Archive for 2018
Here comes emissions-free air-conditioning
Scientists have designed a device that can serve both as a solar cell and as a cooler at the same time.
Rising to the challenges: a boost to sustainable innovation
Sustainability challenges are many and their number continues growing, but solutions to them do not multiply at the same speed. A new study by SITRA, a Finnish innovation fund, provides an answer to this dilemma. They call it challenge prizes.
A killer stalks among snakes
Snakes worldwide are facing a deadly enemy: a fungus that causes their bodies to erupt in lesions.
Air pollution could cause autism
The developing brains of young children are especially vulnerable to toxic exposures in the environment.
Neither hard nor fast: a smarter way to achieve sustainability goals
In order for society to thrive within planetary boundaries, a profound and non-conventional economic transformation is required.
Windows from transparent wood could replace glass
Scientists in the US has developed a process that can make wood stronger and more durable … and also translucent