COVID-19 puts a damper on research and labs can’t be used.Fairweather, like several other scientists, is trying to make the best of the summer when researchers typically spend long hours outdoors collecting data in the field.“It’s a pretty bleak year for research,” Fairweather said. “There will be a gap in the knowledge.” How Canada’s first long-term coronavirus pandemic projections hold up today Fairweather had been planning an intensive research project on ants since last fall but said a lack of the usual resources could mean a setback for an entire year.“I have to wait till next year, probably, to be able to get in and do the active experiments that I wanted to do.”While the data collected from the colonies of ants at home could help,.