Making catalysts to convert waste carbon dioxide into useful industrial products has been expensive and complicated – until now. Australian engineers have shown it’s as easy as playing with Lego. Chemical engineers from UNSW Sydney have developed new technology that…
A San Francisco company on a mission to “re-imagine waste” is now providing meaningful work to ex-convicts, making them partners in building a more sustainable world. Brightmark’s main projects have included an innovative plastics recycling program, and developing “renewable natural…
Happy 60th Birthday to the English-French actress Kristin Scott Thomas. After making her film debut at 25 in Under the Cherry Moon, directed by Prince, she earned 5 BAFTA Award nominations—and won in 1994 after performing opposite Hugh Grant in…
A repayment of gratitude 170 years in the making has rekindled an affectionate bond linking the Great Irish Potato Famine of almost two centuries ago with a Native American tribe in Oklahoma suffering today from the coronavirus pandemic. In 1847,…
For the last 23 years, Japanese artist Makoto Azuma has been making art out of his favorite medium: flowers. Azuma says he first became captivated by the power of flowers after he started working part-time at a florist’s in order…
My son Quinn answered a request from local hospitals for help making “ear guards” to take the pressure off medical personnels ears from wearing masks all day. He got busy on his 3D printer and has turned out hundreds to…
This morning the children have been writing letters and making cards for Captain Tom Moore wishing him a very happy 100th birthday! 🥳💌📮@captaintommoore #makeacardfortom #walkwithtom #TomorrowWillBeAGoodDay pic.twitter.com/HWwWxTN0kM — SRA Primary (@SRAPrimary) April 20, 2020 It has been a little over…
As a means of thanking school custodians for going the extra mile, making sure school facilities are kept clean and sanitary during the COVID-19 outbreaks, appreciative parents from all over the country have raised thousands of dollars for their district…
3D-printing enthusiasts all over the world are voluntarily making free, biodegradable protective plastic face masks for healthcare workers fighting the COVID-19 outbreaks—and it’s all thanks to a small business in upstate New York. Isaac Budmen and Stephanie Keefe are the…
Happy 70th Birthday to Juilliard-trained actor William Hurt. After making his film debut in the 1980 sci-fi film Altered States, for which he won a Golden Globe nomination, he starred with Kathleen Turner in the neo-noir movie Body Heat. He…
