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Can the Safecity app make Delhi safer for women?
Since the wall near an abuse hotspot in Delhi was painted last December, fewer women are harassed there. Photograph: Salini Sharma/Safecity I was touched at rush hour at the busy Andheri Station. A person passing my rickshaw simply touched my breast and ran away while I sat disgusted and Read More...
Fish oil capsules reduce the rate of psychotic disorders in young people
Fish oil capsules significantly reduce the rate of psychotic disorders in young people, aged 13 to 24, a new study finds. This dietary supplement full of omega-3 fatty acids, also naturally present in fatty fish such as salmon and mackerel, may even prevent the development of Read More...
Not a pipe dream: Harvesting clean energy from cities’ water supply
If you’re prepared to harvest it, there’s energy everywhere. Here’s a source you may have never thought of: In cities’ drinking water pipes there’s near-constant running water that can be tapped for energy. That’s exactly what LucidEnergy in Portland, Oregon is doing. They put turbines Read More...
Study: Pesticides cause male infertility, the case for organic food and cosmetics
Male fertility is declining, and for years researchers have been trying to figure out why. The numbers are shocking, but between 60-80 million couples around the world are having a difficult time conceiving. A new study points to a likely culprit: Pesticides. Dangerous chemicals are responsible for Read More...
Listening to music during surgery leads to better recovery and less pain
Some hospitals are already encouraging their patients to listen to music during and after surgery. It would be even better if all hospitals start doing that. Surgery patients who listen to music, either before, during or after surgery, have less pain and stress and use less pain medication. This Read More...
This device helps you to keep your focus by switching off phone notifications when you're concentrating
Constant distractions on our mobile devices are keeping us from focussing nowadays. Smart people are working on ways to keep these distractions at bay. A new device called Phylter is one of those ways. The device switches off sounds and notifications on your phone automatically, when it finds Read More...
Brewery hopes to tap creative minds to deal with drought
It's a new approach to an old-school solution for a state gripped by severe drought: Place a brick in a toilet tank to conserve water with every flush. The new version, dubbed Drop-A-Brick 2.0, will be unveiled Thursday as part of an unusual effort to stimulate water-saving inventions through Read More...
Farmers are dialing for seeds to make money in Mali
“What if you could buy fertilizer and seeds the same way that you buy prepaid minutes for your phone?” thought microfinance specialist Anushka Ratnayake. At the time, Ratnayake was working in Kenya for an organization that provided loans to farmers. To test her mobile layaway model, Read More...
New technology could reduce wind energy costs
Engineers from the University of Sheffield have developed a novel technique to predict when bearings inside wind turbines will fail which could make wind energy cheaper. The method, published in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society A and developed by Mechanical Engineering research student Read More...
Electric cars are only as green as their power grid
President Barack Obama has just announced America's "first-ever national standards to limit carbon pollution from power plants." His "Clean Power Plan" calls for a 32 percent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions from 2005 levels by 2030. Why? America's electricity is still mostly coal-fired, with Read More...