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Tuesday, November 16, 2021

Daily Digest 11/16 — The Energy Storage Age is Here; Fecal Microbial Transplants Prove Promising for Essential Gut Health

Energy

Oil and gas giants hit back at climate critics, say they’re leaders in energy transition

The CEOs of some of the world’s leading energy companies have defended their position in the energy mix after the COP26 climate summit focused attention on the future of the industry.

The energy storage decade has arrived, BNEF says

Falling battery costs and “surging” renewables penetration make energy storage a “compelling flexible resource in many power systems.”

Environment

VELUX and EFFEKT Develop Strategic Framework for Designing Healthier and More Sustainable Build Environment

The Build for Life concept aims to create sustainable communities and built environment through affordable, socially-oriented designs and new housing models, healthy indoor climates and the use of low-impact materials.

Despite dirty air, India struggles to move on from coal

Choked in toxic smog, New Delhi has shut down schools and workplaces. Though nations pledged to move away from coal at the UN climate summit, India is reluctant to replace the polluting fuel source.

Health

A second HIV patient may have been ‘cured’ of infection without stem cell treatment, in extremely rare case

Researchers say they have found a second patient whose body seemingly had rid itself of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes AIDS — supporting hope that it may be possible someday to find a way to cure more people of the virus.

How your microbiome can improve your health

More than a decade ago, little was known about the myriad of microorganisms that live happily inside and on our bodies. Now researchers believe they could change the future of human health through a procedure known as a faecal microbiota transplantation.

 

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