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    Scientists are building a system that could turn atmospheric CO2 into fuel

    Scientists in Canada are developing an industrial carbon dioxide recycling plant that could one day suck CO2 out of the atmosphere and convert it into a zero-carbon e-diesel fuel. Developed by tech start-up Carbon Engineering and partly funded by Bill Gates, the ...
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    Stress-reducing lightbulbs

    ‘SVET’ is an intuitive lightbulb that changes in accordance with natural sunlight dynamics. Although we may not realize it, the brightness of a lightbulb can impact our sleep patterns, levels of stress and our overall health. This health-friendly lightbulb is ...
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    Humans can sleep for days when living alone underground, experiments show

    Whenever we’ve tried to test the effects that living in isolation without sunlight have on the body, a common thread has emerged: much longer sleep cycles. Now Julie Beck over at The Atlantic has pulled together the findings from a number of ...
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    Portable floating shelter can easily be towed with a bicycle

    Based out of London, Durnin designed this tiny wooden water shelter after observing the underused water canals present in his city. The ‘Waterbed’ is made from a combination of plywood, canvas, epoxy and aluminium and can easily be towed from ...
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    Algae has been engineered to kill cancer cells and leave healthy cells unharmed

    Scientists have genetically engineered tiny algae to kill up to 90 percent of cancer cells in the lab, while leaving healthy ones unharmed, and the treatment has also been shown to effectively treat tumours in mice without doing damage to ...
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    New test can identify cancer from a single drop of blood with 96% accuracy

    Conventional means of finding cancer can involve numerous types of scans and invasive options like surgical biopsies, but a new method of identifying the disease may involve nothing more onerous than a simple prick of a finger. Researchers at the ...
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    Kid environmentalists have derailed a $900 million development in a popular Mexican resort town

    A group of kids in Cancún, one of Mexico’s hottest resort towns, has stopped the razing of dozens of hectares of mangrove forest for a massive development—for now. On Nov. 4, a judge granted the children’s request to permanently suspend the ...
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    52 firms sign agreement to tackle climate change

    On Oct. 22, 52 architecture and planning firms signed the China Accord, a collaborative effort to design buildings, neighborhoods, and cities in that country to low-carbon or carbon-neutral standards. These firms, based in China and other countries worldwide, gathered last week in ...
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    A new workstation for nomadic employees

    Spotting a shift in job structures and the diminishing status of the office, Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Shay Raviv designed Hotel Travail  ­– a new workspace concept for nomadic employees. The Raviv is focused on developing socio-cultural concepts that place the ...