twib.news

6. June 2021

Investors’ Latest Interest: Women’s Healthcare!

Female-focused healthcare such as innovative fertility or period products has often been neglected, but investors are stepping in to boost startups focused on female technology - or "femtech" - in order to tackle health inequities and ensure women’s all-around well-being.

Society

Society Japan

30. May 2021

Tobacco Giant Plans to Stop Selling Traditional Cigarettes

As part of its long-term goal to replace conventional cigarettes with less harmful ones, a tobacco giant gives itself a decade to phase out traditional cigarettes in Japan.

Technology

Technology India

27. May 2021

Corona: Drones Carry Vaccines to Remote Areas

As the cases of corona are surging across India, health experts are testing the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines by drones to remote rural communities in an effort to contain the pandemic.

Technology

Technology USA

19. May 2021

Paralyzed People May Soon Use Their Minds to Write

A team of scientists in the United States have proven the efficacy of a groundbreaking device that helps paralyzed people communicate more easily after a quadriplegic man was able to “mind write” with astonishing accuracy.

Society

Society USA

22. February 2021

How Nonviolent People Are Getting Help Instead of Jail Time

After six months of activity, a young program established in Denver, United States, dedicated to put nonviolent people in the hands of healthcare workers instead of police officers proved to be a success.

Society

Society France

14. February 2021

Europe’s Oldest Person Beats COVID-19 in Time to Celebrate Her 117th Birthday

A nun based in Toulon, France, the oldest person in Europe – and the second oldest in the world – has fully recovered from the coronavirus just in time to celebrate her 117th birthday.

Health

Health Israel

27. January 2021

Artificial Cornea Helps Blind Man See Again!

A legally blind elderly man recovered his sight after being the first patient to receive a brand new corneal implant developed by an Israeli company. The transplant requires no donor tissue, and a minimum of cutting and stitches.

Society

Society Germany

7. January 2021

He Is Stateless – But This Scientist Can Still Help Find a New Kind of Corona Vaccine

Despite his stateless status, a young scientist of Syrian and Palestine origin has managed to achieve high spheres of study and join a team developing a Corona vaccine in Germany.

Technology

Technology United Kingdom

11. December 2020

AI Helps Solve a Biology Problem (Much!) Sooner Than Anybody Thought

How do proteins achieve their 3D structure? That's a head-scratcher scientists have spent fifty years trying to solve. Now, an artificial intelligence engine has found the solution to this protein-folding problem - decades earlier than expected!

Society

Society Scotland

2. December 2020

Politicians Vote for Free Period Products (Also to Save Girls from Embarrassment)

The Members of the Scottish Parliament unanimously approved the Period Products Bill, thus tackling period poverty and period stigma, and ensuring that free period items such as tampons and pads are available to anyone who needs them.