This is Canadian-owned automotive components manufacturer Magna's new multi-million pound factory in Sunderland. 300 people will be employed at the Nissan supplier's plant when it is at full capacity. bit.ly/2UPY57B #UKmfg🇬🇧

We're not going to '3rd dose' our way out of the pandemic just like we were never going to mask our way out. Vaccines (especially 1st & 2nd but also 3rd), masks, rapid tests, ventilation, sound policy, etc... ...each is a helpful tool providing additional/incremental benefit.

COVID + THE BRAIN 🧠 There’s been a flurry of new studies published in recent weeks about Covid’s detrimental impact on the brain. This is the aspect of Covid which concerns me most, but which many people seem to be blissfully unaware of. So let’s dig into what we know… 🧵

Nasal COVID-19 vaccine halts transmission “Vaccinated hamsters that developed infections did not pass the virus on to others, breaking the cycle of transmission” Can we have this NOW?!!? Please medicine.wustl.edu/news/nasal-cov…

T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 BA.2: The Duke Boys of variants

Mohammed Qahtani won the Toastmasters World Championship of Public Speaking. It’s easy to see why. Please watch his speech. Words have power. Words can be our power. Words can unite or divide. Words can spit venom or can mend a broken soul. Words matter.

Thanks for a pleasant stay Erieau. Bound now for Pt Stanley. Lake is gorgeous

Clean indoor air protects against diseases such as COVID and flu, but we’re not doing enough to ensure it | Opinion trib.al/mNd4kmn

Mucosal COVID-19 boosters outperform mRNA shots in preventing upper airway infections We know this .. we want to know WHEN !!!! news-medical.net/news/20240905/…

A recent archaeological study has pinpointed the Zagros Mountains on the Persian Plateau as a probable region where Neanderthals and Homo sapiens interbred during the Late Pleistocene era, around 50,000–60,000 years ago. The area's unique position at the border of two major

New research by Dr. Reinat Nevo and Prof. Ziv Reich suggests that altering chloroplast structure could make photosynthesis more efficient under artificial light, potentially leading to better plant growth in controlled environments >> bit.ly/into-light-Eng Ziv Reich's lab

Wow! Over half a million views on ‘The Long Pause’ in just 3 days… 🤯

Facing the threat of antibiotic resistance, which could cause 10 million deaths annually by 2050, Prof. Roi Avraham’s team developed a novel method to study bacteria-host interactions—revealing new ways to combat even the most persistent bugs >> bit.ly/couples-ther-E…

Opinion | The school board has a lot of problems to solve. Local trustee distribution in the next election isn’t one of them. therecord.com/opinion/column…

IJB’s Robert Cribb discusses the lax response from school board officials and the province to our investigation revealing elevated lead levels in drinking water at Ontario schools. Watch the full segment of @TheAgenda : ijb.utoronto.ca/news/ijb-repor…

Our newest paper on #CorsiRosenthalBox es. "Longevity of size-dependent particle removal performance of do-it-yourself box fan air filters" Pistochini et al. pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art… I'll dissect results soon. Teaser = gr8 prolonged performance. Not rocket science, folks.

1. Once again, I am compelled to make this very simple point: when a new pathogen is in circulation that not only causes acute disease but also significant sequelae there will be more illness in any given population, including, of course, school-age children.

18. Robin Williams was the true definition of "put others before yourself" fly high legend

25. Dear Friends, his name was Robin Williams and he was incredible.

That far-UVC technology is the present has been known for a long time, and we are late in applying it. "Safety and effectiveness of new UV-C LED disinfection solutions in dental offices" This is the way 💪 dentaleconomics.com/science-tech/a…