Science Daily October 4, 2018 A team of researchers in the US (Rutgers University, UC San Diego, University of Chicago, New York University) is calling for the creation of a global microbiota vault to protect the long-term health of humanity similar to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, the world’s largest collection of crop diversity created in case of natural or human-made disasters. According to the researchers over a handful of generations, we have seen a staggering loss in microbial diversity linked with a worldwide spike in immune and other disorders. It may be possible one day to prevent disease by […]
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Big data and technology in disasters: Better integration needed for effective response
Science Daily August 22, 2018 According to the researchers at Johns Hopkins University disasters are inherently a Big Data challenge, the key question we face today is how we harness a growingly diverse and often chaotic wave of data and information. Big Data and ICT pose a serious challenge in disasters, but they also hold promise for potential solutions. The answer to leveraging the massive amounts of data that ICT is creating is likely to be found within the very same technologies driving the Information Age. But we must think creatively about adapting and adopting these technologies in emergency situations. […]