by Warp Institute | Oct 4, 2021 | 📈 Human Progress
An almost microscopic amplifier can create completely new possibilities for optical communication via, for example, fiber optic cables or laser beams. Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology have designed an amplifier that is a thousand times smaller than...
by Warp Institute | Oct 4, 2021 | 📈 Human Progress, 🛰 Space
For those enthused by space travel, this is perhaps the most thrilling time to be alive. With renewed vigor, humanity strives to make space travel into a natural part of our lives. And the perhaps most exciting prospect is that of placing people on Mars. The distance...
by Warp Institute | Oct 2, 2021 | 📈 Human Progress
In Taiwan, an abandoned airport will be used as a stage for landscape architecture. Green space will be blended together with sensory experiences in order to create a place where citizens can escape for some time spent in a naturelike environment. The new park is...
by Warp Institute | Sep 29, 2021 | Environment, Nature, 📈 Human Progress
Karen McGlathery is an environmental science professor at the University of Virginia. When she used to swim in the coastal bays of Virginia’s Eastern Shore, the water quickly turned brown and cloudy due to sediment that swirled up from the ocean floor. Today,...
by Warp Institute | Sep 29, 2021 | ♻️ Green Tech, 📈 Human Progress
St. Andrews University in Scotland goes the extra mile to make the grounds and campus more pollinator-friendly by turning the lawns into meadows. The project is called The Urban Meadows for Pollinators Project and will transform eight hectares of close-mown grassland...
