Celebrating Black History – Black History in Science: Remembering Dr. George Carruthers
Celebrating Black History – Black History in Science: Remembering Dr. George Carruthers
By Stacy M. Brown,
NNPA Newswire Correspondent,
Dr. Carruthers receives the National Medal of Technology and Innovation from U.S. President Barack Obama Feb. 1, 2013. / Department of the Navy’s Information Technology Magazine
He built his first telescope at the age of 10, and by age 25, George Carruthers earned a Ph.D. in aeronautical and astronautical engineering.
Upon graduating from the University of Illinois, Carruthers started work at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory.
His telescope and image converter identified molecular hydrogen in space, and his ultraviolet spectrograph was used by the Apollo 16 crew in their flight to the moon.
COVID associated with more hospitalizations, ICU care, mortality than flu
Hospitalized adults with COVID-19 are 3.5 times more likely to die than adults with the flu, reports a study today in
CMAJ. The study also found that those with COVID were 1.5 times more likely to be admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) and have 1.5 times longer hospital stays.
The researchers collected data from seven hospitals in Toronto and Mississauga in Canada and found that, from November 2019 through June 2020, 763 patients were admitted 783 times with the flu and 972 patients were admitted 1,027 times with COVID-19 the latter making up 23.5% of all hospitalizations during the study s duration.
CNA Staff, Feb 10, 2021 / 12:25 am (CNA).- The Catholic bishops of Japan and Korea have criticized the Japanese government’s plans to release into the sea millions of gallons of radioactive water from the tsunami-damaged Fukushima nuclear plant.“We opp.
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