The shortage of respiratory ventilators in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic has led to numerous efforts aimed at turning hand-operated plastic pouches called bag-valve resuscitators into makeshift ventilators. The resuscitators, also called Ambu bags, are generally on-hand in large quantities. They are designed to be operated by hand, by trained technicians, to inflate patient […]

NASA has announced it will pause work on the James Webb Space Telescope because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The launch is still currently on the books for 2021, but there are questions about whether that date will hold. The James Webb Space Telescope, successor to the Hubble and Spitzer instruments, was originally scheduled to […]

Mechanical ventilators are making headlines these days because of the Coronavirus-19, widely regarded as a flu but which is actually a respiratory disease that attacks the lungs. The key to minimizing the death toll for those with virulent infections is the availability of mechanical ventilators that help people breathe when their own lungs can’t. Reports […]