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Fruit and vegetable scraps pack more fiber than flesh, King's study shows

Researchers at King's College London found that discarded skins, seeds, and cores from twelve common fruits and vegetables contain higher fiber concentrations than the flesh itself. The team explored root-to-tip consumption as a dietary innovation to combat both household food waste and nutrient deficiencies. Their laboratory analysis showed that common kitchen refuse represents between 25% and 48% of total produce weight.

Letizia Giugliano

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Ancient Tibetan Ice Cores Extend Mountain Climate Record to 128,000 Years

A scientific innovation in geochemical dating has revealed that glacial ice from northwestern Tibet is more than 128,000 years old. Researchers at Ohio State University demonstrated that high-altitude glaciers endured the transition out of the last ice age, extending the known climate record for the region by more than 100,000 years.

Giovanni Sapere

Health

Harvard app Mobilio uses smartphone sensors to guide blind walkers

Bioengineers at Harvard University have developed Mobilio, an assistive software application that turns a standard smartphone into a real-time guidance system for people with visual impairments. The system applies artificial intelligence and computer vision to live phone sensor feeds, issuing tailored audio beeps to guide users around obstacles. In experimental trials, participants using the tool reached destinations 13 percent faster while recording 41 percent fewer collisions than when using conventional mobile maps.

Giovanni Sapere

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LiDAR Mapping Guides Riverbank Tree Planting to Protect Salmon Rivers

In October 2026, researchers from the Eau Terre Environnement Research Center at Canada's Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique revealed a targeted ecological innovation to protect Atlantic salmon from warming waterways. By combining high-resolution LiDAR scanning with spatial modeling along the Dartmouth River in Québec, the team demonstrated how strategic tree planting along riverbanks can cut summer solar radiation absorption by nearly 40 percent.

Giovanni Sapere

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Catalytic Membrane Uses Palladium and Hydrogen to Disarm PFAS

Researchers have developed a catalytic membrane that captures and neutralises per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances directly from water. The invention moves past standard filtration by splitting hydrogen gas into reactive atoms that strip fluorine from persistent pollutants.

Letizia Giugliano

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University of Melbourne Study Maps 34 Percent Cut in EV Battery Emissions

A study led by researchers at the University of Melbourne reveals that lithium-ion battery supply-chain emissions can drop by approximately 34 percent by 2050. The research models how industrial decarbonisation and demand-side strategies could prevent up to 7.2 billion metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide.

Letizia Giugliano

Health

Goodbye to Dental Implants: Japan Tests a Drug That Regrows Teeth

The future of dentistry no longer lies in ceramics and titanium, but in biological regeneration. In Japan, a team of scientists led by Kitano Hospital in Osaka and Kyoto University is pursuing a mission that once seemed impossible: enabling the human body to regrow its own teeth. How does this…

Letizia Giugliano

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Mythos AI: The Autonomous Revolution Starting from the Sea

While the world watches closely as self-driving cars are developed, a quiet revolution is taking place where the asphalt ends: at sea. At the heart of this transformation is Mythos AI, a tech company focused on creating fully autonomous hydrographic vessels capable of mapping the seabed with…

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The Silent Architects of Climate: How Volcanoes Shape

Volcanoes have long been perceived as destructive geological forces, but their influence extends far beyond lava flows and ash clouds. They act as silent architects of the climate system,altering atmospheric chemistry, global temperatures, and even agricultural productivity. Understanding their…

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PLANTIDIESEL: The Fuel that Transforms Dirty Plastic into Clean Energy

The fight against plastic pollution and the energy crisis may soon have a powerful new ally: Plantidiesel, a groundbreaking fuel created from dirty, unsorted plastic waste by a younginnovator named Julian Brown.In recent tests conducted by independent laboratories, including ASAP Labs in Vancouver,…

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What if a tsunami struck? Here’s how this capsule could save your life

Imagine a 20-metre wave crashing down on your house. You can’t run. You can’t hide. But you could climb inside a floating sphere that protects you from the force of the water. This is the principle behind the Survival Capsule, an aerospace aluminium sphere designed to protect lives during tsunamis,…

Lucio Del Priore

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The Brain Is Not Sterile: Possible Human Brain Microbiota Discovered

A groundbreaking May 2025 study published in Nature Communications challenges the long-standing belief of a sterile brain: microbial traces identified in human brain tissue. What are the implications for neuroscience and medicine? Does the Brain Host Bacteria? A Discovery That May Transform…

Alessia Nobile

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EGFR in Lysosomes: A Groundbreaking Discovery That Redefines Cell Biology

EGFR and Lysosomes: Cell Biology Rewritten by a Single Receptor An April 2025 study unveils a novel role for the EGFR receptor in lysosomes: it activates mTORC1 without enzymatic function. Here’s why this marks a turning point for science and medicine. In university classrooms, EGFR is taught as a…

Alessia Nobile

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Bolt Burdon Kemp’s Design the Change competition closing on 14 May 2025

Law firm Bolt Burdon Kemp‘s Design the Change Competition is still welcoming entries, with only a couple of weeks left to submit designs. The firm is inviting students from UK universities to design a product aimed at improving the lives of people with a spinal cord injury. The competition, in its…

Letizia Giugliano

Health

Omnia by Withings: the future of health monitoring is already here

In the world of health and wellness, there is a saying that never loses relevance: ‘Prevention is better than cure’. This guiding principle inspired Withings to develop Omnia, a revolutionary concept that redefines personal health monitoring. Omnia is not just a device, but a step towards a future…

Evgeny Novikov

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Technology and climate: innovative solutions for a sustainable future

Climate change is no longer a distant threat: it is a reality manifested in extreme events, melting ice and rising sea levels. According to the latest report published by Nature Communications and confirmed by the NOAA Arctic Report Card 2024, the Arctic could be free of sea ice as early as the…

Evgeny Novikov