#OpenData: When a group of Polish citizens began using publicly available #air quality data in 2015 to challenge authorities, they sparked a movement that would eventually cover 90 percent of #Poland with anti-​#smog regulations.

#ZeroWaste: Chef Doug McMaster removed the bin from the kitchen, built a #restaurant from waste materials, and has pioneered new ways to make the restaurant business green.

#Pakistan begins the rollout of a free #HPV vaccine to millions of girls to protect them from cervical #cancer. Healthcare officials and advocates hope this will not only save lives but also help break the silence surrounding the disease.

#Recycling: Bereits in einigen Jahren könnten die #Batterien von #Elektroautos im großen Stil recycelt werden. Sollte das gelingen, würde Deutschland seine Abhängigkeit von China verringern. Bisher fehlt es noch an Altbatterien.

A program in #Flint, Michigan, promises $1,500 for all expectant mothers during #pregnancy and $500 per month for the first year of their infant’s life. It lowered rates of postpartum depression, stabilized #housing and improved infant outcomes.

#Hamburg braucht dringend #Wohnungen. Zwei #Genossenschaften wollen deswegen ihre alten #Büros umbauen. Das schont das Klima, ist aber keineswegs einfach.

A British ice dancer and her skating partner are to become #Finland​’s first same-sex team to take part in a competition after a rule change by the country’s #skating federation. The pair said they were “best friends that want to skate together”.

Miranda Wang und Jeanny Yao verwandeln #Kunststoff​müll in hochwertige Materialien. Ihre erste Pilotanlage in #Indien soll bis 2030 jährlich 175.000 Tonnen #Plastik recyceln.

A #transport revolution is brewing in #Vietnam as the country races to swap millions of gas-powered #motorbikes for #electric two-wheelers. This gamble could transform Vietnamese cities, economy, and daily life.

#Wind and #solar power generated more than a third of #Brazil​’s electricity in August, the first month on record the two #renewable sources have crossed that threshold, according to government data.

#Crispr: #Gene​-edited pancreatic cells have been transplanted into a patient with type 1 #diabetes for the first time. They produced #insulin for months without the patient needing to take immunosuppressants.

A mix of three #antibodies seems to protect mice against several strains of #influenza and could one day be useful against seasonal #flu or pandemics. The cocktail improved survival rates in both healthy and #immunocompromised animals.

Überschüssigen #Strom in #Wärme umwandeln: Dieses Prinzip in großem Maßstab ist in #Thüringen aktuell im Kommen. Nun wurde eine solche #PowerToHeat​-Anlage mit 20 Megawatt in #Erfurt eingeweiht, wie die Stadtwerke mitteilten.

A vaccine used to treat #chlamydia in #Australia​’s #koala population has been approved for rollout, in a world-first project. Researchers spent more than 10 years developing a single-dose #vaccine to protect the famed marsupial.

#Renewables: At the Port of #LosAngeles on a site that once housed oil tanks, seven steel structures that look like small blue boats are lowered into the #ocean, where they gently bob up and down with the waves to generate power.

#Plastik​müll muss nach Typ sortiert werden, und kleine Verunreinigungen machen ganze Ladungen fürs #Recycling unbrauchbar. Ein neuer #Katalysator könnte das jetzt ändern.

An “express” #library has opened in a new #metro station in #Warsaw, aiming to provide an appealing cultural space to encourage residents and commuters to forgo smartphones in favour of #books​.

A new #sunscreen made using the pollen from #Camellia flowers will not only block harmful #UV rays from the sun, but will cool wearers down too, while also reducing the ecological impact of traditional protective suncreams, researchers claim.

The mining of #lithium for #batteries – the key to the electric vehicle revolution – is environmentally damaging. But an experimental sun-powered method that produces fresh #water as well as lithium could make it more #sustainable.

A #biodegradable glue that encourages #bones to repair themselves can be applied during #surgery using a hot glue gun, potentially offering a cheap and quick way to treat injuries.

About half of people with generalised #anxiety disorder don’t respond to common treatments with #antidepressants. But a single dose of the psychedelic drug #LSD seems to reduce anxiety without lasting side effects.

From flexible #implants to circuits seeded with living cells, a new kind of #electronics is starting to produce long-lasting implants with the potential to help everything from #paralysis to hearing and vision loss.

In Langen – auf halber Strecke zwischen #Frankfurt und #Darmstadt – macht Deutschland einen Sprung in die Zukunft der #Mobilität. Fahrerlose Busse den #Nahverkehr ergänzen und ihn so komfortabler und attraktiver machen.

#Desalination: Drinking from the sea is essential to securing #water supply but often has negative #environment​al impacts. Scientists say they can be minimized with careful planning and process.

The world’s largest sand #battery has been inaugurated in #Finland, capable of storing vast amounts of energy generated from #renewable sources like #solar and wind. The 13-metre-tall structure is able to store up to 100 MWh of #energy.

#Repatriation: An extraordinary collection of weapons and #ceremonial objects taken from the #Larrakia people more than a century ago is beginning a winding journey from #Bristol home to the saltwater landscapes of the Northern Territory in #Australia.

A new #drug has been found to significantly lower #blood pressure in people with dangerously high levels despite taking several existing #medicine​s, an advance that could help address hard-to-treat #hypertension cases.

Jahrhundertealte #Bäume sind in vielen Parks und Gärten vom #Klimawandel bedroht. Forschende in #Stuttgart versuchen, die Stresssymptome der Gehölze frühzeitig zu erkennen - mit Drohnen und Sensoren.

#Wales: From 1 September, single #fares will cost £1 and a full day pass will cost £3 for those aged 16-21. MPs in #England have been calling for free travel for young people, while #Scotland has had free bus travel for those aged five to 21 since 2022.

#Sweden: ReTuna mall feels very different to the cluttered charity shops or vintage boutiques most associate with pre-owned #retail. There's sports equipment, household items, toys and even an Ikea #secondhand store selling previously used furniture.

Regulators in the #UK have given a new #antibiotic the green light to treat urinary tract infections (#UTIs) for the first time in almost three decades. The drug’s active ingredient makes it more difficult for bacteria to become resistant to treatment.

Scientists at MIT and the Scripps Research Institute found that combining two substances to stimulate the #immune system, known as #adjuvants, in #vaccines improved immune responses to #HIV in mice, compared to using either one alone.

#Genetik: Manche Menschen besitzen eine #Mutation, die sie vor allen #Virus​infektionen schützt. Nun wurden mithilfe der #mRNA​-Technologie Nanopartikel entwickelt, die die Immunaktivierung künstlich auslösen.

Scientists developed a molecule that can hold enough #energy to mimic the way plants capture light. The discovery addresses one of the biggest obstacles to artificial #photosynthesis – a technology long seen as a source of #carbon​-neutral #fuels.

New research is challenging the notion that the only way to treat #cancer is to kill every last cancer cell. A growing group of scientists is now trying to leverage the cells natural plasticity to return them to a benign state instead.

#Japan has switched on its first osmotic #power plant, marking a new step in efforts to find reliable, low-carbon energy. Osmotic power makes use of the difference in #salt concentration between seawater and freshwater.

At the International #AIDS Society meeting this year, a young woman from #SouthAfrica spoke. She is the first Black woman from #Africa to be potentially cured of #HIV.

Mit dem Ansatz #HousingFirst sollen auch in #RheinlandPfalz wohnungslose Menschen wieder eine eigene Bleibe bekommen - zumindest im Rahmen von inzwischen fünf #Modellprojekt​en. Deren bisherigen Verlauf bewertet die Landesregierung positiv.

Since the 1980s, #Spain has #abandoned more than 2,800 miles of conventional #railway tracks. Now autonomous rail vehicles with few seats could connect low-demand destinations at a very low cost, although legislation poses a stumbling block.

At the turn of the century, #HIV was so rampant in #Botswana that politicians and doctors viewed it as an existential threat. Earlier this year, Botswana was recognised for almost eliminating mother-to-child HIV transmission as a public #health threat.

#Ethics: A medical #museum in #Philadelphia has redrawn its policies on the collection and display of human remains, limiting its acceptance of additional specimens and working to follow evolving modern medical ethical standards.

#Pakistan is in the midst of a #solar boom that has rapidly turned the country into one of the world's largest new adopters of this #renewable energy source, thanks to an overabundance of solar panels available from neighboring #China.

#Beton, der Sonnenlicht reflektiert: Der sogenannte "Supercool Cement" reflektiert Sonnenstrahlen so effektiv, dass er Gebäude passiv kühlt. Im Praxistest blieb der neue Beton nicht nur kühl, sondern lag sogar fünf Grad unter der Lufttemperatur.

#CarbonMonoxide is the leading cause of accidental #poisoning, accounting for nearly 30,000 deaths globally each year. Scientists have engineered a #protein that shows promise as the world’s first fast-acting #antidote.

#Zahn​schmelz kann sich nicht selbst regenerieren – ist er einmal beschädigt, bleibt er für immer verloren. Doch eine #Zahnpasta aus #Keratin könnte künftig Abhilfe schaffen, wie Forscher herausgefunden haben.

Laser #eye surgery has been performed successfully since the late 90s, helping millions of patients to improve their #vision. Now, researchers say they have come up with an alternative method that wouldn’t need invasive incisions and could be cheaper.

Anti-malarial drugs, bed nets and vaccines are tried and tested tools to save the lives of infants and small #children living in low- and middle-income countries. The results from a massive experiment in rural #Kenya suggests another: cash.

#Sargassum: With record-breaking quantities of the #seaweed set to hit #Mexico​’s beaches, experts propose converting it into #biogas and #construction materials, as well as using it to underwrite #carbon credits.

#Brasilien​s Farmen produzieren ein Drittel der gesamten Energie des Landes in Form von #Biodiesel, #Ethanol oder Biostrom. Andere tropische Länder gehen einen ähnlichen Weg.

An einigen #Schule​n in #Niedersachsen legen jetzt Schülerinnen und Schüler selbst den Schulbeginn für sich fest. Berufsbildende Schulen in Rinteln im Weserbergland und in #Göttingen haben dazu ein #Gleitzeit​modell eingeführt.