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© iStock/bombermoon A team of Korean researchers have developed groundbreaking plasma air conditioning technology that can effectively eliminate coronavirus aerosol. Pioneered by experts at the Korea Institute of Materials Science (KIMS), the novel plasma air conditioning system has demonstrated exceptional performance at inactivating the coronavirus aerosol in real-time. This development is potentially a significant step toward …

Researchers from Tel Aviv University (TAU) have proven that the coronavirus can be killed efficiently, quickly, and cheaply using ultraviolet (UV) light-emitting diodes (UV-LEDs). They believe that the UV-LED technology will soon be available for private and commercial use. This is the first study conducted on the disinfection efficiency of UV-LED irradiation at different wavelengths …

Durwood Zaelke’s eye for an environmental “quick fix” has arguably saved the world half a degree Celsius of warming. The environmental lawyer is the little-known driving force behind a key amendment to what’s been called the most successful climate treaty ever. The BBC’s Hannah Long-Higgins meets him and finds that there are deeply personal reasons …