Friday, April 26, 2024

Across the Board: Sustainability still key, even as COVID-19 hogs headlines

Over the past few months, COVID-19 has dominated international headlines and swung public attention from another equally pressing challenge of our times - climate change.

Top researcher and British COVID-19 key expert joins UCPH from Imperial College

The English researcher and disease-modeling expert Dr. Samir Bhatt will soon join University of Copenhagen. From his position at Imperial College London

‘Mini-lungs’ reveal early stages of SARS-CoV-2 infection

‘Mini-lungs’ grown from tissue donated to Cambridge hospitals has provided a team of scientists from South Korea and the UK with important insights into how COVID-19 damages the lungs.

Researchers at U of T use physics model to study spread of COVID-19 respiratory...

After nearly a year of studying COVID-19, scientists are still grappling with fundamental questions – including understanding the dominant modes...

NEWS2 evaluated for prediction of severe COVID-19 outcome in large international study

In the first systematic large-scale evaluation of the UK National Early Warning Risk Score (NEWS) 2 as a scoring system for predicting severe COVID-19 outcomes in patients...

Stanford researchers identify four causes for ‘Zoom fatigue’ and their simple fixes

Even as more people are logging onto popular video chat platforms to connect with colleagues, family and friends during the COVID-19 pandemic...

Typical British cycle infrastructure is failing to protect cyclists, study finds

Typical cycle infrastructure in Britain is not keeping cyclists safe, according to the results from a recently completed study by the University of Westminster and funded by the Road Safety Trust.

Locally developed 60-second breath test receives provisional authorisation from HSA

An easy-to-use breath test that can accurately detect COVID-19 within a minute has received provisional authorisation from Singapore’s Health Sciences Authority (HSA).

Tracking COVID‑19 and variants of concern in wastewater around the globe

An international team of researchers led by the University of Otago and Western University, Canada, is investigating how wastewater can provide an accurate picture of COVID‑19 cases in a population and detect emerging variants of concern.

Massey University confirms COVID-19 vaccination policy

Massey University has confirmed its COVID-19 vaccination policy. From 14 February 2022 all staff, students and visitors will need to be fully vaccinated to enter Massey campuses or take part in in-person university activities.
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