It’s not common among waste departments to spend more time thinking about saving, rather than throwing things away. However, in Hamburg, Germany, the situation appears to be different. There’s actually profit that’s being made from the second-hand market. Repurposing Goods from Landfills Is Already a Thing in Germany Stillbruch or […]
Healthy News
FDA Approves First Smartphone App that Will Deliver a Dose of Insulin to Patients
Smartphones will now be capable of delivering insulin doses to patients after the recent approval by the US FDA of a smartphone app. Tandem Diabetes Care recently announced that the FDA approved the delivery of insulin through their mobile app. According to John Sheridan, the president, and CEO of Tandem […]
Sound Waves Successfully Convert Stem Cells into Bone in a Regenerative Breakthrough
Regrowth or replacement of bone that’s lost due to an illness is a complex and often painful process. But, in a new study done by Australian researchers, there may be a simpler way to make stem cells turn into bone cells. This method is fast and efficient and it uses […]
9-Year-Old Girl Has Been Growing Her Own Veggies for Four Years & Builds Wooden Houses for the Homeless
When she was only five, Hailey Fort saw a homeless man in Kitsap County in Washington where she lives. She asked her mother if there was a way for her to help him out. Her mom told her that there is a way and ever since that moment, this is […]
Innovative Bubbly Blue Soda: Free of Food Coloring & Catches CO2
This turquoise soda drink is boosted with vitamin C and calcium and an ingredient without a carbon footprint. It’s also free of food coloring. Made by the startup Ful, this drink’s star is spirulina, a blue-green alga that enriches the soda with nutrients, which isn’t the usual case with standard […]
Act of Kindness: Former College Roommate Donates a Part of His Liver to Save His Friend
These college roommates haven’t seen each other for 21 years; however, one of them, Steven Robinson, while on a family trip to Detroit, realized he was within a driving distance of Richard Koonce who was his roommate and best friend in his college days. He called him to ask if […]
These Simple Green LEDs Save Sharks & Turtles from Accidental Bycatch in Fishing Nets
A tentacled squid stuck in a fishing net is a messy problem for fishermen worldwide. Unfortunately, for a loggerhead turtle or a diamond stingray, getting tangled up in a net usually means death. But, new research seems to offers a potential solution to this problem. An affixing LED light to […]
Healing Anxiety Naturally?-A New Holistic Patch Is Helping Users Relieve Anxiety Successfully
The Go Patch is the brainchild of Nicole Burdock, the founder of GoPatch. Burdock has spent her career in the arts of healing and started to work on formulations for the GoPatch products in 2007 and founded the company in 2013. She studied at the National College of Naturopathic Medicine […]
Delicious or Not?-IKEA Are Making 3D Printed Vegan Meatballs
When we think of IKEA, two things usually come to mind, furniture and meatballs, right? Almost as much as their assembly manuals and Billy bookcases. IKEA is a synonym of Swedish meatballs. Their meatballs have fans worldwide, but IKEA has also launched a sibling-a 3-D printed vegan meatball that’s good […]
Groundbreaking: Paralyzed Patients Walk & Swim again after Receiving a Spinal Cord Implant
Our spine is pivotal for our mobility because it connects to the brain and the nervous system throughout the whole body. For example, to move our legs, a signal goes from the motor cortex of the brain through the spinal cord to the legs’ muscles. With this in mind, when […]