The world’s largest packaged food company will ditch single-use plastic
“The world’s largest packaged food company is finally taking some drastic steps to reduce its plastic footprint. Nestlé, which is on track to report nearly $90 […]
Graphene Implant Can Hear Your Brain Whisper
“The body of knowledge about the human brain is keeps growing, but many questions remain unanswered. Researchers have been using electrode arrays to record the […]
Microsoft Partners With VictoryVR To Bring A VR Curriculum To Schools
“Microsoft is continuing to explore what its new mixed reality platform can do for education. The company revealed a partnership with VictoryVR at the Bett 2019 education […]
New Service Delivers Name-Brand Goods Then Returns for the Packaging
“A new service called Loop delivers brand-name goods in reusable packaging, and then picks up the packaging to refill or recycle it. Brand New Recycling […]
ROSA Knee System Receives FDA Clearance for Robotically-Assisted Surgeries
“Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc., a company focused on musculoskeletal healthcare, announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration 510(k) clearance of the ROSA Knee System for robotically-assisted total knee […]
Germany to phase out coal by 2038 in move away from fossil fuels
“Germany should shut down all of its coal-fired power plants by 2038 at the latest, a government-appointed commission said on Saturday, proposing at least 40 […]
Drug Sponge Could Minimize Side Effects of Cancer Treatment
“With the help of sponges inserted in the bloodstream to absorb excess drugs, doctors are hoping to prevent the dangerous side effects of toxic chemotherapy […]
How Microrobots Will Fix Our Roads and Save Us Billions
“Swarms of microrobots will scuttle along beneath our roads and pavements, finding and fixing leaky pipes and faulty cables. Thanks to their efforts, we can […]
US Floating Solar Could Generate 10% Of Annual Electricity Production
“Installing floating solar solar PV projects on the more than 24,000 man-made US reservoirs could generate approximately 10% of the national annual electricity production, according […]
Solar PV Installer & Wind Turbine Tech Are Fastest Growing Occupations In US
“According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the fastest growing occupation in the US is solar PV installer, with a projected growth rate of 105% from […]
Advancing Vehicle-to-Grid Tech: Why Solar Energy Needs Your Electric Car
“Solar may be the future of energy production, but for the time being, it causes a lot of problems. Energy producers, grid managers, and energy markets […]
Bio-Printers are churning out living fixes to broken spines
“For doctors and medical researchers repairing the human body, a 3D printer has become almost as valuable as an x-ray machine, microscope, or a sharp […]
Sweat-Drinking Biosensor Patch Helps Monitor Your Health
“Monitoring your health can sometimes be thirsty work the stress of which might leave you sweating bullets, but that may be more beneficial than you […]
This high-tech LED lighting could grow veggies in space
“Move over, freeze-dried foods and Tang. The astronauts of tomorrow may be growing veggies in their spacecraft or even on the moon and Mars. OSRAM, a […]
WWF announces new blockchain platform to track sustainability of food
“WWF, in partnership with BCG Digital Ventures, has announced a new blockchain platform to help people track how sustainable their food is. The OpenSC uses […]
Breakfast is Served: A 3D-Printed Nutella Pancake
“People 3D print an array of different things, but food is on an entirely different level. RCLifeOn took on this challenge when they 3D-printed a chocolate layer, which worked […]
This Startup Is Crowd-sourcing Special Maps For Self-Driving Cars
“Google Maps might be detailed enough to help you find a new restaurant, but if you want your car to autonomously drive you to dinner, […]
Machine Learning Could Reduce Testing, Improve Treatment for Intensive Care Patients
“Doctors in intensive care units face a continual dilemma: Every blood test they order could yield critical information, but also adds costs and risks for […]
Low-Income Solar Is The Goal Of 225 Megawatt New Jersey Community Solar Program
“New Jersey has firmly embraced the concept of solar for all with its new 225 megawatt community solar program, within which 40% of all capacity […]
XR Portal Is An Immersive Content Library Specialising In Education
The online resource features over 500 pieces of content. “As virtual reality (VR) continues to grow outside the realms of the videogame industry there’s a […]
The end of plastic straws, cutlery and plates is here: EU has officially put a stop to single-use plastic products.
““There’s a great future in plastics. Think about it. Will you think about it?” The iconic quote from “The Graduate” may officially be out of […]
Artificial Intelligence Can Dramatically Cut Time Needed to Process Abnormal Chest X-Rays
“New research has found that a novel Artificial Intelligence (AI) system can dramatically reduce the time needed to ensure that abnormal chest X-rays with critical […]
This Just In: Unilever, P&G, And PepsiCo Are Changing Their Packaging To Help Out The Planet
“Today, global recycling giant TerraCycle is announcing its plan to make single-use plastic a thing of the past. The company unveiled its new initiative, Loop, at the World […]
Floating private resort in the Maldives is 100% powered by the sun
“Basking in the beauty of the Maldives is a luxury that can now be enjoyed in an all-inclusive eco resort powered entirely by solar energy. […]
Children Design Playground Equipment to Test 3D Printing and Virtual Reality Software
“In a thesis entitled “Designing Playground Equipment with VR and 3D Printing,” author Christian Knaapen argues that virtual reality is necessary in designing objects in […]
Boeing’s Flying Car Just Completed Its First Test Flight
“On Tuesday, aerospace company Boeing completed the first ever test flight of its autonomous passenger air vehicle (PAV) — a flying car, basically — at a facility […]
How 3D technology is revolutionizing face transplants
“From modeling to printing, it’s all about seeing inside someone’s head. Face transplants are an ideal setting to fuse medicine with the growing world of […]
Electric vehicle sales to increase ten-fold by 2030
“Electric vehicle (EV) sales will reach more than 20 million annually by the end of the next decade, according to a new analysis. The research, […]
CRISPR Just Got More Powerful With an “On” Switch
“Earlier this month, a team from UC Berkeley took a stab at taming the CRISPR beast. Using a technique called circular permutation, the team reorganized […]
Waymo Gets Approval to Open Driverless Car Factory in Michigan
“Alphabet-owned driverless car company Waymo has received approval from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation to build an autonomous vehicle factory in the state. In a Medium post, Waymo […]
New Research Could Reverse Memory Loss In Alzheimer’s Patients
“Your DNA sequence never changes. But the expression of your genes changes throughout your life, and the elements affecting these changes are known as epigenetic factors. Now, scientists believe they […]
Researchers successfully turn breast cancer cells into fat to stop them from spreading
“Researchers have been able to coax human breast cancer cells to turn into fat cells in a new proof-of-concept study in mice. To achieve this […]
AI, the Law, and Our Future
“Scientists and policymakers converged at MIT on Tuesday to discuss one of the hardest problems in artificial intelligence: How to govern it. The first MIT […]
The Top Biotech and Medicine Advances to Expect in 2019
“2018 was bonkers for science. From a woman who gave birth using a transplanted uterus, to the infamous CRISPR baby scandal, to forensics adopting consumer-based […]
Scientists Boost Stability of Low-Cost, Large-Area Solar Modules
“Scientists at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) have resolved a fundamental weakness in a promising solar technology known as Perovskite […]
Outsmarting waste: Does AI hold the key to a circular economy?
“The term ‘Artificial Intelligence’ (AI) can be a frightening one. Anyone who has seen 2001: A Space Odyssey knows what might happen if a computer gets […]
New Carbon Capture System Generates Electricity By Sucking Up CO2
“When vehicles and power plants burn fossil fuels, they release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere — trapping energy from the Sun and warming the planet. Some researchers have suggested that […]
Follow the Money: Sustainability Goes Mainstream
” In the last two decades, sustainability reporting has gone from an exercise for the largest companies to a necessity to attract investors and meet […]
A virtual reality fix to real-life problems — Cops using technology to help kids
“The reality is, city kids may best learn how to avoid trouble by playing a video game, the NYPD says. And on Tuesday, officials demonstrated […]
This is what the cities of the future could look like
“As cities become an even more important driver of the global economy and wealth, it’s becoming crucial to ensure that they are optimized to maximize […]
Elon Musk: Boring Co. Could Help Dig New CERN Particle Collider
“On Tuesday, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) unveiled a plan to build the Future Circular Collider (FCC), a massive particle accelerator designed to […]
Preventing Flash Floods with Sensor-Filled Windshield Wipers
“Windshield wipers have been put to a more high-tech use by University of Michigan (U-M) researchers. An Ann Arbor test fleet 70 vehicles strong, tracked […]
The EV Revolution: Infiniti Electrifying By 2025, More Cars From Porsche & Audi, Electric Ducati On The Horizon
“The EV revolution continues to gather momentum as Infiniti says all its cars will be plug-in hybrids or battery electrics, Porsche and Audi say they […]
Green Building through Green Bonds in Colombia
“Green bonds are all the rage. In 2018, green bond issuance grew a steady 4 percent year-over-year to $162 billion, according to the Climate Bonds […]
These Smart Seafaring Robots Have a Whole New Set of Skills
“Drones. Self-driving cars. Flying robo taxis. If the headlines of the last few years are to be believed, terrestrial transportation in the future will someday be […]
Stem Cell Dental Implants Grow New Teeth in 2 Months
“Apparently, the newest scientific discovery can possibly leave dentures and implants in the past, and make millions of people extremely happy. These two methods for […]
Chinese company unveils ‘World’s cheapest electric car’ for under $9000
“Elon Musk’s Tesla Inc. arguably has one of the most affordable lines of electric vehicle, but that all could change as a Chinese company just […]
India Is Launching the Largest Basic Income Experiment in History
“The small Indian state of Sikkim is about to launch a basic income experiment that will provide cash payments to each of its 610,000 citizens — […]
USA: Blockchain Technology to Revitalize the Health Department’s Contract Acquisition Function
USA: Blockchain Technology to Revitalize the Health Department’s Contract Acquisition Function