An innocuous yellow powder, created in a lab, could be a new way to combat the climate crisis by absorbing carbon from the air. Just half a pound of the stuff may remove as much carbon dioxide as a tree can, according to early tests.
29/11/2024 The Guardian
It was an alarming, even sickening, suggestion: Farmers in Zimbabwe hit hard by drought should farm maggots to feed their animals and boost their household incomes
29/11/2024 The Independent
Scientists have figured out how to electrify industrial heat for the first time by pioneering a new type of hot brick battery.
28/11/2024 The Independent
A psychologist and human connection researcher explains how individual acts of kindness and connection can have a real impact on global change when these acts are collective.
27/11/2024 The Conversation
Pakistan has grown its solar energy capacity by an astounding amount in a remarkably short space of time. The shock surge has given residents the power to survive blackouts, but it threatens to disrupt the grid.
27/11/2024 Deutsche Welle
Experts say the approach enhances the quality of life for both children and adults who have tumors in the brain or other vital organs
26/11/2024 El País
Bullying in schools is widespread, and it has consequences that can last through childhood and into adulthood. Research has found that children who are frequently bullied are more likely to self-harm, and being bullied in childhood has been linked…
26/11/2024 The Conversation
These new results are marking significant progress in the fight against the disease, but HIV remains far from being stamped out, health experts warn ahead of World AIDS Day on Sunday.
26/11/2024 Le Monde
Peer review is a central feature of academic work. It’s the process through which research ends up published in an academic journal: independent experts scrutinise the work of another researcher in order to recommend if it should be accepted by a…
22/11/2024 The Conversation
Researchers have created the world’s thinnest spaghetti which is about 200 times thinner than a human hair. The pasta is not intended to be a new food but was created because these extremely fine strands of material – called nanofibers – could have…
21/11/2024 The Independent
Prisons and the justice system often make headlines for issues like overcrowding or sentencing, but there’s a quieter, more transformative side to life behind bars that rarely gets attention.
19/11/2024 The Conversation
Insulating attics, replacing windows and adding heat pumps can save money and reduce emissions − if residents can afford the upgrades. Carbon-offset purchases by local companies could help.
19/11/2024 The Conversation
Danish lawmakers have agreed on a deal to plant 1 billion trees and convert 10% of farmland into forest and natural habitats in an effort to reduce fertilizer usage over the next two decades
18/11/2024 The Independent
Researchers have been using AI to predict new antibiotic agents. Observers said the fight against antimicrobial resistance is gaining momentum.
18/11/2024 Deutsche Welle
Less than a month after four towering dams on the Klamath River were demolished, hundreds of salmon made it into waters they have been cut off from for decades to spawn in cool creeks
17/11/2024 The Independent
Two of the UK's biggest clubs have announced they will host onsite drug testing for the first time. Charity The Loop will operate at Drumsheds in London and the Warehouse Project in Manchester, checking any confiscated or surrendered substances.
15/11/2024 BBC
Amid the cost of living crisis, one university has launched a plan to address the financial and educational inequalities students face
14/11/2024 Positive News
While there are plenty of patient perspectives on social media , resources from healthcare professionals are far fewer – and are often lower quality.
13/11/2024 The Conversation
Olivia Humphreys, 24, from Limerick, came up with the invention Athena after her own mother’s battle with cancer.
13/11/2024 The Independent
A daily pill designed to help people give up smoking will soon be rolled out on the NHS as experts hope it could prevent thousands of smoking-related deaths a year.
12/11/2024 The Independent
Australia’s energy system now offers vehicle-to-grid charging, which will make the concept of traditional baseload power redundant.
11/11/2024 Sydney Morning Herald
A cloned black-footed ferret has given birth, becoming the first-ever cloned animal of an endangered species in the US to successfully produce offspring in what officials recently hailed as a “major milestone”. In an announcement at the beginning…
08/11/2024 The Guardian
