Source: WRAL, 7/21/20


Can food animals, like cows and pigs, harbor the coronavirus? Could nanoparticles protect surfaces from COVID-19 contamination? What social factors determine who is willing to wear a mask, and who is not? These are among the questions N.C. researchers are exploring this summer as they examine the impacts of the pandemic. The North Carolina Policy Collaboratory has approved funding for a total of 79 COVID-19 research projects at universities across the state. The Collaboratory received $29 million in May as part of the state’s $1.5 billion coronavirus relief to support studies on the impacts of coronavirus.

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