💡 Innovation
🧠Electrodes can provide better pain relief than morphine
Electrodes implanted in the brain can block severe pain without causing any side effects.
♻️ Municipal waste to replace coal in Zimbabwe
In an attempt to find alternative power sources Zimbabwe is using a new method, plasma gasification, to produce energy from municipal waste.
🔥 Satellite-technology reduces fire damage in Zimbabwe
The use of satellite-based fire information technology has drastically reduced fire-related damages in Zimbabwe, especially during the dry season.
🍅 This smart factory takes local produce to the next level
This tiny smart factory can work independently and automated, processing tomatoes directly on the field, eliminating transports.
🧊 A loophole in the greenhouse effect paves way for a cool invention
UCLA scientists are testing a thin film designed with nanotechnologies, which can reflect sunlight and reject heat into space. This can be used to employ radiative sky cooling with air conditioning and refrigeration systems.
🎗 Major breakthrough for breast cancer with new treatment
New treatment offers hope to breast cancer patients without costing more. It might also be useful for other cancer forms.
💡 Optimist's Edge: Can you tell the difference between computer graphics and reality?
Do you think you can tell the difference between computer graphics and reality? Our survey points to one answer, while reality points to another...
🏆 Macmillan and List Scoop the 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry focuses on discoveries that look into speedy techniques of creating chemical molecules elegantly, affordably, and efficiently.
🏆 Trio shares Nobel Prize in Physics 2021
Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann, and Giorgio Parisi share the 2021 Nobel Prize for Physics "for groundbreaking contributions to our understanding of complex physical systems."