Health and Medicine How is asthma related to the neighborhood you live in? Researchers wanted to find out if a discriminatory system from 85 years ago might relate to asthma rates in “lower grade” neighborhoods in US cities.
Energy and Climate Waste to Energy: How can we get the most from our waste? Scientists wanted to find out how much energy can be produced from waste biomass.
Physical Science How can dust make planets more suitable for life? Astronomers looking for habitable planets outside the Solar System discovered that dust might play an important role.
Health and Medicine What is the impact of COVID-19 on other diseases? Scientists created mathematical models to estimate how the measures against COVID-19 are impacting people with HIV, tuberculosis and malaria.
Biodiversity and Conservation How do corals spread in the deep sea? Scientists wanted to know how seamounts affect populations of deep sea corals.
Biodiversity and Conservation How can we track life in the ocean? Scientists used the DNA that organisms leave behind in their environment to work out which species were present in Monterey Bay, California.