🚗 Less emissions in Sweden – in spite of traffic increase
More electric cars on the roads is a big reason why emissions from road traffic decreased last year.
📃 Nano paper – an environmentally friendly alternative to plastic packaging
A new process makes it possible to create paper with the potential to replace plastic packaging.
🦈 Illuminated nets save endangered sharks and rays
Flashing LED lights can scare away fish that commercial fishermen do not want to catch - without reducing the catch of other fish.
👨⚕️ AI helps doctors work better
An AI can help pathologists go through images of cell samples faster to find cancer cells, and doctors also help the AI to become better at analyzing the images.
♻ New method for plastic recycling could mean greater payoff
A catalyst makes it faster and cheaper to recycle plastic. The process also works in room temperature, meaning a reduced energy consumption.
🐳 Humpback whales no longer endangered in Australia
For the first time in 60 years, there are now so many humpback whales in Australia that it is no longer classified as an endangered species.
🦿 Sound waves can help bone fractures heal faster
A chip can generate sound waves that cause stem cells to form bone cells in exactly the right place in the body.
🍺 Guinness to become more eco-friendly
A pilot project will show whether more sustainable cultivation of barley can provide more environmentally friendly beer without compromising the profitability of growers.
🥤 Maldives taking action to reduce plastic waste – targeting 85 percent reduction
With simple methods, the Maldives should be able to turn an expected increase in plastic waste in the sea into a drastic reduction.