What is the Brazilian coronavirus strain and what effect could it have on Australia?
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JanJanuary 2021 at 11:43am
Brazilian researchers are concerned by the fact the new variant is spreading so quickly and that it shares new characteristics with the UK and South African variants.
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The emergence of a new coronavirus variant in Brazil has led the UK to ban all arrivals from South America.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said officials wanted to avoid the variant to ensure the vaccine rollout program goes ahead as planned. At this crucial stage, what we can t have is new variants with unknown qualities coming in from abroad, Mr Johnson told a press briefing.
18 January 2021
Researchers from the University of Western Australia’s Wave Energy Research Centre have deployed a second wave monitoring device off the south coast city of Albany in a region researchers believe could serve as an important showroom for wave energy technology.
Utilising the consistent motion of ocean surface waves to generate energy, wave energy technology is one of those renewable energy options that boasts significant potential but has suffered from a lack of financing and support.
Nevertheless, considering the virtually infinite potential for energy generation on a planet with 71% of its surface covered by water, wave energy technology remains a darling of researchers and renewable energy proponents.
UWA invention to speed up healing in dental patients
15 Jan 2021 | 3 mins
An invention developed by a researcher from The University of Western Australia that can speed up the regeneration of bone and tissue in patients after dental procedures will soon be rolled out to dental patients across the United States.
The intervention, named Striate+, is an artificial structure that can be implanted into the body for tissue to grow on to repair damage. It has been commercialised by Orthocell – a Perth-based regenerative medical company that develops products for the repair of soft tissue injuries.
Striate+ can be used in procedures such as dental bone defect repair and tissue augmentation around dental implants.
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