💡 Warp News #178
🧒 Children's lung health has improved, and urban air has become cleaner. 🌞 More expensive to keep coal plants running than to build new renewable. 💊 New obesity breakthrough drugs.
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Fact-based optimistic news of the week
🧠 AI model can identify lung cancer cases years in advance
An AI model can give doctors and researchers better conditions to detect and treat lung cancer at an early stage, which can lead to a better prognosis for patients.
💊 New obesity breakthrough drugs
New weight loss drugs are taking the market by storm, promising to tackle obesity in a way that was previously impossible. With the potential to generate billions in sales and help millions of people, these breakthrough drugs are revolutionizing the fight against obesity.
🌳 Increased canopy coverage in cities can prevent heat-related deaths
A study has shown that planting trees in urban areas can prohibit mortality caused by high temperatures.
🌞 More expensive to keep coal plants running than to build new renewable
It is now cheaper to build new wind and solar power production, than to keep coal-fired power plants operating.
🔋 Old Batteries from Electric Vehicles Get New Life Powering California’s Grid
A startup based in California has saved thousands of old and used vehicle batteries from landfills by turning them into an energy storage facility.
🧒 Children's lung health has improved and urban air has become cleaner
What effect do air pollutants have on lung function? New study provides hope for improved health in young adults.
🦵 Cow mucus can provide faster healing of bones
Molecules from mucus can be used to produce synthetic bone graft material and aid in the healing of major bone loss.
🤰 Motherhood-app founder: "It's an opportunity to help a lot of people"
Numa is a healthcare app for those who have given birth. Warp News has spoken with the founder and physician Maria Undén Morein, and Tove Blum, who went from working with pop artists to mothers.
🚜 Emissions of greenhouse gases from fertilizer can be reduced by 80 percent
Researchers have calculated the total greenhouse gas emissions caused by agricultural fertilizers and found ways to reduce emissions by 80 percent.
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