Positive News - Science and Technology
On this page, we present science and technology that we consider positive in some way.
We think positive news about advances in science and technology are helpful and encouraging.
Afterall, if science and technology can benefit our well-being, then that is something we want to know about.
Building Roads Out of Plastic Waste
The Netherlands is building roads out of plastic waste. Take a journey down the plastic highway.
May Improve Alzheimer's Symptoms
The combined visual and auditory treatment has already been tested in healthy volunteers, to assess its safety, and the researchers are now beginning to enroll patients with early-stage Alzheimer’s to study its possible effects on the disease.
Team Uses Drones to Save Lives
An international team of scientists and health care workers have completed the world's first drone insulin delivery -- dropping off the life-saving medicine to a remote island in Ireland.
The Grass is Greener
A Vietnamese youth is making biodegradable straws with grass that grows wild in the Mekong Delta.
Mother and Daughter Duo
According to the researchers, the vaccine can delay the onset of the disease by five years, which can be a godsend for people with the disease and their families.
Tech Empowering Disabled People
Cities are difficult to navigate at the best of times, but for people with disabilities they can be like an obstacle course and a maze wrapped into one. Here are three high-tech solutions making cities easier for people with disabilities.
US National Park Offers Wheelchairs
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is a national park in Michigan that launched a "track chair" program in May. It's a wheelchair that has been equipped with treads to navigate the steep hills and sandy trails.
KFC is Testing Beyond Fried Chicken
KFC announced Monday it becomes the first national fast-food chain to introduce a plant-based chicken in partnership with El Segundo, California-based Beyond Meat.
Plastic-Eating Fungi
If applied successfully to landfills, the fungus could mark a major advancement in conservationists' ongoing attempt to change our society's linear model of manufacturing.
Pallets Made from Coconut Waste
CocoPallet makes price competitive, sustainable export pallets from coconut waste. These pallets are affordable to make as we use waste streams as feedstock and use the lignin in the coconut husk as binder instead of synthetic resins. CocoPallets are 100% bio-based and bio-degradable
