Daily Digest 11/12 — Netherlands Heads Back into Lockdown; Carbon Isolating “Forests of Buildings” Show Promise at COP26

Energy

Newly developed compound may enable sustainable, cost-effective, large-scale energy storage

To produce a cost-effective redox flow battery, researchers based at the South China University of Technology have synthesized a molecular compound that serves as a low-cost electrolyte, enabling a stable flow battery that retains 99.98% capacity per cycle.

Europe burns a controversial ‘renewable’ energy source: trees from the U.S.

As world leaders pledge more action on climate change, one so-called solution—burning trees for electricity—could undermine progress.

Environment

Glitter is an environmental disaster. So scientists invented an eco-friendly version

Instead of building glitter from toxic plastic, a thin, shimmery film from cellulose, a material found in the cell walls of plants, vegetables and fruit has been created.

SOM Proposes to Transform the Built Environment into a “Forest” of Absorbing Carbon at COP26

A firm has proposed the idea, Urban Sequoia, an architectural concept inspired by the ecosystem at the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow – COP26. The design features “forests of buildings” that isolate carbon and produce biomaterials that create a new ecological and resilient urban environment.

Health

New clues to the biology of long COVID are starting to emerge

Researchers have been scrambling to figure out why some people experience persistent, often debilitating symptoms after catching SARS-CoV-2. It remains unclear how often it occurs. But if only a small fraction of the hundreds of millions of people who’ve had COVID-19 are left struggling with long-term health problems, it’s a major public health problem.

Netherlands returns to partial lockdown amid COVID-19 surge

The Netherlands will return to a partial lockdown from Saturday after the government ordered restaurants and shops to close early and barred spectators from major sporting events in an effort to contain a rapid surge in COVID-19 cases.

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