👨🦯 A way for the blind to 'read' letters traced on their brains with electricity
A precise pattern of electrical pulses allows people who have lost their sight to identify individual letters.
🧠 Doctors transplant neurons made from brain cells to treat Parkinson's
Parkinson's patient, 69, becomes the first in the world to receive transplant of brain cells made from his own skin in breakthrough experimental treatment that has given him the ability to swim and tie his shoes again.
👋 Meet the Warp Community
In our weekly Warp News emails, our Co-Founder, Mathias Sundin, has been getting to know many of you in Warp. There are some very fascinating people out there, and we are delighted to begin introducing some of them to the whole community.
⚡ Renewable energy surpasses coal in U.S. power generation every day in the month of April 2020
In a first for any month, renewables from solar, wind, and hydropower generated more electricity than coal on every day in April 2020, according to new data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
🌕 Scientists have released the first-ever comprehensive geologic map of the moon
Have you ever wondered what kind of rocks make up those bright and dark splotches on the moon? Well, the USGS has just released a new authoritative map to help explain the 4.5-billion-year-old history of our nearest neighbor in space.
🏭 Sweden Shuts Down Its Last Coal Plant Two Years Early
Swedish utility Stockholm Exergi announced the closure April 16, a day before Austria also closed its last remaining coal plant, bringing the number of coal-free European countries up to three.
🌊 Scientists make history by becoming the first in the world to reproduce coral in human care
The historic breakthrough took place earlier this month at The Florida Aquarium’s Center for Conservation in Apollo Beach. The work is part of a collaboration effort to save the Florida Reef Tract from extinction.
🐝 Pakistan’s honey production increases by 70% thanks to Billion Tree Project
The Billion Tree project, launched in 2018, is an ambitious country-wide effort in Pakistan to plant 10 billion trees over a 5-year span. The project has already led to the planting of hundreds of thousands of trees, resulting in a huge boost in bee populations.
🛰️ Elon Musk has announced the Starlink satellite-internet project will launch this year
The project is designed to bring internet to rural communities through thousands of tiny satellites.