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How Additive Manufacturing Ended America’s Mask Shortage

At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, many East Asian countries immediately put into place mask mandates and the use of professional protective equipment (PPE) for civilians. Mask mandates were not challenged because of the culture of wearing face masks in these countries. According to Ria Sinha, a senior research fellow at the University of […]

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Winter: How Has it Changed in Boston and What Does that Affect?

In the past decade, Boston has experienced the most precipitation ever on record. It is no longer expected that Boston will have light snow or drizzling rain. When it rains, it pours, and when it snows, it’s a nor’easter. Winter seasons are now leaning towards two different extremes: low precipitation and high precipitation. In 2015, […]