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26 February 2021
Singapore
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
Singapore recently became the first country in the world to allow cultured meat to be sold to the public, a move that scientists and environmentalists say is the future of meat production. U.S.-based company Eat Just ...
27 August 2020
Yogyakarta, Indonesia
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800-1500 Words
In Indonesia, Wolbachia-carrying mosquitoes are transmitting dengue at a much slower rate than those not infected with the bacterium according to a controlled research study that expands on existing experimentation co...
21 August 2020
United States
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1500-3000 Words
A key set of entrants in the race to develop an effective COVID-19 vaccine use a genetic approach that has shown promising but preliminary results in human safety trials. Genetic vaccines, which have been in developme...
21 April 2020
Singapore
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800-1500 Words
Singapore has instituted three specific measures to help contain coronavirus and cope with current isolation requirements: testing, telehealth, and contact tracing. The commonality between the three approaches is the ...
Wired
Megan Molteni
10 March 2020
San Francisco, California, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Identifying the metagenomic sequencing for new outbreaks of viruses can help to better assess how the virus is spreading, which in turn helps health officials figure out how to slow down the contagion. In the midst of...
4 March 2020
Daegu, South Korea
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800-1500 Words
Despite avoiding mass bans on citizen movement, South Korea has managed to mitigate the number of reported cases for coronavirus after implementing broad testing protocols. Having learned what didn't work during a pre...
31 December 2019
Sarasota, Florida, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Healthy soil promotes plant growth and sequesters carbon from the atmosphere. To help the declining citrus industry in Florida, Locus Agricultural Solutions developed a combination of microbes to promote plant growth....
18 November 2019
Tze'elim, Israel
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
A company in Israel is setting its sights on reducing plastic waste by converting garbage into pellets that can then be used in manufacturing plastic to create "everyday items like trays and packing crates." Although ...
14 March 2019
New York, New York, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
An innovative solution to the massive amount of plastic in our oceans is a new startup called Loliware. It produces 100% biodegradable straws "that look, feel, and act like plastic" but are actually made of seaweed. N...
28 February 2019
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Under 800 Words
Researchers in Australia have discovered a way to capture CO2 from the air and turn it back into solid carbon. The new method uses liquid metal and electricity to process the CO2 and store it at room temperature – som...
22 January 2019
El Segundo, California, United States
Video
5-15 Minutes
Beyond Meat is a food brand getting acclaim for developing a hamburger replacement that helps save the large amount of energy and resources used to make a typical burger. They have sold over 25 million burgers since ...
Ensia
Hannah Thomasy
8 January 2019
Rialto, California, United States
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1500-3000 Words
It turns out that bacteria can do a lot more than contaminate water--some species break down toxic chemicals and remove heavy metals. Active sites already clean water in states like Kansas, Utah, Texas, and California...
4 January 2019
Canada
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800-1500 Words
At-home health care isn't new, but technological advancements have allowed for the niche industry to expand beyond pregnancy tests and heart rate monitors. Although not without controversy, mail-in swab kits, artifici...
28 October 2018
Brazil
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800-1500 Words
Biomimicry is defined as finding "solutions to man-made problems with designs inspired by the natural world," and some scientists think it could be at least part of the solution to climate change problems. From recycl...
24 September 2018
Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
At least five people who were paralyzed are walking, thanks to a pain stimulator and physical therapy. The stimulator, which is implanted in the body, sends electricity to the spine, and combined with therapy, can r...
IRIN
Ben Parker
29 August 2018
Amman, Jordan
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800-1500 Words
Tens of thousands of Syrian people have lost limbs in the war, but find conventional prosthetics too heavy and cumbersome to use. 3D printing technology is offering a lightweight alternative that can improve their liv...
14 June 2018
Brazil
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Under 800 Words
Flushing a toilet is not only wasteful in terms of water usage, but it is also costly. "Few people know how many liters of water are used, or how much they pay for each liter of water used at home," explains Ezequiel ...
8 June 2018
Australia
Multi-Media
Under 800 Words
Record heat is killing coral reefs throughout the world. Recent research in Australia however has lead to the piloting of a coral fertility treatment known as Coral IVF that is showing promising signs of healing damag...
4 April 2018
Italy
Text
800-1500 Words
Leafhoppers may sound like a harmless term to the untrained ear, but vineyard owners will quickly disagree. These insects have a history of invading and devastating vineyards across the U.S. and Europe. Entomologists ...
Mediamax Network
Rebecca Mutiso
23 March 2018
Nairobi, Kenya
Text
Under 800 Words
To combat the prevalence of tuberculosis in Kenya, a group of people whose lives have been touched by the disease came up with a solution to keep people on the right track with treatment. A cell phone application remi...
Bloomberg
Paul Tullis
11 January 2018
Israel
Text
800-1500 Words
A company called Medial EarlySign is using machine learning to predict when a patient is at higher risk for having colon cancer. Results from a simple blood test are entered into a database that looks at several facto...
14 December 2017
Kearny, New Jersey, United States
Multi-Media
3-5 Minutes
Oftentimes in farming, once farmers spot an issue with a crop, it is too late to save it. Artificial intelligence is changing that, starting with implementing the technology that is used to manage orchards into the pr...
The Guardian
Lucy Jolin
28 November 2017
England
Text
Under 800 Words
The healthcare world is highly innovative right now as it tries to make medicine more personalized and harnesses engineering. Hitachi is trying to aggregate data in order to prevent disease and help the healthcare sy...
How We Get to Next
Greg Noone
15 September 2017
Swaziland
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1500-3000 Words
Mosquito transmitted diseases are only becoming more prevalent due to climate change, posing a global health risk. Various methods are being tested such as genetic modification and gene drives, Project DiSARM-uses tec...
11 October 2016
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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1500-3000 Words
Bruce Friedrich, the Executive Director of The Good Food Institute in Washington, DC, thinks that we're wasting resources raising animals for food products. He thinks the answer is creating a product that doesn't repl...
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