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These tiny paper-based fuel cells run on bodily fluids
Disposable diagnostics tests such as pregnancy tests require small batteries or fuel cells to work. Considering that these devices can typically only be used once, an engineer is developing small, nontoxic, inexpensive fuel cells that can be disposed of without ecological impact.There are two Read More...
How to create a better relationship with your phone
An increasing number of us are coming to realize that our relationships with our phones are not exactly what a couples therapist would describe as “healthy”. According to data from Moment, a time-tracking app with nearly five million users, the average person spends four hours a day Read More...
Why doctors are rethinking breast-cancer treatment
"What if I decide to just do nothing?" It was kind of a taunt, Desiree Basila admits. Not the sort of thing that usually comes out of the mouth of a woman who's just been diagnosed with breast cancer. For 20 minutes she'd been grilling her breast surgeon. "Just one more question," she kept saying, Read More...
How to creatively cut down on plastic waste as a small firm
From upcycling to incentivising staff, here are three ways that SMEs are avoiding plastic waste and encouraging Read More...
Quebec places new restrictions on pesticides in bid to protect honeybees
Quebec is introducing new restrictions on pesticides considered harmful to honeybees. Under the changes, farmers will have to get permission from a certified agronomist before using certain pesticides on crops. The restricted pesticides include three types of neonicotinoids, as well as Read More...
German cities to offer free transit to cut air pollution
The air quality in Germany is not up to European Union standards, so the German government is considering free public transit as a way of getting people out of their cars. Germans drive a lot of diesels, so it would reduce particulate and Nitrogen dioxide emissions. They are also considering "low Read More...
To handle increased stress, build your resilience
Wherever you live or work, stress is on the rise. According to the International Labour Organization, workers in developed and developing countries are facing increasing strain at work. The onslaught of mounting stressors include global challenges, such as climate change, terrorism, and political Read More...
What the rest of the world can learn from the flying cows of Switzerland
Even today, in the face of imminent climate change, we continue to function as though there’s more atmosphere somewhere, ready to whisk off our waste to someplace else. It is time, though, to think of the world as a closed system in which we operate with the full understanding of how one thing Read More...
The world’s first floating wind farm is generating more energy than expected
The world’s first floating wind farm, which is located off the coast of Scotland, is showing that generating great amounts of energy is possible in places with deep seabeds. Although Scotland’s floating wind farm only switched on three months ago, it’s already performing far better than Read More...
This company achieved a breakthrough on the way to the “hydrogen economy”
Hydrogen is an all-purpose element that can be produced without greenhouse gases and used to create anything from fertilizers to fuel. The only problem is extracting it from water is both expensive in terms of money and energy. Attempts at producing hydrogen at a lesser cost haven’t been all too Read More...