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A centuries-old concept in soil science has recently been thrown out. Yet it remains a key ingredient in everything from climate models to advanced carbon-capture projects.

An Australian engineer has developed a cheap, 3D-printed carbon device that uses absorbed light to fire neurons and restore sight to those with impairments.

Job titles are a dime a dozen these days. This phenomenon is a direct result of an ever-evolving and expanding job market. But there are certain job titles–such as “technologist“–that make us raise our eyebrows.

In a first for Europe, a fully artificial heart has been successfully implanted into a patient in Naples, Italy.

The bioprosthetic heart, developed by French company Carmat, has already been implanted into patients in clinical trial settings in the US but this operation marks the first commercial sale and use of the product.

Microsoft Tech for Social Impact, the tech giant’s division offering tools for non-profit organizations, has announced it is expanding to include aged care non-profits around the world. 

LAKE MEAD, WHICH provides water for 25 million people in the American West, has shrunk to 36 percent of its capacity. One rural California community has run out of water entirely after its well broke in early June…