Redefining disability, this organisation helps train differently abled people to find employment Nabet is a social enterprise that loops in corporates who in turn offer industry subsequent employment to the folks falling under the differently-abled strata. How do you define disability? A certain lack that prevents a person from doing ‘normal’ things that every regular…
World’s first battery-free phone could spell the end of charging cables and dead batterie Say goodbye to frayed charging cables, and say hello to endless battery life. That’s because researchers at the University of Washington have just constructed the world’s first battery-free phone. The phone is powered by a few microwatts of ambient radio signals…
These scientists have managed to stop the progress of Alzheimer’s in animals This treatment is making headlines in South America for its groundbreaking ability to halt the development of Alzheimer’s in animals. Brazilian researchers discovered the importance of a protein that reestablishes the electrical circuits in the brain, thus stopping the effects of the disease.…
Norway makes unprecedented pledge to ban the use of oil for heating by 2020 In 2020, Norway will become the first country in the world to ban the use of oil and paraffin to heat buildings. Vidar Helgesenlaid, the nation’s Environment Minister, laid it out clearly in a statement: “Those using fossil oil for heating must…