Senior Positive Impact Reporter
Elena covers breakthrough innovations and social enterprises creating measurable change worldwide.
I love hiking, but most of my body does not. I have POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome), which sends my heart rate into the 150s during moderate exertion, and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, which means my joints sit looser than the average hiker’s. My muscles also fatigue earlier, which means ...
Somewhere in the hills outside the city of Karjat in India, there is a marvelous house that bridges the gap between two pieces of land. Built by Wallmakers, the Bridge House spans 100 feet (30 m) across two streams that have carved a 30-ft (7-m) gorge through the landscape, and expertly combines mud...
A newly developed bacterial cellulose manufacturing technique could lead to strong, multifunctional materials capable of replacing plastics....
Cambridge Science Park submits plans which could create 20,000 jobs and new public spaces....
Most clothes are made in Asia, but new machines could bring some of that work back to the West....
Scientists at Argonne National Laboratory are developing AI-powered robotic assistants that could learn laboratory procedures directly from human researchers and eventually help automate complex scientific experiments. The project, called RoSA, short for Robot Scientific Assistant for Accelerating E...
This was a year when the ground shifted. Global aid faltered. Long-standing funding streams disappeared. And millions of people were left without the support they once relied upon. The world felt more fragile. And yet, through it all, we witnessed something stronger. Across the GlobalGiving communit...
Scientists at Monash University in Australia have developed ultra-thin membranes that enable hydrogen fuel cells to operate at 482 °F (250 °C). This allows membranes to operate without water, removing a major bottleneck to the use of fuel cells and enabling rapid, large-scale deployment of these cle...
Localities seeking Homeless Housing Assistance and Prevention funding would have to demonstrate efforts to address homeless encampments in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s revised state budget proposal....
Your Google account likely stores a lot of important information, from your home address in Google Maps and your work emails in Gmail, to family pictures in Google Photos and personal conversations in Google Chat. You don’t want anyone else gaining access to that data—and nor does Google. To minimiz...
More focused storytelling leads to stronger engagement, and stronger engagement leads to more meaningful conversations.Originally published on Global VoicesImage made by Gabriela Mesones on Canva Pro for Global Voices This post is part of Global Voices’ April 2026 Spotlight series, “Human perspectiv...
Times are weird, and I guess weird times call for weird measures. At least, as per Honda, which thinks it's about time electric motorcycles replicated the old-school feel of gas bikes....
It can take a decade to bring a new orchid to market, so breeders keep their hi-tech processes secret....
Four elephants at Zoo Atlanta have been eager to play with the new wall, which includes treat puzzles and sounds designed to stimulate their brains....
KUTAI KARTANEGARA, Indonesia — Asniah recalls nights lying in darkness listening to cicadas and the passing hum of outboard motors after her family moved to Muara Enggelam in the 1990s, an over-the-water village in the interior of Indonesian Borneo, cut off from basic services. Around the turn of th...
Political organizer Denise Powell has defeated State Sen. John Cavanaugh to win the Democratic primary in the closely watched race for Nebraska's second congressional district....
The wireless rings read 100 common signs from two sign languages and “autocomplete” sentences. At the turn of the 20th century, William Hoy transformed Major League Baseball. The most prominent deaf player in history, he taught his team American Sign Language (ASL) to communicate on the field while ...
An article from Dive Brief “The goal is to have half a million people in the biggest cities in the country start to see these aircraft as part of your everyday commute,” Archer Aviation’s CEO said. Publi...
Researchers at Michigan Technological University are developing a microbial fuel cell system that could help underwater sensors stay submerged longer by generating electricity from organic matter already present in seawater. The project is part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s BioL...
Far from shore, the server farms would be powered by waves, cooled by seawater, and networked by satellite. As AI demand for computing power surges, companies are searching for new ways to fuel data centers. One startup is now proposing floating data centers powered by ocean waves, and they just rai...