🌳 AI finds billions of trees in the Sahara
Automatic counting of trees in deserts gives us better data on how much carbon dioxide is stored in the world's trees and how well planting of trees in and near deserts works.
🌾 An AI analysis shows that we can stop world hunger for two percent of the US defense budget
For $ 14 billion a year, we can make sure that almost everyone in the world can eat their fill.
☀ Solar power now gives us the cheapest electricity ever
Expansion of solar and reduced use of coal power gives hope that we will be able to cope with climate change without it leading to disaster.
🔬 Nanotechnology makes it easier to tailor cancer treatments
A combination of radiation and the delivery of drugs at the nano-level gives hope for much more effective cancer treatments in the future.
⚡ Electrical stimulation of the tongue relieves tinnitus
A combination of sound and weak electrical pulses means that the brain focuses less on the tinnitus sound.
💊 AI should give us safer medicines
In-depth learning will give researchers better information about how a drug works in the human body.
💉 HPV vaccine can reduce the risk of getting cervical cancer by 88 percent
Vaccination reduces the risk of cervical cancer and has the greatest effect if the vaccine is given to young people.
⚖ A more equal world can give ten billion people a comfortable life by 2050
New technology and better distribution of resources can lower our energy consumption and at the same time raise the standard of living for many.
☄️ European Space Agency starts projects to protect the earth from asteroids
The Hera probe will measure how much we can change the orbit of an asteroid by crashing a space probe into the asteroid.