Contrails: Tackling These Climate Culprits With AI
Advanced AI collaboration has enabled pilots to reduce the number of climate-warming contrails they produce during flights.
Contrails: Tackling These Climate Culprits With AI
Content that examines the scientific progress we’re making towards tackling the most intractable problems.
Revolutionary ‘Bionic Eye’ Technology Promises Safer Brain Surgery
Revolutionary ‘Bionic Eye’ Technology Promises Safer Brain Surgery
A revolutionary ‘bionic eye’ is being developed to distinguish between healthy and diseased brain tissue in brain cancer sufferers.
How To Reduce Cement Emissions
How To Reduce Cement Emissions
Three technologies could deliver huge reductions in emissions from cement manufacturing by 2030. Cement creates 8% of all emissions.
African Leaders Pledge To End AIDS In Children
African Leaders Pledge To End AIDS In Children
The Global Alliance to End AIDS in Children has pledged to end the transmission of HIV/AIDS to children by 2030.
Air Con Can Make Your Roof Garden Grow
Air Con Can Make Your Roof Garden Grow
Air expelled from ventilation systems can make corn and spinach grow taller and larger. This is good news for roof gardens and farms.
In My Opinion: Nuclear Waste Debate Fuelled By War In Ukraine
In My Opinion: Nuclear Waste Debate Fuelled By War In Ukraine
As Putin’s army unleashes unimaginable misery on the people of Ukraine, it seems trite to talk about the war’s impact on the world’s programmes to geologically dispose of our most harmful radioactive wastes. But the invasion is changing our world, including how...
Climate Change Intensifying Says IPCC
Climate Change Intensifying Says IPCC
A new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) finds that global temperature is expected to reach or exceed 1.5°C of warming averaged over the next 20 years. It reports that emissions of greenhouse gases from human activities are already...
Key Battle Won Against Malaria
Key Battle Won Against Malaria
The World Health Organization has certified China as malaria-free. Given that the country was reporting 30 million cases per year of the disease in the 1940s, it’s a major milestone in the worldwide campaign to eradicate the killer disease completely.How has China...
Does Coffee Burn More Fat During Exercise?
Does Coffee Burn More Fat During Exercise?
Coffee, green tea and other caffeinated drinks are a popular way to start the morning. Not only does it give many people a much-needed boost, but caffeine can also help when it comes to fitness.Studies show it can help people exercise harder and for longer, and...
Transparent Wood Is Coming
Transparent Wood Is Coming
Wood is an ancient material humans have been using for millions of years, for the construction of housing, ships and as a source of fuel for burning. It’s also a renewable source, and one way to capture excess carbon dioxide from the Earth’s atmosphere. Today, the...
