IEEE

Modified Logarithm Averaging Method for Clumping Index Calculation Using Tracing Radiation and Architecture of Canopies (TRAC) Measurements

The clumping index (CI) is a key parameter for modeling radiative transfer in plant canopies, but its retrieval leads to significantly reduced accuracy in highly heterogeneous environments. To improve ...
Reuters

Ebola recoveries bring signs of hope in DRC as suspected cases emerge outside Africa

Four nurses and a lab worker recover from Bundibugyo Ebola in DRC, WHO reports Confirmed Ebola cases in DRC rise to 282 with 42 deaths, outbreak declared emergency Suspected Ebola cases investigated ...
GitHub

Python/Jupyter workflow for curating hairpin-ended dsDNA virus genome termini — DRC trimming, orientation normalization, and ITR candidate detection.

Hairpin-ended dsDNA viruses such as chloroviruses carry structurally complex genome termini (hairpin ends and inverted terminal repeats, ITRs) that are often misrepresented in genome assemblies. A ...
Al Jazeera English

WHO chief heads to ‘hardest hit’ Ituri as DRC’s 17th Ebola outbreak spreads

The chief of the United Nations health agency is travelling to Ituri in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which has been hit the “hardest” as authorities battle to contain the country’s 17th ...
France 24

DR Congo facing 'catastrophic collision' of Ebola and war, WHO chief warns

The ongoing conflict between armed groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has made it harder for health workers to contain the worsening Ebola outbreak, World Health Organization Secretary ...
UN News Centre

Ebola outbreak in DR Congo collides with conflict and hunger, WHO warns

The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday warned that eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo faces a “catastrophic collision of disease and conflict” as a fast-spreading Ebola outbreak ...
CNN

DRC is no stranger to Ebola outbreaks. Why isn’t there a vaccine or treatment to help now?

The fast-growing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo came to the world’s attention only a little more than a week ago and is already the third-largest on record. But it’s the 17th ...
Scientific American

How mathematicians use Minecraft to calculate pi

The blockbuster game Minecraft depicts a world created by cubes: everything is made of discrete building blocks. It may therefore seem particularly unsuitable for calculating pi (π), the mathematical ...
CNN

Inside the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak in DRC as the virus spreads

Hélène Akilimali says she’s taking every precaution against contracting Ebola, including always wearing a face mask in public. But her work as a cocoa seller in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ...
The Conversation

Ebola outbreak in the DRC: four reasons it will be hard to contain

On 17 May 2026, the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. This is its highest level of global health alert. It is mostly reserved for an ...
Miningreview

DRC: Moving from a resource colony to a resource sovereign

DRC reshapes global critical minerals markets through geopolitics, cobalt controls, infrastructure growth and energy transition demand. Secondly, he points out that the DRC is no longer a passive ...
The Guardian

Ebola: US ban on travellers from DRC, Uganda or South Sudan ‘not the solution’

Africa CDC says restrictions could increase public health risks and highlight ‘deeper structural injustice’ in global health A US travel ban for people coming from the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...