Ventilation matters: Engineering airflow to avoid spreading COVID-19

As we approach two full years of the COVID-19 pandemic, we now know it spreads primarily through airborne transmission. The virus rides inside tiny microscopic droplets or aerosol ejected from our mouths when we speak, shout, sing, cough, or sneeze. It then floats within the air, where it can be inhaled by and transmitted.

Electric vehicles could be powered by hydrogen harvested from sewage

Wastewater treatment is vital to remove pathogens, but is incredibly energy intensive. The ability to treat it more sustainably is a challenge researchers from WMG, University of Warwick have been able to achieve, using recycled carbon fiber mats to produce hydrogen from waste water.

Scientists use graphene sheets to improve lab-on-chip at-home diagnostic tests

Imperial College London researchers have improved an electronic sensor that can be used for fast detection of infectious diseases like COVID-19.

Research into bacterium causing bubonic plague yields clues to fighting pneumonia, sepsis

Bubonic plague may not seem like a significant problem in the world today. While it killed millions of people in Europe in the Middle Ages and was known as the "black death," it mostly has faded from public concern.

Toyota joins opposition to proposed US EV tax credit

Toyota urged Washington on Tuesday not to "play politics" with environmental issues by offering tax credits for US-made electric vehicles, joining a chorus of foreign opposition to the issue.