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Working a day on the firelines as a wildland firefighter can require the endurance of riding the Tour de France. That takes a toll, as a physiologist explains.
Twenty-five years of research show what it takes to fuel wildland firefighters through an average day, and the toll the long seasonal work takes on their bodies.
A type of computer chip that mimics both the skin and brain could pave the way for wearable devices that monitor and analyze health data using AI right on the body.
Researchers are developing an AI-powered device to detect asthma and COPD symptoms in real-time for faster treatment. The ‘patch’ listens to airway sounds, but filters out speech to protect privacy.
The coronavirus pandemic has driven a lot of scientific progress in the past year. But just as some of the social changes are likely here to stay, so are some medical innovations.
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Professor of exercise and work physiology, University of Montana
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Professor and Director of Quantitative Biosciences Institute & Senior Investigator at the Gladstone Institutes, University of California, San Francisco
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Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University at Buffalo
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Professor of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Washington
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Assistant Professor, Artificial Intelligence in Communication Disorders, Friedrich–Alexander University Erlangen–Nürnberg (FAU)
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Assistant Professor of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering
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Associate Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Canada Research Chair in Personalized Medicine of Upper Airway Health and Disease, McGill University
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Head of Diabetes Clinics, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute
