By dipping plain cotton cloth in a high-tech broth full of silver nanowires and carbon nanotubes, Stanford researchers have developed a new high-speed, low-cost filter that could easily be implemented to purify water in the developing world. Instead of physically trapping bacteria as most existing filters do, the new filter lets them flow...
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In Kenya, a devastating cycle of drought and flood reflects the worst that climate change has to offer. These and other more insiduous impacts of warming temperatures threaten the health and survival of the nation’s poorest and most at-risk inhabitants, namely women and children. The average yearly income in Kenya is less than...
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We took this story from the World Institute blog. They run a feature called Innovation of the Week. This story captures the essence of innovation more than the others. :::::::: Zambian grocery stores are filled with processed foods from around the world, from crackers made in Argentina and soy milk from China to...
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Also needed are appropriate policies and regulations to spur development of innovative mobile phone-based applications The fast-growing use of cell phones in Africa — where many people lack the basic human necessities — has made headlines worldwide the past few years. The surprising boom has led to widespread speculation that cell phones could...
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ESA’s TIGER II initiative has selected 20 project proposals across Africa to receive support from Earth-observation technology to learn more about the water cycle and to improve water-monitoring resources. TIGER II is based on the results and achievements of its precursor TIGER I, which sought to help African countries overcome water problems and...
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Commitment, money and innovation can reduce high mortality rates By Stephanie Urdang In an otherwise grim outlook for Africa’s hopes of achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) there is some good news. Rwanda is very likely to meet the MDG targets for child and maternal mortality, and will possibly be one of few...
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Small stipends paid directly to teen girls have had a powerful impact on their school attendance in Malawi. That’s among the findings from a study of a two-year cash transfer program targeting girls aged 13 to 22 that wrapped up in December 2009. Stipends ranging from $1-$5 a month for the adolescent girls, in...
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Solar-powered drip irrigation systems significantly enhance household incomes and nutritional intake of villagers in arid sub-Saharan Africa, according to a new Stanford University study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The two-year study found that solar-powered pumps installed in remote villages in the West African nation of Benin...
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An analysis of three and half decades of maize research in African farming communities finds big benefits. A multi-country study, in Agricultural Economics, reports the significant role international maize research plays in reducing poverty. It finds that since the mid-1990s, more than one million people per year have escaped poverty through the adoption...
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