“Our method not only makes the building stable again very quickly, but it increases the building’s ability to deform without breaking” Four years after the January 2010 ear... Read more
Despite good intentions, life-saving medical donations often end up discarded or broken. New training programs aim to change all that Medical equipment donations enable hospitals in developi... Read more
Three Simon Fraser University scientists are among six researchers who’ve made a discovery that could help revolutionize antibiotic treatment of deadly bacteria. Lisa Craig, Christopher Ford... Read more
Where Matternet is going, it doesn’t need roads. But the people there need food and medicine. And these drones can bring it to them. Nearly one billion people in rural areas live without acc... Read more
Currently Caribbean countries have a large surplus of unused shipping containers Aside from tragic loss of life and incomprehensible destruction, events like last week’s devastating earthqua... Read more
Image via Wikipedia By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF On my blog, a woman named Mona pointed to Haitian corruption and declared: “I won’t send money because I know what will happen to it.” Another read... Read more
“You can’t just sweep in from outside and drop something in and say, ‘This is exactly what you need,’ ” A week ago, Elizabeth Sheehan, the founder of Containers to Clinics, a nonprofit organ... Read more