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The coronavirus might have weak spots. Machine learning could help find them.

The coronavirus might have weak spots. Machine learning could help find them.

What makes SARS-CoV-2 so infectious? The answer is in its proteins. Mary Jo Ondrechen and Penny Beuning, professors of chemistry and chemical biology, are using machine learning to investigate these proteins and begin to understand how to slow the spread of the virus.

Hospitals are bracing for a surge of COVID-19 cases. This model can help them get ready for staff and equipment shortages.

Hospitals are bracing for a surge of COVID-19 cases. This model can help them get ready for staff and equipment shortages.

Engineering professor James Benneyan helped create a tool to calculate when hospitals might run out of essential resources, such as staff and ventilators, as COVID-19 cases peak.

Bans on large gatherings? Stay-at-home orders? Which ‘social distancing’ policies are actually working?

Bans on large gatherings? Stay-at-home orders? Which ‘social distancing’ policies are actually working?

Bans on large gatherings. Restaurant and bar limits. School cancellations. Babak Heydari, an associate professor of mechanical and industrial engineering, found out which state policies work best to keep people at home.