Public Health

Ministers would be tearing their hair out. Activating long-term sick workers is undoubtedly the main project of the federal government's budget conclave. The number of sick people is exploding, and so is the cost they impose on Social Security. There are more than 520,000 people who are unable to work [...]

Scientists in Belgium have investigated how perovskite absorbers used in solar cell degrade under three different stress test types and have found that the interface between the perovskite layer and the electron transport layer suffers from weak thermomechanical stability, which creates the conditions for performance losses. Researchers from imec, Hasselt University, and Ghent [...]

A fire of exceptional intensity has swept through 16,000 hectares in Aude, leaving one person dead and several injured, including both civilians and firefighters. Several towns had to be partially evacuated, and a large emergency response operation is underway on the ground.