6 priorities could deliver energy breakthroughs at the Glasgow climate summit – there's progress on some of them already

Clean energy innovation, methane cuts and getting China and India on board for net-zero can deliver progress at COP26.

Morgan Bazilian, Professor of Public Policy and Director, Payne Institute, Colorado School of Mines • conversation
Nov. 2, 2021 • ~10 min

Nipah virus: could it cause the next pandemic?

Virologists are beginning to assess which other viruses could have pandemic potential

Ian Jones, Professor of Virology, University of Reading • conversation
Oct. 28, 2021 • ~7 min

Delhi outbreak highlights challenge of herd immunity in the face of Delta variant

The severe outbreak of COVID-19 in Delhi, India, in 2021 showed not only that the Delta variant of SARS-CoV2 is extremely transmissible but that it can infect

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Oct. 14, 2021 • ~5 min

Delhi outbreak highlights challenge of herd immunity in face of Delta variant

The severe outbreak of COVID-19 in Delhi, India, in 2021 showed not only that the Delta variant of SARS-CoV2 is extremely transmissible but that it can infect

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Oct. 14, 2021 • ~5 min

Severe Delhi outbreak highlights challenge of reaching herd immunity in face of Delta variant

The severe outbreak of COVID-19 in Delhi, India, in 2021 showed not only that the Delta variant of SARS-CoV2 is extremely transmissible but that it can infect

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Oct. 14, 2021 • ~5 min

After India's brutal coronavirus wave, two-thirds of population has been exposed to SARS-CoV2

A public health scholar based in New Delhi explains how India has emerged from the massive spike in COVID-19 cases, even as the country braces for a new wave.

Rajib Dasgupta, Chairperson, Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, Jawaharlal Nehru University • conversation
Aug. 20, 2021 • ~10 min

The coal price has skyrocketed in 2021 – what does it mean for net zero?

At the bottom of our carbon fears is a big black problem.

Michael Tamvakis, Professor of Commodity Economics and Finance, City, University of London • conversation
Aug. 13, 2021 • ~7 min

A sleep study’s eye-opening findings

Experiment with working poor in India finds no impact from more night sleep, though naps help; rest quality may be key.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office • mit
July 29, 2021 • ~9 min

Climate change: as mountain regions warm, hydroelectric power plants may be vulnerable

Dams built in an earlier age are suddenly vulnerable as the climate shifts.

Simon Cook, Senior Lecturer in Environmental Change, University of Dundee • conversation
June 29, 2021 • ~5 min

Fungal infections worldwide are becoming resistant to drugs and more deadly

Prevention may be the best way to cope with the worldwide wave of treatment-resistant fungal pathogens.

Rodney E. Rohde, Professor of Clinical Laboratory Science, Texas State University • conversation
June 28, 2021 • ~9 min

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