A review of severe convection in the context of geophysical hazards is given. Societal responses to geophysical hazards depend, in part, on the ability to forecast the events and the degree of certainty with which forecasts can be made. In particular, the spatio-temporal specificity and lead time of those forecasts are critical issues. However, societal responses to geophysical hazards are not ...

Wireless sensor networks, in-situ sensor infrastructures and remote sensors offer new opportunities for pervasive monitoring of the built and natural environments. The ability to generate actionable predictive insights from raw sensor data is critical for many scientific applications of high societal priority. One example is sensor-based early warning systems for geophysical extremes like tsuna...

DNA is the genetic material of all living things, except for viruses, most of which have genomes that are RNA – not DNA. Further, the majority of viral RNA genomes are single stranded (ss) rather than duplex chains. The simplest of these ssRNA viruses, whether infecting bacteria, plants, or animals, involve a single copy of their genome, protected (“packaged”) by a single-molecule-thick spheric...