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A new study led by Singapore researchers revealed that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) particles can be aerosolised by an infected person when talking and singing. The researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) found that fine aerosols — less than 5 micrometres (µm) — generated from these two types of activities contain more viral particles than coarse aerosols — more than 5 µm

2021 0811 Aerosols NUS researcher Mr Douglas Tay in a hospital room at the NCID demonstrating how the Gesundheit II exhalation collection equipment is...

The built environment is directly linked with happiness and well-being, and too often urban environments fail to put people at ease.

Students from the Scott Sutherland School at RGU are working with the South Uist community to create a more sustainable future.

A new study led by Singapore researchers revealed that severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus...

Australian Bureau of Statistics data shows families with young children are flocking into WA from the […]

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Smart Cities Award Contest   I n an increasingly growing scenario of performance and competition, mere rhetoric or planning on papers and files but taking little or no action do not bag awards and rewards and it is only how much one keeps pace with the situation and pursues an ambition of innovative ideas and creative projects that things matter in the changed situations. In other words, India Smart Cities Award Contest which is an annual event hosted by the Union Ministry of Housing and Urba...

Fadekemi Ajakaiye The International Facility Management Association (IFMA) Nigeria Chapter has partnered with the Lagos State Development and Property Corporation (LSDPC) to train artisans within the built industry tagged “A Day with the Artisan” which took place at the LSDPC complex, Ilupeju, Lagos. In his address, the President IFMA Nigeria, Mr. Segun Adebayo noted that this training session is a part of the capacity building strategy of the association aimed at ensuring that the built en...

Deakin Alfred Deakin Professor Colin Barrow, Deakin University’s Chair in Biotechnology, will lead a multi-million-dollar research program in the new $270m Marine Bioproducts Cooperative Research Centre (MB-CRC). Transforming fish skin into collagen for wound healing, food or cosmetics, or harvesting omega-3 from micro-algae for food supplements, fish food and pharmaceutical products are just some of the expected applications of a major Deakin research program that aims to seed new advanced m...