Getting your daily dose of vegetables can be tricky – there are only so many serves one person can scarf down in a day. But now it may be a bit easier to hide broccoli in other foods, as Australian scientists have developed a nutritious broccoli powder that can be sprinkled through meals or, if you’re feeling particularly adventurous, used […]
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Morphing Trolley For Car Free Shopping
If you lead a car-free lifestyle, then you likely have to transfer your groceries from the store’s shopping cart to your own hand cart or bicycle trailer in order to get them home. Austrian entrepreneurs Gudrun and Harald Buschbacher have decided to address that situation, with their multifunctional shopping trolley. In shopping cart mode, the device gets folded out horizontally, […]
Time For Smart Jewellery?
A discreet piece of smart jewelry that sends an alert to loved ones and tracks her location when a woman feels in danger has taken out the US$1 million XPrize for Women’s Safety, the foundation has announced today. Launched in 2016, the Anu & Naveen Jain Women’s Safety XPrize was a global competition that asked teams to come up with […]
Translucent Concrete Walls
Translucent concrete walls add drama and beauty to a recently completed Capital Bank in Amman, Jordan. Located on ritzy Cairo Street in Abdoun, the new Capital Bank VIP branch marks the first worldwide use of LUCEM Lichtbeton, a type of concrete with translucent properties. When backlit with LEDs or sunlight, the LUCEM translucent concrete panels create a stunning display of […]
Plant-Free Alternatives For The Textile Industry?
The clothing industry isn’t generally known for its sustainability, but many brands are starting to turn to more environmentally friendly materials such as bamboo, organic cotton, or recycled plastic. Australia-based biotechnology company Nanollose is going a step further by developing plant-free cellulose from “industrial organic and agricultural waste products.” The cellulose can then be turned into a sustainable rayon fiber, […]
Chile Becomes First Country To Ban Plastic Bag In The Americas
On Wednesday, Chile’s senate has passed a bill that will prohibit the use of plastic bags in stores, with a vote in their House of Representatives overwhelmingly in favor of the measure, with 134 supporting the bill and one abstention. According to The Independent, the new law would give large retailers one year to phase out the use of plastic […]
Sensor Studded Pill For Diagnosis?
Imagine popping a pill which can then monitor your insides for potential signs of poor health. That is what a team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has been working on — only instead of being the kind of soluble pill your doctor may prescribe, this one is a pill-sized ingestible capsule designed to monitor blood in the gastrointestinal […]
Carbon Positive Towers In Sweden
Stockholm-based Kjellander Sjöberg Architects recently won a competition for Nacka Port, a new district between Nacka and Stockholm. Envisioned as a sustainable destination, the urban block would consist of a rich mix of programmatic functions including residential, retail and public spaces that are easily accessible to pedestrians and cyclists. In addition to new green space, the architects plan to insert “carbon […]
Reprogramming Neurons That Really Traumatic Memories
Neuroscientists at Switzerland’s EPFL have for the first time homed in directly on the specific cluster of neurons in the brain responsible for reprogramming long-term memories of traumatic experiences. The research brings neuroscience closer to answering the long-held question of whether therapy simply works to suppress fear-based memories or whether it actually helps rewrite those memories. The groundbreaking research set […]
Can Blackcurrents Be A Source Of Hair Dyes?
Traditional synthetic hair dyes can be quite toxic, not only to our bodies, but also to the environment. As a result, scientists are developing non-toxic dyes based on substances such as graphene. Now, it appears that waste blackcurrant skins can also do the job. Led by professors Richard S. Blackburn and Christopher Rayner, researchers at Britain’s University of Leeds started […]