Optimists For The Win: Finding The Bright Side Might Help You Live Longer
“Good news for the cheery: A Boston study published this month suggests people who tend to be optimistic are likelier than others to live to […]
Connecticut governor calls for 100% carbon-free power by 2040
“Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont, D, signed an executive order Tuesday directing state regulators to lay out a plan to reach 100% carbon-free electricity by 2040. Eight other […]
The coming mini-grid boom. Mini-grids are “the cheapest method of electrifying a group of users in rural areas, enabling economic growth”
“Africa is the land of opportunity for investors in decentralized off-grid solar, and two big deals in the past week suggest the market will continue […]
Tesla battery researcher unveils new cell that could last 1 million miles in ‘robot taxis’
“Tesla’s battery research partner has released a new paper on a battery cell that could last over 1 million miles, which they say is going […]
A swifter way towards 3D-printed organs
“Artificially grown human organs are seen by many as the “holy grail” for resolving organ shortage. A new sacrificial ink-writing technique from Harvard allows 3D […]
$3.3 billion wind investment will add 2,500 MW of clean energy in South Dakota
“The prairies and rolling hills of South Dakota will soon become dotted with wind turbines after the approval of eight major wind energy projects that […]
Meet the People Using Technology to Save Our Coral Reefs
“You’ve probably heard that the corals are dying off from rising ocean temperatures around the world. But have you heard about the people hard at work […]
Scientists Find Evidence The Human Brain Can Create Structures in Up to 11 Dimensions
“Back in 2017, neuroscientists used a classic branch of maths in a totally new way to peer into the structure of our brains. What they […]
Blockchain, the missing link for reporting?
“Big companies claim most of the business headlines. Small firms are the ones we patronize every day. That’s why I was triply compelled by one […]
Building from thin air & the carbon revolution
“Mimicking what already occurs in nature, DAC essentially involves industrial photosynthesis, harnessing the power of the sun to draw carbon directly out of the atmosphere. […]
Here’s How Blockchain, Sports And Science Are Disrupting The Healthcare Game
” The massive fervor around blockchain technology has quelled a bit due to a number of challenges facing the emerging industry ranging from speed and […]
Scientists extract hydrogen gas from oil and bitumen, giving potential pollution-free energy
” Scientists have developed a large-scale economical method to extract hydrogen (H2) from oil sands (natural bitumen) and oil fields. This can be used to […]
Tesla’s Megapack battery is big enough to help grids handle peak demand
” Tesla announced a new massive battery today called Megapack that could replace so-called “peaker” power plants, which provide energy when a local electrical grid […]
The future of food: Why farming is moving indoors
“A car park opposite the infamous New York City housing estate where rapper Jay-Z grew up seems an unlikely place for an agricultural revolution. Ten […]
Deep learning enables scientists to identify cancer cells in blood in milliseconds
“Researchers at UCLA and NantWorks have developed an artificial intelligence-powered device that detects cancer cells in a few milliseconds—hundreds of times faster than previous methods. […]
USA’s First 100% Solar Airport Comes Up At Chattanooga, In The Heart Of Trump Land
“A few weeks back, Tennessee’s Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport (CMA) became the first US airport powered by 100% solar energy. The news was shared by the […]
Neuroscientists decode brain speech signals into written text
“When Stephen Hawking wanted to speak, he chose letters and words from a synthesiser screen controlled by twitches of a muscle in his cheek. But […]
Versatile, portable exosuit assists with both walking and running
” As reported today in Science, a team of researchers at Harvard’s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering and John A. Paulson School of Engineering and […]
Physicists find new state of matter that can supercharge technology
“A group of physicists has discovered a new state of matter that can lead to significant advancements in quantum computing and device storage. The state […]
Wind power prices now lower than the cost of natural gas
” This week, the US Department of Energy released a report that looks back on the state of wind power in the US by running the numbers […]
In a 1st, doctors in U.S. use CRISPR tool to treat patient with genetic disorder
“For the first time, doctors in the U.S. have used the powerful gene-editing technique CRISPR to try to treat a patient with a genetic disorder. […]
Tesla launches its Megapack, a new massive 3 MWh energy storage product
“Tesla is launching today its ‘Megapack’, a massive new energy storage product that combines up to 3 MWh of storage capacity and a 1.5 MW […]
How data science in and for Africa can blaze new trails
“The term “data science” was coined by scientists working at the social networks LinkedIn and Facebook in 2008. A few years later, they dubbed it “the sexiest […]
One of the world’s largest banks thinks the writing is on the wall for the oil industry
“We think the economics of renewables are impossible for oil to compete with.” Plunging prices for batteries and renewables are driving an electric vehicle (EV) […]
Bionic eye technology, 2000-2050
“This graph shows the progress in bionic eye technology from 2000 to 2050. The y-axis indicates the number of pixels generated by electrode arrays for […]
This Futuristic Hospital Is Using Greenery As Medicine
“Communal gardens, landscaped rooftops, and wide-open windows aren’t features of your typical hospital—but maybe they should be. Khoo Teck Puat Hospital in Singapore is a case study […]
Vehicle emissions: New sensor technology to improve air quality in cities
“Today, air pollution is one of the biggest challenges facing European cities. As part of the Horizon 2020 research project CARES (City Air Remote Emission […]
Scientists Found a Way to Create Millions of Virtual Universes
“Scientists used a supercomputer to simulate the creation and evolution of 8 million virtual universes, each containing 12 million galaxies — and in the process, they […]
Scientists 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 […]
The Age of Solar Energy Abundance Is Coming in Hot
“Every five days, the sun provides the Earth with as much energy as all proven supplies of oil, coal, and natural gas. If humanity could […]
Sony is crowdfunding a wearable ‘air conditioner’
“Are you struggling to cope with the heat outdoors? Sony might have a solution, if not as soon as you might like. The company’s First […]
A cooling system without harmful refrigerants
” A discovery from 1917 becomes viable for the future. A team of researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Physical Measurement Techniques IPM is developing […]
New Blood Test Could Detect Alzheimer’s 20 Years Before Symptoms
“Researchers from the Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, Missouri claim they have made significant progress toward developing a blood test that can […]
This Startup Wants To 3D Print One Pill With All Your Prescriptions
Personalized pharmaceutical products company Multiply Labs envisions a future in which patients can finally say goodbye to swallowing a cocktail of different pills organized in […]
Zara clothes to be made from 100% sustainable fabrics by 2025
“The owner of high street fashion chain Zara has announced that all of its collections will be made from 100% sustainable fabrics before 2025. Inditex […]
Physicists Have Reversed Time on The Smallest Scale by Using a Quantum Computer
“It’s easy to take time’s arrow for granted – but the gears of physics actually work just as smoothly in reverse. Maybe that time machine […]
Developing technologies that run on light
“The future of faster, more efficient information processing may come down to light rather than electricity. Mark Lawrence, a postdoctoral scholar in materials science and […]
How an army of ‘citizen scientists’ is helping save our most elusive animals
“Roland Ascroft’s first attempt to become a citizen scientist was nearly his last. The 63-year-old conservationist volunteered to take part in a wildlife monitoring project […]
FluidForm & Carnegie Mellon: Closer Than Ever to Bioprinting a Human Heart
” While the realm of bioprinting has continued to expand significantly in the past few years, allowing for better sustainability of cells in the lab—and […]
Your UPS deliveries may soon arrive in electric trucks
“Through its multiple partnerships with EV startups, the company is precipitating a sustainable transformation in the delivery industry. A new UPS truck now rolling around […]
Sumitomo focuses on power-generating device installed in tire
“Tires that recover energy as they roll made numerous headlines this week as tech watchers explored Sumitomo’s concept. TU-Automotive was among numerous sites reporting on the […]
Scientists Just Released a New Playbook for Engineering Longer, Healthier Lives
“This month, as part of Nature’s 150 Anniversary Collection, several of geroscience’s brightest minds penned a playbook to guide this new era of aging research. Covering […]
Machine Learning vs. Climate Change: AI for the Greener Good
“Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our time. Despite increasing global consensus about the urgency of reducing emissions since the 1980s, […]
Ethiopia plants 350 million trees in one day to help tackle climate crisis
“About 350m trees have been planted in a single day in Ethiopia, according to a government minister. The planting is part of a national “green legacy” initiative to grow […]
First Human CRISPR Trial in the US Aims to Cure Inherited Blindness
“Gene editing is advancing at a faster pace than most of us can keep up with. One significant recent announcement was gene editing tool CRISPR’s […]
Giant shipper bets big on ending its carbon emissions. Will it pay off ?
“The Danish company Maersk has been shipping goods around the world since the age of steamships. Now it wants to usher in a new era, […]
Five Ways Buildings of the Future Will Use Biotech to Become Living Things
“What if our homes were alive? I don’t mean smart homes with the disembodied voice of Alexa deciding the setting for your living room spotlights. I mean […]
2020 Olympic Medals Will Be Made Out Of Recycled Smartphones
“The Tokyo 2020 Olympics organizing committee announced that the metal found in the gold, silver, and bronze medals for next year’s Olympic Games will be reclaimed from old […]
How do we design buildings that enable occupants to thrive?
“Americans spend 87 percent of their time indoors, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Unfortunately, many buildings contribute to depression, stress, poor health and absenteeism, say […]
Hydrogel uses sunlight to harvest fresh water from the sea
“In many arid coastal regions, a great quantity of valuable fresh water is lost into the atmosphere every day, as it evaporates from the surface […]