County and City of San Diego California

Some of the situation awareness dashboard displayed in the Emergency Operations Center at SDG&E in San Diego on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024. (Hayne Palmour IV / For The San Diego Union-Tribune) SDG&E's new weather center uses AI to fight wildfires sandiegouniontribune.com Rob Nikolewski  Summary Here's a concise summary of the key points from these articles about SDG&E's new Wildfire and Climate Resilience Center: SDG&E has opened a state-of-the-art Wildfire and Climate Resilience Center in Kearny Mesa, San Diego, representing part of their $6 billion investment in wildfire prevention since devastating fires in 2007. Key features include: 1. Advanced Technology - 222 weather stations measuring conditions every 10 minutes - Over 130 cameras streaming views of high-risk areas - AI and machine learning systems running 10 million virtual wildfire simulations daily - Uses 3.8 million drone...

Optical Biosensor Rapidly Detects Monkeypox Virus today.ucsd.edu Summary Researchers at UC San Diego and Boston University have developed an innovative optical biosensor called PD-IRIS (Pixel-Diversity Interferometric Reflectance Imaging Sensor) that can rapidly detect monkeypox virus (MPXV). Here are the key points about this new technology: Key Features: - Can detect MPXV within 20 minutes from sample collection to results - Achieves very high sensitivity - can detect concentrations as low as 200 PFU/ml (about 3.3 attomolar) - Is about 9 times more sensitive than traditional lab-based ELISA tests - Does not require complex sample preparation or preprocessing - Uses specialized antibodies that bind to the A29 protein on the virus surface - Can distinguish MPXV from similar viruses like herpes simplex and cowpox How it Works: - Uses interferometry and multi-spectral imaging to detect individual virus particles - Captures virus particles on a s...