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Water based batteries can make electric cars even cleaner
Electric cars are great for reducing air pollution and global warming, but the materials used to make the car’s batteries come from chemicals that are damaging to the environment. That’s why this invention by a team of scientists from the University of Southern California is so important: a car Read More...
New map of palm oil plantations helps save rainforests
Almost everyone consumes palm oil on a daily basis. It is an ingredient in about half the products you find at the store. Demand for palm oil is immense and rapidly increasing. In many places tropical rainforests are burnt to create illegal palm oil plantations. A new website from the Roundtable Read More...
Regular meditation leads to longer and happier lives
The benefits of meditation are many: from lowering blood pressure to boosting the immune system. Now scientists are discovering something that Eastern traditions have long claimed: that meditation might slow ageing and lengthen life. A team of scientists led by a Nobel Prize winning biochemist Read More...
Active ingredient in tomatoes improves blood vessel function
Lycopene is the most potent known dietary antioxidant, and many researchers believe it is no coincidence that lycopene-rich tomatoes are a staple of the Mediterranean diet, which has been linked to a longer lifespan and reduced risk of heart attack, stroke, Alzheimer’s disease and some types of Read More...
Antibiotics regain potency with help of natural fungus
Antibiotics are arguably the greatest contribution of modern medicine. However their healing power is threatened by bacteria becoming more resistant. Until recently drug companies’ answer to declining potency was to put stronger chemicals—with potentially stronger side-effects—in the Read More...
Scientists find a natural way to produce hydrogen
The clean renewable economy needs hydrogen to store energy. Electricity generated from photovoltaic panels during the day, for example, needs to be stored so that it can be used during the evening and night when the sun doesn’t shine and the panels don’t produce energy. So far the best way to Read More...
Renewable power output has almost doubled in last decade
Global renewable power production has grown from providing 800 gigawatts in energy in 2004, to 1,560 gigawatts in 2014, according to a new Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century report. Good news, but there’s still a way to go. The output of renewable energy stands at about 10% of Read More...
Power of placebo leads to app for happiness
If placebos can give patients the same results as conventional meds, then why aren’t they prescribed more? There’s a large body of evidence that shows the effectiveness of placebos– even when patients know they’re taking sugar pills. Now San Franciscan internet entrepreneur Daniel Jacobs is Read More...
Lack of sun exposure linked to high blood pressure
We need the sun. As obvious as that may sound given that the sun sustains all life, there are still many people who think they need to avoid the sun as much as possible with sunscreens and sunglasses. Yes, burning your skin in the sun may lead to skin cancer. But there’s a big difference Read More...
Doctors without orders
“We will once again give you the facts that show that our secretary of health, Adonis Georgiadis, is lying systematically and shamelessly.” This statement is flaunted on the home page of the Metropolitan Community Clinic, in Athens. Not exactly the words you would expect from a health facility. Read More...