Butter, and other delicious fats, are now being made out of thin air

Bill Gates has thrown his weight – and his money – behind a Californian startup that believes it can make a rich, fatty spread akin to butter, using just carbon dioxide and hydrogen. And ‘butter’ is just the start, with milk, ice-cream, cheese, meat an… Continue reading Butter, and other delicious fats, are now being made out of thin air

Maternal sepsis and death greatly reduced by single-dose antibiotic

According to a recent large, multi-country clinical trial, the risk of postpartum sepsis and death in women who plan to deliver vaginally can be reduced by one-third by administering a single dose of the antibiotic azithromycin.Continue ReadingCategory… Continue reading Maternal sepsis and death greatly reduced by single-dose antibiotic

Bill Gates’s next-gen nuclear plant packs in grid-scale energy storage

Wind, solar, geothermal, hydro, wave energy … Renewable sources are a crucial pillar of any plan to decarbonize the world’s energy generation industries and eliminate fossil fuel use. But for many reasons – intermittency, location dependency, land re… Continue reading Bill Gates’s next-gen nuclear plant packs in grid-scale energy storage