Artificial photosynthesis: Researchers mimic plants
With artificial photosynthesis, humankind could utilize solar energy to bind carbon dioxide and produce hydrogen. Chemists have taken this one step further: They have synthesized a stack of dyes that comes very close to the photosynthetic apparatus of plants. It absorbs light energy, uses it to separate charge carriers and transfers them quickly and efficiently…
Democrats running for New Jersey governor navigate the delicate politics of immigration
Along an industrial stretch of roadway in New Jersey’s biggest city, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka appeared with immigrants rights activists last week to protest the Trump administration’s deal with a private company to open the first new immigration detention center of the president’s second term…
Photo calorie app Cal AI, downloaded over a million times, was built by two teenagers
Cal AI has generated over 5 million downloads in 8 months, it says. Founders Zach Yadegari and Henry Langmack are just 18. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only…
Were companies ever serious about DEI?
The buzzwords “diversity, equity, and inclusion” are everywhere right now, but you can’t be blamed if you don’t quite have a handle on what they mean. The origins of DEI date back to the civil rights era — but recently “DEI” has been thrown around with regard to everything from plane crashes to Super Bowl…
North West fails to to provide adequate scholar transport
MAHIKENG – The North West Government has conceded that they have failed to provide adequate scholar transport. The Human Rights Commission has been holding an inquiry into the scholar transport system in the province. Scholar transport in the North West has many problems which compromise a right to basic education. WATCH: [SAHRC probes systemic problemsEgypt, UNDP discuss strengthening cooperation in human development and health domains
CAIRO, March 15 (MENA) – Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health and Population Khaled Abdel Ghaffar met with Assistant Secretary-General and Director of the United Nations Development Programme Regional Bureau for Arab States Dr. Abdallah Al Dardari to discuss ongoing cooperation in human development and health domains…
With biological and cultural diversity at literal crossroads in the tropics, a new approach is needed (commentary)
The tropics are celebrated as hotspots of biological diversity and renowned as supply houses for food, fiber and pharmacies. They also harbor linguistic diversity, a proxy for cultural diversity, critical to people’s health, well-being and identity. Embedded in linguistic variation is a library of human knowledge…
Lives worth living: Elephants, Iain Douglas-Hamilton and the fight for coexistence
At this point in history, the hubristic belief that people are above nature has allowed humans to bring immeasurable change to the natural systems that all of life depends upon for survival. The documentary A Life Among Elephants — a collaboration between filmmakers Maramedia, elephant “whisperer” Iain Douglas-Hamilton…
SERAP sues Senate President Akpabio over Natasha Akpoti’s suspension
GistReel The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has taken legal action against Senate President Godswill Akpabio over the six-month suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, describing it as “patently unlawful.” In a suit filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja, SERAP is seeking an order to overturn the suspension…