Five Things Going Right

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: Amber 1800 K LEDs reduce insect attraction by 39-51% compared to high-pressure sodium and cool-white LEDs; The Pimentel Barbosa Indigenous Territory (329,000 hectares) has maintained ecological stability and; Researchers demonstrated quantum entanglement over 24 kilometers through a busy telecommunications fiber; Researchers demonstrated that non-Abelian anyons can perform every operation required by a quantum computer; New research finds bees forage at a median distance of 750 meters (about 2,500 feet), far less than the.

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: A two-year treatment targeting SCN2A-related epilepsy mutations reduced seizures and enabled a teenager to; Global hunger fell below 8% of the population for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic, continuing a; Mark Scotch donated a kidney to a stranger in late 2020 through a voucher scheme kidney exchange program; More than 160 Maasai warriors in northern Tanzania are working as lion guardians through African People and; Community-based aging support services like medical transportation, meal delivery, and social activities.

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: A Vermont research team achieved disease control in 67% of mesothelioma patients by targeting cancer's energy; Leopard numbers are rebounding in western Zambia following a switch from real leopard skins to synthetic furs; Paris is unearthing the Bièvre, a 36-kilometer tributary river hidden underground for over a century, to cool; University of Missouri researchers have developed purple corn colorants that retain 75% of key color; A low-dose leaf spray combining manganese oxide nanoparticles and chitosan can help tomatoes grow in salty.

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: Prescribed burns in the previous 10 years made giant sequoias nearly four times more likely to survive recent; Europe's air quality improved over 10 years with emissions from major pollutants declining 39-59%; A medically formulated THC and CBD treatment significantly reduced agitation in a first-of-its-kind U.S.; A study of 18,000 forest patches found that unwritten social rules in small communities, not government; Two experimental vaccines stopped pneumonic plague in mice during high-risk testing.

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: Materials surrounding a fusion reaction can dramatically increase how often it occurs, particularly at low; Natural sights and sounds are associated with significant positive mental health effects compared to urban; A new test detects Rocky Mountain spotted fever in 40 minutes using a two-step DNA method at room temperature; A new catalyst can convert plant waste containing lignin (up to 35% of discarded biomass) into valuable; FireSat satellite fleet aims to detect garage-size fires from space through smoke and clouds.

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: A paralyzed man regained hand and arm control through double neural bypass surgery connecting his brain to; Mexico's 6-year drought may end by October 2024 due to wetter-than-normal El Niño rains; A brush test called qMIDS achieved 95.5% accuracy in diagnosing oral cancer in a trial of 545 patients, with; Japanese arborists use nemawashi technique to relocate centuries-old trees while preserving root systems; Northwestern University scientists demonstrated entangled photons can be sent through a 24.4-kilometer.

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: Beijing has improved from one of the world's most polluted cities to 589th globally in air pollution ranking; UC Riverside researchers developed ruthenium nanoparticles that can convert captured perchlorate into; Sand tiger sharks (Carcharias taurus) complete their entire reproductive cycle in the Alcatrazes Archipelago; People with severe obesity who exercise regularly have 6–7% reduction in carotid artery wall thickness and; Researchers at University of Pittsburgh and University of Chicago restored sense of touch in five spinal cord.

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: Swiss architect Barbara Buser's K.118 project used 70% reclaimed materials and cut embodied carbon emissions; A cobalt aluminum nanolaminate has been developed that is up to 10 times stronger than structural steel while; QUT researchers achieved record thermoelectric performance in carbon nanotubes by using molecules to prevent; Early-career funding improves citations and scientific influence for women more than for men, based on a; American oystercatcher populations increased by 45% along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts from 2008 to 2023 due.

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: Sagarmatha National Park was established in Nepal 50 years ago today (July 19) as the country's first; Harvard scientists built a silicon chip that writes DNA using electricity and water; An experimental drug repaired gut damage and reversed severe fatty liver disease in animals; An AI blood test (CardiOmicScore) can predict six major cardiovascular diseases up to 15 years before; Researchers at Hebrew University of Jerusalem demonstrated that plants can successfully manufacture β-casein.

Five real advances in science, medicine, technology, and the environment, each verified against the original reporting. In this episode: A farming programme in Sierra Leone founded by Mambud Samai teaches amputees sustainable farming, enabling; Medicaid enrollees in Massachusetts receiving medically tailored meals had 31% fewer hospitalizations and 20%; Researchers in South Korea have overcome a major electrical bottleneck in next-generation semiconductors by; Researchers discovered that amphibians that survive a deadly chytrid fungus develop powerful immune defenses; Sightings of blue whales and fin whales off Southern Africa's Atlantic coast have increased in recent years.