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CDC releases updated “science based” school guidelines

Enlarge / Rochelle Walensky during the announcement of her nomination to head the CDC. (credit: Jim Watson, Getty Images) As the US approached the start of the school year in 2020, the guidance it received from the federal government was a mess. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) issued a series of documents in late […]

Facebook A.I. researchers Drive a breakthrough in renewable energy storage

Facebook is among those world’s biggest corporate buyers of renewable energy, using signed prices for at least 5 gigawatts of all “fresh ” electricity –3.5 gigawatts of that is anticipated to be on line by the end of the year. (One gigawatt is enough to electricity 700,000 houses for per lifetime, according to some estimates) […]

Data delays aren’t slowing the global rollout of a Chinese COVID-19 vaccine

Our mission to make business better is fueled by readers like you. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today. Sinovac, the private Chinese drugmaker, has delayed releasing phase III trial data for its COVID-19 vaccine multiple times, but its vaccine is still proving popular. On Monday, Thailand’s government said it would import 2 million […]