dirty jobs. But during a pandemic, even everyday tasks outside the home carry a risk, especially for the elderly or those with underlying medical conditions.