Under a new plan, Germany is enlisting its army to help rescue its forests
According to satellite monitoring from Munich’s Technical University, a third of Germany’s woodlands are now in a very poor state. Hot, dry weather is the chief culprit, as 2018 saw the highest temperatures Germany has ever seen on record. 2019 was scarcely cooler. This has left the trees
First Emirati Astronaut Returns to Earth with Russian-US Space Station Crew
The first Emirati astronaut has returned to Earth after an eight day mission to the International Space Station, landing with Russian and American crewmates were were in orbit for seven months. Hazzaa AlMansoori of the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) Mohammed bin Rashid Space Centre (MBRSC) touched down with Aleksey Ovchinin
Climate policy a vote winner for most Australians in elections
Strong climate change policy is a vote-changing matter for a majority of Australians, a new poll shows, establishing the issue as an important battleground one week into the election campaign. According to the ReachTEL survey of 2400 people, conducted for a coalition of environmental groups, 64 per cent of respondents
Late-stage melanoma was once untreatable. Immunotherapy is changing that
Melanoma seems to have found its match in immunotherapy, a type of treatment designed to help the immune system fight cancer. Just a decade ago, only one-in-20 patients would live for five years after being diagnosed with late-stage melanoma, with most dying in months. But drugs designed to trigger the
New blood test can detect more than 20 types of cancer in one go
Innovations in the world of medicine have allowed doctors to test for a variety of cancers, but screening for multiple types of cancers at the same time, and with a single test, has been a pipe dream. That is, until now. In a recent breakthrough study, scientists have developed a
Novel technology plans to turn ocean plastic into biofuel
According to the United Nations, more than eight billion tons of plastic have been produced over the last 65 years, a mere nine percent of which has been recycled. As scientists continuously look for new ways to clear out the plastics that have become ubiquitous in oceans, a Canadian entrepreneur
To improve AI in the medical world, this system will pay people for health data
Robert Chang, a Stanford ophthalmologist, normally stays busy prescribing drops and performing eye surgery. But a few years ago, he decided to jump on a hot new trend in his field:artificial intelligence [https://www.wired.com/story/guide-artificial-intelligence/]. Doctors like Chang often rely on eye imaging to track the
This smart filter supplies your home with unlimited mineral water
With so many scandals around the quality of tap water in the US these days, many people are turning to bottled water to drink. But this requires single-use plastics that are wreaking havoc on the environment. While much of this will need to be addressed at the government level, there
Telling people what product their trash will turn into can boost recycling rates
We don’t mean to bring on the negativity, but US recycling rates are abysmal. About 75% of Americanwaste is recyclable [https://www.dosomething.org/facts/11-facts-about-recycling], yet just 30% of it is actually recycled. The figures are even worse with materials like plastic. Less than 10% [https://www.epa.