A premiere in Canada for the Sanfilippo desease research Today, November 8, 2017, the CHU Sainte-Justine celebrated the extraordinary commitment of $1 million from The Sanfilippo Children’s Research Foundation (SCRF) and the Linton family to support research on Sanfilippo disease, a rare neurodegenerative disease for which there is currently no cure. This donation will allow the…
Tesla’s first project in Puerto Rico is a children’s hospital Tesla’s first project to restore electricity in Puerto Rico is a children’s hospital in San Juan. The automaker, which previously committed to helping the U.S. territory recover from Hurricane Maria, is combining its commercial batteries and solar panels at the children’s hospital. The company said…
Tomorrow’s “solar houses” will generate our electricity and grow our food Greenhouse farming has existed since the 15th century, and the idea of growing plants in an area that could be environmentally controlled can be traced back to the Roman Empire. However, since modern greenhouses were introduced in the 17th century, not much has changed.…
Seniors reinvent aging through cohousing & senior villages They’re supposed to be the golden years; a time of happiness and prosperity. But for many seniors, the post-retirement years are not so golden. Many live in isolation, watching their abilities, well-being and independence slowly dwindle away to the point where, after a lifetime of self-determination, they’re…
The new co-op helping ex-inmates find work and recover The United States has the world’s highest incarceration rate, with more than 2.2 million people in prison. And within the United States, the highest incarceration rate belongs to Washington, D.C. There, a new worker-owned business cooperative hopes to reverse those numbers, offering former prisoners opportunities…
Norway to be the site of the largest supercharger station in Europe If electric vehicles (EVs) are ever going to be widely adopted, a well-developed network of charging stations must be established. Tesla has said they hope to have 10,000 Superchargers around the world by the end of 2017, and this weekend’s announcement that they’ll…
The sandhills solar facility is brightening the future When the sun shines in Taylor County, Georgia, it powers the world or at least portions of Georgia. That’s thanks to the Sandhills Solar Facility, which opened in November 2016. It’s one of the largest solar projects east of the Mississippi, with approximately 1.6 million solar panels…