US Particulates Ruling
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced it will not strengthen standards for particulate matter pollution, against the recommendations of independent experts and EPA’s own scientists.
Oxford vaccine promise
A Covid-19 vaccine trial under way at the University of Oxford will recruit 510 volunteers, who will receive the new vaccine or a control vaccine for comparison. Healthy individuals aged between 18 and 55 are now receiving the vaccine jab in initial Phase 1 trials.
Sticky batteries
While technology improvements are rendering wearable electronic devices ever lighter and smaller, there is an urgent need for innovative new power sources that can stretch and bend with the body, while being safe and durable.