BROADCASTING FOR INDEPENDENCE
Conventional electric street lights not only use up energy – they’re also a source of light pollution, affect local biodiversity and can reduce quality of life for city dwellers. A…
Everyone knows a lack of wind is a problem for wind farms, but did you know too much wind is equally as problematic. A new design of floating offshore wind…
When authoritarian regimes clamp down on freedoms, academics are often the first targets. Now, suppressed academics have teamed with international universities to create a platform that allows their voice to…
Counting birds, analysing satellite images, measuring air values – many organisations and research institutions rely on citizen support for research work. New digital tools make it even easier for lay…
Virtual reality (VR) is a blossoming technology that offers untold possibilities. Now, a German social enterprise wants to allow people to virtually explore beneath the waves – and experience life…
Pollution is a severe threat to our coastal ecosystems. Now researchers believe that strategically planting seaweed in the Gulf of Mexico could protect marine life and prevent ocean “dead zones”.
Pollution is a severe threat to our coastal ecosystems.
Sometimes there are opportunities in a crisis. A research team from the Fraunhofer Institute has developed a more efficient and environmentally friendly vaccine production process.
How do Amazon, Google, Facebook and Co. influence public discourse? And what possibilities are there for regulation? We talked about this with Vérane Meyer and Torben Klausa, authors of a…
By pumping air into canals and rivers, plastic is forced to the surface and fish are left unharmed. In fact, it could even benefit the ecosystem.
