Europe / Science

New Exoskeleton Offers Greater Mobility For Paraplegics

Story by: Aleksandra Stefanova, Sub-Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News Video credit: CEN/EPFL A team of scientists has developed a groundbreaking exoskeleton that paraplegics can put on themselves without needing anyone to help. Scientists at EPFL’s Robotic Systems Laboratory (LSRO) in Lausanne in Switzerland have now unveiled video of the new version…

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November 13, 2018
General News / Science

New Smog-Busting Pavement Reduces Pollution

Story By:  Bartosz Staszewski, Sub-Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News   Scientists have developed new smog-busting pavements which they claim can reduce pollution in traffic-choked cities by as much as 70 percent. Researchers claim the new concrete pavements, currently being tested in the Polish capital city of Warsaw, clean the air by absorbing…

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November 3, 2018
General News / Science

Millions Of Cubic Metres Of Swiss Glaciers Melt

Story By:  Aleksandra Stefanova, Sub-Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News   Scientists say about 1,400 million cubic metres of ice have melted from Swiss glaciers in a single year and that glaciers have lost a fifth in volume over the last 10 years. The Swiss Academy of Sciences has stated in a…

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November 3, 2018