New hydrogen fuel method also cleans up pharmaceutical waste
We recently wrote about how hydrogen power could be used to clean up commercial ammonia production. Now, another group of researchers is also exploring the symbiotic cleaning powers of this green energy source. A team of engineers has come up with a catalyst that could remove pharmaceutical toxins Read More...
This new partnership is mapping out gas leaks in American cities
As major methane emitters, gas leaks are dangerous for human health and the environment, but detecting them is not always easy. This is why the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and Google Earth have teamed up to seek out leaks more efficiently. EDF and the Google Earth Outreach Team joined Read More...
March 26, 2021
Happy Friday! Today we've got shoes made from kombucha tea waste and Ikea's new sustainable cookbook that will make you rethink how you look at kitchen scraps. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
March 26, 2021
Happy Friday! Today we've got shoes made from kombucha tea waste and Ikea's new sustainable cookbook that will make you rethink how you look at kitchen scraps. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
March 26, 2021
Happy Friday! Today we've got shoes made from kombucha tea waste and Ikea's new sustainable cookbook that will make you rethink how you look at kitchen scraps. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
March 26, 2021
Happy Friday! Today we've got shoes made from kombucha tea waste and Ikea's new sustainable cookbook that will make you rethink how you look at kitchen scraps. Listen to The Optimist Daily Update with Summers & Kristy - Making Solutions the Read More...
Native American Nations make vaccines available to all Oklahoma residents
All residents in Oklahoma are now eligible to receive a Covid-19 vaccine thanks, in large part, to the efforts of Native American tribes in the state. With the increased supply of all three vaccine types from the Indian Health Service, the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Osage, and Choctaw communities are Read More...
Oakland, CA to launch large-scale UBI experiment
After encouraging preliminary results from Stockton's universal basic income (UBI) experiment, another California city is testing out guaranteed income as a strategy for economic empowerment for marginalized groups. The City of Oakland announced this week that it will provide $500 a month to 600 Read More...
Brain cancer vaccine complete successful phase 1 trials
Diffuse gliomas are a type of brain cancer that is especially difficult to treat, but 70 percent of low-grade gliomas have a single gene mutation that affects an isocitrate dehydrogenase 1 (IDH1) enzyme. This is what allowed German Cancer Research Center scientist Michael Platten to create a Read More...
Research: Handwritten is better than typed when it comes to memorization
We’re on our computers and smartphones so often these days that it’s rare that we write something by hand, but a new study from the University of Tokyo suggests that writing information by hand is better than typing when it comes to retention and memory. In the study, 48 participants were Read More...