German travel tech startups hunker down for ‘nuclear winter’

[ad_1] BERLIN (Reuters) – Online travel startups based in Germany are hunkering down to survive a coronavirus pandemic that threatens to inflict a “nuclear winter” on the travel industry as…

E-scooters take off in COVID-hit London despite legal obstacles

[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – Thousands of London commuters have ditched the city’s underground trains and buses during the COVID-19 pandemic for a more personal form of electric transportation: an e-scooter.…

French lottery group FDJ says lockdown knocked 100 million euros off earnings

[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: Logos of France’s national lottery company Francaise des Jeux (FDJ) are seen in Nice, France, October 3, 2019. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard PARIS (Reuters) – French lottery operator Francaise…

Scientists spray saliva-like droplets in stadium to study how fans spread aerosols

[ad_1] AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Scientists are using the Netherlands’ largest football stadium to model how a cheering football crowd might spread aerosols through the air by spraying fine droplets, made…