Electrically spun cloth with nanometer-sized fibers can dissolve to release drugs, providing a platform for cheap, discrete and reversible protection The only way to protect against H... Read more
Rice University scientists have unveiled a revolutionary new technology that uses nanoparticles to convert solar energy directly into steam. The new “solar steam” method from Rice’s Laborato... Read more
After an extensive search, the Gates Foundation has given millions to this futuristic power-generating toilet from CalTech–with the hope that it can be the solution to sanitation probl... Read more
Reinvent The Toilet Challenge “IF Thomas Crapper were around today, he would find our toilets quite familiar,” says Bill Gates, referring to the Victorian manufacturer of sanitary ware whose... Read more
The HemoGlobe student inventors have estimated that their cellphone–based systems could be produced for $10 to $20 each. Could a low-cost screening device connected to a cellphone save thous... Read more
Support has been swelling for open-access scientific publishing IF THERE is any endeavour whose fruits should be freely available, that endeavour is surely publicly financed science. Morally... Read more
This is an important advance in antimalaria drugs A powerful new drug to treat malaria — the invention of a University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy researcher —... Read more
The Gates Foundation makes it a point to fund solutions for women and girls because those solutions are often the most effective. Melinda Gates has been a consistent voice for women around t... Read more
Fiddle with a goat’s genes a little and all of a sudden its milk has some impressive properties. One lab in Texas has a herd of a goats that can cure malaria a lot cheaper than the drugs big... Read more
“Remember what you have received. Forget what you gave” Bill Gates said to Xinhua, citing a Chinese proverb to describe the growing popularity of philanthropy in China. In... Read more
Cambridge firm’s device uses tiny needles, vacuum for painless diagnostic tests Pop culture has developed an appetite for blood, but the average American still cowers at the sight of a needl... Read more
NO wonder they are called conveniences. Flush toilets swirl human waste down the drain quickly and neatly. But the convenience comes with a rising price for all that follows the flush — a co... Read more
