When Life Looks Like a Wes Anderson Movie

This article is part of our latest Design special report, which is about taking creative leaps in challenging times. The last shelters on the Marangu route to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro are little structures known as Kibo huts, the first built in 1932. When Robert Hune-Kalter, a Colorado-based bank employee, reached the huts, in…

Advice for Decorating Your Home

This column is part of a series for the Design special report of The New York Times. Readers are invited to send questions to designadvice@nytimes.com. We moved into a new place in March, and our plans to furnish an extra room were waylaid by the pandemic. Is it a good idea to get a pullout…

Many ventilation systems may increase risk of COVID-19 exposure, study suggests

Ventilation systems in many modern office buildings, which are designed to keep temperatures comfortable and increase energy efficiency, may increase the risk of exposure to the coronavirus, particularly during the coming winter, according to research published in the Journal of Fluid Mechanics. A team from the University of Cambridge found that widely-used ‘mixing ventilation’ systems,…

Washington COVID-19 biorepository expands sample types

Seattle – September 29, 2020 – Recently expanded to support diagnostics developers earlier in the development cycle, the Washington COVID-19 biorepository now includes convalescent plasma to accelerate the development of antibody assays. The current pandemic showcases a critical need to accelerate the development and validation of quality diagnostic products for COVID-19. To support this effort,…