Micronutrient supplements during pregnancy linked to smarter kids
Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto Maternal Micronutrients, Nurturing Environment Boost Child Development Mothers who take multi-micronutrient supplements during pregnancy can add
E-waste in East and Southeast Asia jumps 63 percent in 5 years
UN University, Sustainable Cycles Programme — Bonn, Germany Per capita consumption of gadgets, appliances, other products with a cord or battery,
‘Friendship Bench’: A Blueprint for Tackling Developing World’s Mental Health Crisis
Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto In Zimbabwe, Friendship Bench therapy reduces prevalence of depression to less than 14 percent, compared to
Kangaroo mother care helps premature babies thrive 20 years later — study
Grand Challenges Canada, Toronto Study funded by Saving Brains shows Kangaroo Mother Care kids 20 years later are better behaved,
Torture: Rehabilitation experts from 80 nations meet in Mexico City
International Rehabilitation Council For Torture Victims, Copenhagen 100+ presentations on cases worldwide, from Syria, Central America, Africa, Guantanamo Bay; Sexual
Exploring vast ‘submerged America,’ marine scientists discover 500 bubbling methane vents
Nat’l Ocean Exploration Forum – New York 19 Oct 2016 Five hundred vents newly discovered off the US West Coast, each
Experts warn booming seaweed industry
United Nations University – Institute for Water, Environment and Health, Hamilton, Canada Beyond sushi wrap: Expanding number of valuable uses
Heatwaves, typhoons, floods, landslides: Researchers detail rising health risks of disasters
UNU Int’l Institute Global Health, Kuala Lumpur 18 July 2016 Assembled by UNU-IIGH, six papers underline the value of applying science, technology
Innovation and Its Enemies: How the history of margarine and tractors can inform policy making
Harvard Kennedy School / Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Cambridge MA 6 July 2016 Why important innovations stall;
Galapagos: Wind turbines replace millions of liters of diesel since 2007, meet 30% of energy needs
Global Sustainable Electricity Partnership, Montreal World’s top utilities hand over project keys, chart path for Ecuador’s famously biodiverse archipelago to
Leonardo da Vinci’s DNA: Experts unite to shine modern light on a Renaissance master
Human Evolution, Italy 5-MAY-2016 The Leonardo Project: Illuminating the art, life, characteristics, talents, and brilliance of one of humanity’s most extraordinary
Canadian innovation for killing mosquito eggs could help Zika fight
Grand Challenges Canada (#1 most viewed release (415,000+ page views) of 29,500 news releases hosted by the American Association for the
Renewable energy investments: Major milestones reached, new world record set
UN Environment Programme, Paris / Nairobi 24 Mar 2016 For first time, developing world investments in renewables (up 19 percent
Pollinators Vital to Our Food Supply Under Threat
IPBES, Bonn / Office of the Science Advisor to the Prime Minister of Malaysia 26 Feb 2016 Assessment Details Options
For a special Valentine? Beyond diamonds and gems: The world’s rarest minerals
American Mineralogist 12 Feb 2016 What do 2,500+ obscure, isolated mineral species reveal about Earth? Scientists have inventoried and categorized
Future of lung treatment: Malaysian scientists join Harvard team creating safe, effective nano drugs
MIGHT, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology) 11 Jan 2015 Additional Malaysian nanoscience research includes converting greenhouse
Powerful new global arena needed to confront coming water challenges, elite UN board warns
UN S-G’s Advisory Board, Water & Sanitation 18 Nov 2015 Blunt valedictory report from Secretary-General’s water and sanitation advisory board suggests routes
Vast energy value in human waste
United Nations University – Institute for Water, Environment and Health — Hamilton, Canada 3 Nov 2015 Safe, systematic collection of
To reach CO2, energy goals, blend technologies with stable policies: World electricity firms
Global Sustainable Electricity Partnership, Montreal 11 October, 2015 Decarbonizing electricity: After 2 years of international consultations, world’s leading utilities
Water problem hotspots demand effective new approaches to international cooperation
UN University – INWEH, Hamilton 1 Oct 2015 Importance of water cooperation grows as climate changes advance; Tajikistan Foreign