The sounds of New York in lockdown, and the other top nine stories from US universities – 26th May

With at least 𝙩𝙬𝙤 promising antiviral treatments for COVID-19 patients in development at #UNC, it's no surprise Carolina is ranked as the 𝙩𝙤𝙥 university in the U.S. for coronavirus research. See how you can support these incredible innovations ⬇️ https://t.co/b7aBHwV3MO

— UNC-Chapel Hill (@UNC) May 23, 2020

Emory #COVID19 antibody discovery that could lead to a better COVID-19 test and vaccine highlighted on @ABCWorldNews pic.twitter.com/lMazwLSI3W

— Emory University (@EmoryUniversity) May 21, 2020

New research by IU scientists shows electroceutical fabric destroys coronavirus on contact, with hopes to utilize this fabric widely in the fight against COVID-19 soon. https://t.co/EiXB1nMp5x

— IU Bloomington (@IUBloomington) May 21, 2020

Covid-19 has paused in-person seminars on many campuses. Enter https://t.co/176hV4oHro, launched by MIT mathematicians as a crowdsourced menu of science talks. It now lists more than 1,000 upcoming seminars at 115 institutions worldwide. https://t.co/QIyXDxzPlH pic.twitter.com/TSZjydDV3W

— Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (@MIT) May 26, 2020

"Twenty-nine of the city’s 30 quietest days during the last three years have been during the pandemic," recordings by NYU's SONYC researchers suggest. The ongoing project studies the sounds of New York City. https://t.co/guSe6094dT

— New York University (@nyuniversity) May 23, 2020

Emory, @GeorgiaTech sisters win #COVID19 hackathon with app called CAPACIT, which helps consumers practice social distancing by tracking a store's customer traffic in real time https://t.co/Ute44ZKual pic.twitter.com/avzECcuUQF

— Emory University (@EmoryUniversity) May 26, 2020

A pair of physicians at UVA Health have produced a children’s book for communities of color that are being disproportionately stricken by COVID-19. https://t.co/JMVX9pKIUJ

— UVA (@UVA) May 22, 2020

Spurred by the #COVID19 pandemic, #PrincetonU researchers have developed a diagnostic tool to analyze X-rays for patterns in diseased lungs. The new AI tool could give doctors info about a patient’s condition, quickly and cheaply, at the point of care. https://t.co/1oizELpceX

— Princeton University (@Princeton) May 22, 2020

A remote monitoring platform for #COVID19 patients with milder cases developed by @UCSDJacobs engineers will help health care teams prioritize critical patients while also providing data on symptoms indicative of healing or further progression. https://t.co/XWzFEvPS7N pic.twitter.com/SlTw5SugDa

— UC San Diego (@UCSanDiego) May 24, 2020

Apple and Google have partnered to develop a COVID-19 #contacttracing tool that tracks interactions between people with smartphones—but do its benefits outweigh the privacy fears? @UChicagoCS https://t.co/DnvfC5Qks0

— The University of Chicago (@UChicago) May 23, 2020