Some declines in health, mind, and body are inevitable. Yet studies have shown that maintaining a positive social environment can stave off some of aging’s key stressors and challenges. Scientists have long been interested in exploring these root causes and in studying how the environment may help slow the paceContinue Reading
As people age, maintaining a positive and predictable social environment becomes more and more important. For instance, keeping close ties with friends and family has been identified as one of the key ingredients to healthy aging. While some declines in health, mind and body are inevitable, studies have shown thatContinue Reading
When the ominous rust-colored cloud of Red Tide begins to saturate coastal waters in Southwest Florida, it means beach closures. Asthma attacks. Itchy skin and watery eyes. Dead fish and a wretched smell that can spoil the salty breeze. Now, scientists know it means pollution made the scourge worse. NewContinue Reading
In just a couple years “chips,” “semiconductors” and “polysilicon” have entered the everyday lexicon. One company tucked in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has been tinkering with the microscopic electrical connections that make our cars, phones and TVs work for more than 50 years. Calumet Electronics Corporation was founded in 1968 afterContinue Reading
Small businesses operating in historically designated townships on the periphery of the country’s developed urban economy are as much a part of our economy as large national companies or home-grown multinationals operating out of Sandton. Simone Cooper, Head of Business Clients at Standard Bank, believes that township enterprises are theContinue Reading
What community leaders continue to keep the Delaware tech and business communities close? In 2020, Technical.ly brought you the inaugural RealLIST Connectors, a comprehensive roundup of folks working to build their local tech, entrepreneurship and innovation community by linking others with an eye toward future growth and inclusivity. That listContinue Reading
In the first study of its kind, Penn researchers and an international team of collaborators found that genetics and environmental factors contribute to how socioeconomic status shapes the architecture of the brain. Your education, your job, your income, and the neighborhood you live in are factors considered to represent socioeconomicContinue Reading
The Serbian Ministry of Environmental Protection and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), supported by the Government of Sweden, held the second meeting last week as part of Serbia’s Stockholm+50 national consultations. At the event in Belgrade, held as part of Serbia’s preparations for the conference Stockholm+50: a healthy planetContinue Reading
In order to make the plastics value chain truly circular, it’s crucial that the industry is able to measure the level of recycled content in packs accurately and efficiently. Researchers from Manchester University in the UK are currently developing a technology that uses tracking molecules for identifying, quantifying and validatingContinue Reading
In order to make the plastics value chain truly circular, it’s crucial that the industry is able to measure the level of recycled content in packs accurately and efficiently. Researchers from Manchester University in the UK are currently developing a technology that uses tracking molecules for identifying, quantifying and validatingContinue Reading
