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Variant has dented the efficiency of the vaccines. but here is the good news. they are still very good at preventing severe disease. in fact, the study just carried out here in los angeles found the unvaccinated are five times more likely to be infected and 29 times more likely to wind up in the hospital. jake? >> all right, nick watt, thanks so much. lets talk about this with dr. paul offit, director of the vaccine education center at the childrens hospital of philadelphia. hes also a member of...

Put on flights by mid-day. in the day before, more than 21,000 were flown to multiple countries by an international coalition. the pace accelerated through new efficiency, and the need to meet the deadline for the end of the evacuation just a week away. >> there has been no change to the time line of the mission, which is to have this completed by the end of the month. >> reporter: the state department estimates that there are thousands of americans still in afghanistan to be evacuated. there is...

Now, in terms of the limitations, if we look at whats the optimum efficiency a single solar absorbent material could be, like silicon, they top out at about 25%. thats really the practical limit for an actual solar panel with todays silicon technology. so, im hearing 6%, 7%, 8% from danielle. im hearing 20% from you. were not quite at that 85%. and all of this energy we generate needs storing, doesnt it? so, kristian, i know that youre a man of the fjords and boats and ships have been a constant...

Engineering of low—cost photovoltaics, henry discovered a thin film of solar cells made of perovskite. it could be a hugely significant discovery, as henry hopes it will eventually double the efficiency of solar power and halve the cost. danielle merfeld is an electrical engineer who is chief technology officer and vice—president of ge renewables. ge is the biggest creator of wind turbines worldwide, and she and her team currently have over 40,000 wind turbines out in the field. shesjoining ...

Thank you. now, danielle, i want to come back to you to hear about your latest prototype wind turbine, the haliade—x, unveiled in 2019. it is a monster of a machine, this thing. and i want you to describe for me its scale and efficiency, and how you get it to work. so, the haliade—x is the worlds most powerful wind turbine in operation today. its offshore, it has a iii—megawatt capacity, and the rotor — so, the distance from blade tip to blade tip — is 220 metres. so each blade is long...

Happen to your family. >> reporter: now, today the cdc did confirm that, yes, the delta variant has dented the efficiency of the vaccines down from 91% to 66% against infection. but the vaccines are still very effective at preventing severe diseases. a study just carried out here in los angeles found that the unvaccinated are five times more likely to be infected and 29 times more likely to wind up in the hospital. wolf? >> yeah. just get a shot. so critically important. thank you very much. let...

Cells on top of each other we call multi—junctions, and the simplest multi—junction is a tandem cell, two solar cells on top of each other. and the perovskite we tune to match perfectly silicon. it absorbs only the visible light and we let the silicon absorb all the infrared. and in doing that we actually fundamentally improve the efficiencies. if we made a perfect perovskite on silicon tandem cell, that would top out at about 45%. so weve fundamentally lifted the ceiling. and if we went one...

Cybersecurity, and dealing with the pandemic and the potential of further pandemics and, therefore, the united states and singapore talking in the bilateral negotiations about cooperation on pandemic prevention in the future. also, cooperation on sustainable -- where the climate crisis is concerned. important measures there. something else she talked about that was on the agenda is around semiconductors. this is something that has ham strung a number of u.s. businesses. even leading to u.s. car ...

She is a true professional. shes a career scientist whos served under republican presidents and democratic presidents. shes ensured that the team followed the science above all. theyve looked at the mountains of clinical data, clinical trial data, and the safety and efficiency data and concluded without question the vaccine was safe and effective for emergency use in december. that same thing, we got those shots in arms at the time, 350 million in the united states, and billions across the world...

To have served under republican presidents and democratic presidents. she is ensured that the team follow the science above all. they looked at the mountains of clinical trial data and the safety and efficiency data and concluded without question the vaccine was safe and effective for emergency use in december. that same thing, we have got those shots in arms. 350 million in the united states. and billions across the world that kept pouring over this data. the fda approval is the gold standard. ...