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Population heatmap of Tehran Dark red and dark blue indicates higher and lower levels of population density, respectively. A person who owns a car or who has a college education may be less vulnerable to COVID-19, according to an analysis of cases in Tehran, Iran, one of the early epicenters of the pandemic. While such variables do not inherently lower a person’s risk, they do indicate an infrastructure of protection that persists despite how densely populated a person’s district might be. ...

Date Time New imaging system allows us to see UV and visible light simultaneously The bright green visible light of the numbers and lines at center entered the device as invisible ultraviolet rays. Photo courtesy of Jad Salman When it comes to light, there’s a lot more than meets the human eye. While people can see visible light in the wavelength range between 400 and 700 nanometers – that rainbow between violet and red – there’s a lot of information our eyes can’t detect in the sligh...

Queen Mary University of London The wider deployment of wave energy converters (WECs) that convert wave energy into renewable forms of electricity is hampered by challenges such as their efficiency and ability to survive in extreme weather conditions. Researchers from Queen Mary University of London, in collaboration with the University of Manchester and the University of Exeter, aim to take a ‘whole system’ approach to address issues with WECs such as energy output and reliability. The pro...

JOINT STATEMENT The Palaszczuk Government is investing millions to keep taps flowing in the Southern Downs with the Premier today announcing a $20 million drought resilience package for the region. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said while recent rain had provided much needed relief to the Southern Downs region including good inflows into Leslie, Connolly and Storm King Dams, it hasn’t been enough to solve long-term water security issues for the Southern Downs. “In late 2019, in response to ...

Date Time Toward a More Digital, Sustainable and Diverse Future The University of Zurich wants to harness the digital advances and the experience gained from the coronavirus pandemic to provide a targeted mix of classroom and online formats in the future. Learning will thus become a more individual, flexible and accessible process. More emphasis will also be placed on sustainability and diversity in the coming years. The on-campus component is the vital core of university education, but combini...

Photo Credit: IANS IANSLive New Delhi, April 15 (IANS) Improving collection efficiency and growth pick-up in H2FY21 is expected to help the MFI industrys long term prospects, ratings agency ICRA said on Thursday. To get full access of the story, click here to subscribe to IANS News Service © 2021 IANS India Private Limited. All Rights Reserved. The reproduction of the story/photograph in any form will be liable for legal action. For news, views and gossips, follow IANS at Twitter. Update: 15...

WASHINGTON, April 15, 2021 – To lower and ultimately eliminate its climate impact, maritime transport needs to abandon the use of fossil-based bunker fuels and turn toward ‘zero-carbon bunker fuels’, namely shipping fuels which emit zero or at most very low greenhouse (GHG) emissions across their lifecycles. The first report being launched today, “The Potential of Zero-Carbon Bunker Fuels in Developing Countries”, identifies two alternative fuels – ammonia and hydrogen – as the mo...

Although the outlook for the region has improved since October 2020, the -1.9 percent contraction in 2020 remains the worst performance on record. Sub-Saharan Africa will be the world’s slowest growing region in 2021, and risks falling further behind as the global economy rebounds. Our latestRegional Economic Outlook: Sub-Saharan Africa takes a close look at the issues. On current forecasts, per capita GDP in many countries is not expected to reach pre-crisis levels until the end of 2025. Lim...

Apr 15 2021 Read 5 Times BIOROCK has announced the launch of BIOROTOR, an innovative new RBC (Rotating Biological Contactor) system. The new system is designed to tackle todays wastewater treatment challenges of energy-efficiency, environmental impact, and long-term reliability.  BIOROTOR is the first completely modular wastewater system. Combining all processes in one package ensures its far more efficient, reliable, and cost-effective than current wastewater treatment systems. The modular de...

Date Time Share L.A.’s legacy of oil drilling impacts lung function in residents living near active and inactive wells A new USC study links living by urban oil wells with wheezing and reduced lung function, symptoms disproportionately borne by people of color in Los Angeles. In some cases, the respiratory harm rivals that of daily exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke or living beside highways spewing auto exhaust, researchers say. The study, recently published in the journal Environmental R...