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Omicron variant may make Christmas party infection risk much higher

New Scientist

A series of extraordinary superspreader events at festive celebrations across Europe suggests the omicron coronavirus variant dramatically increases the risk of being infected at social events

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Sofie’s World: Raising a child during the climate crisis and growing up in the age of the Anthropocene ?

A Greener Life

My daughter Sofie was born in April 2021, in the middle of the Coronavirus pandemic and in a decade in which climate change is increasingly high on the global agenda. Follow this series for further reflections on parenting in the climate crisis. By Anders Lorenzen. That is the stark reality we face’.

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Frontiers ebook releases: July 2023

Frontiers

Santos PDF The Future of Energy Efficiency in Post-COVID-19 Era Edited by Muhammad Mohsin; FengSheng Chien; Yu Hao; Abdul Khaliq Rasheed; Muhammad Irfan PDF The Role of Tumor-associated Macrophages in Tumor Progression Edited by Bernd Kaina; Hans Raskov; Ismail Gögenur PDF Highlights in Rhinology Edited by Sven F Seys; Giancarlo Ottaviano; Pongsakorn (..)

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How physics can help COVID-proof everyday life

Physics World

The emergence of a new variant of the coronavirus has put a constellation of researchers – virologists, immunologists and epidemiologists chief among them – in the hot seat as political leaders and public health experts seek answers to questions about how transmissible it is and whether it erodes pre-existing immunity. His verdict?

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Sonifying science: from an amino acid scale to a spider silk symphony

Physics World

Following the definition of the harmonic series, the octave is uniformly divided into 12 tones whose frequencies are integer multiples of a fundamental vibrational frequency. But vibrations as a mode of communication also works at the nanoscale, where molecular vibrations mediate inter-protein interactions and docking. 2020.10.032 ).

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What Enforcement Actions Can We Expect from the UK's Financial Conduct Authority in 2021 and Beyond? (Part 2)

Arnold Porter

This Advisory is the second in a series on the enforcement landscape in the UK, looking at expected and potential actions from various enforcement agencies. In terms of enforcement issues, the FCA has a number of issues to deal with that have arisen out of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Nebraska Agrochemical Contamination Throws Families, Communities, Water Providers into Turmoil

Circle of Blue

This is the second of a two-part series. LB 1160 would use $10 million in federal coronavirus relief funds to assist rural communities in removing nitrate from their water. The money would come from the state’s allotment of federal coronavirus relief funds. Read part one here. Photography by J. Carl Ganter, Circle of Blue.

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