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New research will use space telescopes to monitor energy efficiency of buildings

Dec 7, 2020

Dr Ian Parry from Cambridge’s Institute of Astronomy has been awarded funding for high-resolution thermal infrared space telescopes for monitoring the energy efficiency of buildings. Thermal infrared (TIR) earth observation...

Focusing on innovative solutions to the world’s energy challenges

Dec 7, 2020

Like many things in 2020, the annual MIT EnergyHack hosted by the MIT Energy Club looked very different this year. For the first time since its founding six years ago,...

Giuliani latest Covid-19 case in Trump inner circle

Dec 7, 2020

Donald Trump said Sunday his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani has tested positive for Covid-19, the latest member of the president's inner circle -- where mask wearing is rare -- to...

1 million new coronavirus cases have been added to the US total -- in only 5 days

Dec 6, 2020

(CNN) After the first cases of Covid-19 were confirmed in the United States on January 20, it took almost 100 days to reach 1 million infections. Now, the country has...

States defer to health providers on who gets first vaccines

Dec 6, 2020

The first shipment of coronavirus vaccines expected later this month won’t include enough shots for the 21 million health care workers and 3 million residents of nursing homes and long-term...

Work and education key to escaping poverty and pandemic recovery

Dec 6, 2020

Using Census data across 10 years to examine Australians’ experiences of poverty, the report also shows that education plays a significant role in escaping poverty. Our analysis suggests that entering...

Covid becomes NUMBER ONE killer in US this week as record 2,879 die in a day and over 30m in Cali to go into lockdown

Dec 5, 2020

CORONAVIRUS became the number one killer in the US this week - overtaking heart disease for the first time - as a record 2,879 people died from the virus in...

Pfizer Canada donation will help new researchers change the future

Dec 5, 2020

MONTREAL, QUEBEC – Pfizer Canada has made a $600,000 gift to the McGill Interdisciplinary Initiative in Infection and Immunity (MI4) via McGill University and the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC)...

Strong social support decreases mental health problems in young adults

Dec 4, 2020

A team of McGill University researchers has found that young adults who perceived higher levels of social support reported fewer mental health problems. “Our study shows that even in cases...

Trump fixated on his own political fate as virus kills record number of Americans

Dec 4, 2020

Trump fixated on his own political fate as virus kills record number of Americans The president has remained largely absent on a pandemic of historic proportions. All the while, top...