Food is produced, consumed, and wasted at a dizzying speed in our world: about one-third of all food produced is wasted. The food industry is also responsible for about 25 percent of greenhouse gas emissions. Still, people starve and suffer from malnourishment in many...
Drones can be used for many amazing things such as medical needs and pollution spotting, but also for ecosystem restoration. DroneSeed, a Seattle-based company, uses their drones to reforest areas burned down by wildfires.This concept isn’t new, but DroneSeed...
The aviation industry might not be the most environmental-friendly, but if the fuel used for airplanes could become more sustainable, it would go a long way in diminishing the industry’s environmental footprint. This is what researchers at the University of...
The faster it is possible to identify cancer cells in a person, the greater the likelihood that person has of surviving. Currently, cancer cells are rarely detected before they've already managed to form tumors. At that point, it might already be too late.But...
The Solar Team of Eindhoven has created the Stella Vita Project, an innovative motorhome with solar panels, totally independent both in mobility and in internal services.When developing sustainable technologies, it is necessary to take into account that they must...
Understanding complicated physical phenomena can be difficult even for college students. At the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, researchers and senior lecturers Ricardo Vinuesa and Mario Romero have tested using augmented reality, AR, to make it easier for students...