How Fireflies Inspired Energy-Efficient Lights
YouthDesignScienceEnvironment...Electricity accounts for around 5% of greenhouse gas emissions. So how can we make it more efficient? Belgian physicist Jean-Pol Vigneron and his team found the answer could lie within a firefly's abdomen.
Smart Chain Mail
YouthCreativityTechnologyScienceResearchers have developed a new kind of material with adjustable and reversible properties.
Have You Ever Seen An Atom?
YouthPhysicsScienceTechnologyScientists at the University of California Los Angeles have found a way to create stunningly detailed 3D reconstructing of platinum nanoparticles at an atomic scale.
Sea Women Of Melanesia
YouthWomenWorldEnvironment...The Sea Women of Melanesia train local women to monitor and assess the impacts of widespread coral bleaching on some of the world's most endangered reefs.
Climate-Resilient Buildings
YouthScienceEnvironmentArchitectureThis UNEP publication demonstrates how buildings and community spaces can be constructed to increase their resilience to climate change.
How Origami Is Inspiring New Kinds Of Emergnecy Shelters
YouthScienceEngineeringArt...Engineers have come up with a way of designing structures based on the ancient art of origami.
How Do LEDs And Batteries Work?
YouthScienceTechnologyHow does electricity even do stuff? How do all the LEDs around us work? How do batteries work?