Olivier Moyen, who runs Ilightyou lighting stores in Lyon, Paris, Nantes and Dubai as well as a factory in Nantes, had the idea last year to use his production tool to design and manufacture lighting disinfecting the air. Today, its market promises to be gigantic. Its product, the Lod’Protect, is a luminaire that looks quite …
Abstract A direct approach to limit airborne viral transmissions is to inactivate them within a short time of their production. Germicidal ultraviolet light, typically at 254 nm, is effective in this context but, used directly, can be a health hazard to skin and eyes. By contrast, far-UVC light (207–222 nm) efficiently kills pathogens potentially without harm to …
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Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft and co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, during the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow, U.K., on Nov. 2, 2021.Robert Perry | EPA | Bloomberg | Getty Images Bill Gates on Covid: ‘I don’t want to be a voice of doom and gloom,’ but ‘the worst’ could still be …
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