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    • Dr Grant Skidmore

    Postdoctoral Researcher, Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Melbourne

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    Health & Medicine

    Reducing COVID-19 transmission without costing the Earth

    While opening windows reduces COVID-19 spread, it also increases buildings’ energy use – new research has tested more efficient alternatives

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    Sciences & Technology

    Which air cleaners work best to remove aerosols that contain viruses?

    Many air cleaners claim to remove SARS-CoV-2 virus particles from our homes, offices and classrooms – so what should you be looking for?

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    Sciences & Technology

    Six safety tips for hotel quarantine

    Even during a pandemic people need to travel the world, so researchers have devised a list of things travellers can do as individuals, to quarantine more safely

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    Sciences & Technology

    What pancake ice tells us about the climate

    The first fresh-water wave tank of its kind in the world is being used to study how pancake ice forms and melts, and could inform how we better model our global climate

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