⛵ Environmentally friendly boat paint is more effective than environmentally hazardous alternatives
Silicone-based boat bottom paints are better for both the environment and the boat hulls.
📅 The four-day working week increases both well-being and productivity
A pilot study in which the employees worked one day less a week was such a success that all 33 companies that participated in the study intend to continue with the four-day week.
🔬 One step closer to public prostate cancer screening
A new method reduces the risk of treating harmless tumors, with the risk of side effects, and opens the way for general screening to find prostate cancer early.
☀ 90 percent of all new electricity will be renewable
The war in Ukraine and increased awareness of the climate crisis means that the expansion of renewable electricity will break records in the coming years.
✈ Rolls Royce builds aircraft engines that run on hydrogen
Environmentally friendly aircraft engines should reduce aviation emissions.
🏭 New technology can reduce the need for minerals by 58 percent
With smarter manufacturing methods and better recycling, we can drastically reduce the need for minerals needed for the production of batteries, among other things.
🌾 New variety of wheat can withstand extreme heat and drought
A cross between common durum wheat and a relative of the plant has produced a new variety that can withstand conditions that outlast today's variety of durum wheat.
🧠 Alzheimer's can be diagnosed before symptoms appear
A new method can detect people who are 20-40 times more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease.
🧠 Higher heat makes for better brain surgery
A Swedish research group has found a simple way to reduce the number of repeat operations required in a certain type of brain surgery.