India is suffering from a deadly wave of COVID-19 infections, with hospital beds and oxygen in low supply. Emma Keeling speaks to Bharat Pankhania from the University of Exeter Medical School to find out how doctors in the UK are helping remotely and if there's enough global support for the drive to waive of vaccine intellectual property rights. 

Staying with COVID-19, orchestras around the world have been hit hard by lockdowns but fluid dynamics is helping them to make music again. Shini Somara talks to Mele Willis from the Minnesota Orchestra, who joined forces with Jiarong Hong, an associate professor from the University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering, to study how far wind instruments spread aerosols. They modeled patterns of airflow and exchange to help establish new protocols and social distancing requirements to create safer environments for audiences. 

And lastly, it's no secret that the aviation industry is a heavy polluter – every year it produces around 2 percent of all global carbon dioxide emissions. But could the use of Lithium-Sulphur batteries (Li-S) be the latest innovation to help flying become greener?