September 30, 2020
Today Summers and Amelia talk the rise of vegetarianism in Germany and a super plastic-eating enzyme. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
September 30, 2020
Today Summers and Amelia talk the rise of vegetarianism in Germany and a super plastic-eating enzyme. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
September 30, 2020
Today Summers and Amelia talk the rise of vegetarianism in Germany and a super plastic-eating enzyme. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
September 30, 2020
Today Summers and Amelia talk the rise of vegetarianism in Germany and a super plastic-eating enzyme. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
3D bioprinting could be the future of non-invasive surgery
3D printing has been used to make jewelry, prosthetics, and even entire homes. Now, scientists are looking to 3D printing to repair living tissue within the human body. If successful, the technology could be used to treat ulcers and other gastrointestinal wounds which affect one in eight people Read More...
COVID-19: Rapid and affordable tests to be rolled out worldwide
One of the main challenges in slowing down the spread of the coronavirus pandemic has been the lack of adequate testing facilities and trained medical staff to carry out the lab testing of the virus. That problem may soon be mitigated, thanks to a global initiative that is preparing a massive Read More...
65 country leaders pledge to reverse destruction of nature
Leaders from 65 countries recently came together to make a renewed commitment to putting nature on the path to recovery. As reported in Deutsche Welle, the commitments include eliminating plastic leakage to the oceans by 2050 and incentivizing banks and businesses to value the natural Read More...
Park in Copenhagen is designed to stop rainwater from flooding the streets
Following a devastating dose of heavy rain in 2011 that cost Copenhagen $1 billion in damage, the Danish capital decided to begin investing in hundreds of climate-resilient projects that could mitigate the city’s vulnerability to flooding as a result of extreme rainstorms — which are only Read More...
New super-enzyme eats plastic six times faster than previous one
Certain types of bacteria naturally break down plastic. Harnessing the power of these special bacteria, scientists have created a “super enzyme” that can degrade plastic bottles. And it’s doing it at a rate six times faster than previously projected. The enzyme was created by connecting Read More...
Meat-loving Germany is quickly becoming vegetarian
Germany is famous for its schnitzels, sausage, and currywurst, so it may come as surprise to you that Germans are rapidly cutting down on their meat consumption. But that's exactly what's happening, according to teams of researchers from Berlin, Bath, and Franche-Comté in eastern France. The Read More...