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Wait Times Improve; Telemedicine in Play

Andrew Martinez

July 21, 2016 |

Rio Grande Sun |

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Response Location: United States, Albuquerque, New Mexico

New Mexico’s veterans are getting faster care as new programs expand to rural areas. Thanks to a host of initiatives, including telemedicine, contracts with community clinics, and travel benefits, the state’s VA health care system has recently seen improvements in appointment wait times for veterans.

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How a new source of water is helping reduce conflict in the Middle East

Rowan Jacobson

July 19, 2016 |

Ensia |

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Response Location: Israel, Tel Aviv-Yafo

Israel experienced extreme drought a few years ago and its water supply was very low. National campaigns to install desalination plants have helped Israel turnaround its inadequate water supply into a surplus. The water scientists who have helped make this surplus see an opportunity for water diplomacy and the de-politicization of water in the Middle East so that more of it can be shared with other geographies.

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Germany sets a new solar storage record

Jeffey Michel

July 18, 2016 |

Energy Post |

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Response Location: Germany, Hamburg

Solar power is an important renewable energy in Germany, but when the sun is out, it can overpower the grid. Likewise, when the sun is not out, the reception of solar power decreases. Germany has piloted battery installations that store solar energy for use when the sunlight is not plentiful and has successfully incentivized citizens to use them to lower costs.

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Connecting for rural health

JR Logan

July 18, 2016 |

The Taos News |

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Response Location: United States, Santa Rosa, New Mexico

Rural hospitals in New Mexico are isolated and scattered across the state, struggling to support low-income communities who have a difficult time getting access to their health care. In 2014, six hospitals banded together to create the New Mexico Rural Hospital Network, a cooperative effort to improve medical care across the small hospitals in the state. The Network has since scaled to ten hospitals and its system has benefited from the exchanges of ideas and an improvement in administrative efficiency.

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How 3D printing can save lives

Poppy McPherson

July 14, 2016 |

The New Humanitarian (formerly IRIN) |

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Response Location: Cambodia, Phnom Penh

Due to the inaccessibility of inactive munitions to provide hands-on de-activation experience to security experts, training individuals is difficult. Inactive munitions cannot be shipped to other countries, thus other methods have been explored. A military disposal technician, Allen Tan, created a 3D printing technology that can now create replicas of multiple bomb models. Plans can now be transmitted online and printed in 3D anywhere in the world for study.

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Large-Scale Rainwater Harvesting Eases Scarcity in Kenya

Justus Wanzala

July 12, 2016 |

Inter Press Service News Agency |

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Response Location: Kenya, Narok

Harvesting rainwater is a necessary practice throughout Kenya, but is especially important in the areas of the country that are arid or semiarid. The African Water Bank has made this process more accessibly to many in these areas by creating a less expensive and more efficient water conservation system.

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Blockchain: the answer to life, the universe and everything?

Alex Hern

July 07, 2016 |

The Guardian |

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Response Location: United Kingdom, London

The technology world, plagued by a lack of privacy and security, is looking for solutions. To increase trustworthiness of computers, transactions, and pretty much anything online, blockchain is being used all around the world. While blockchain was first used by the cryptocurrency Bitcoin, it is now being used in such diverse ways as to track business products, trade in the stock market, and support musical collaboration. Blockchain's applications are continuing to grow and spread.

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A Brooklyn Museum App Encourages Visitors to Ask Questions

Seph Rodney

July 06, 2016 |

Hyperallergic |

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Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Visitors to the Brooklyn Museum can now use the Ask App, a messaging service that provides a way to ask questions and get recommendations about museum holdings in real time from art historians on staff.

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The App Helping Africa's Midwives Save Lives

Liza Ramrayka

July 06, 2016 |

News Deeply |

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Response Location: Ethiopia

A mobile health project in Ethiopia gives any health worker with a smartphone access to the information they need to deal with emergencies during childbirth. Now it's being scaled up to reach 10,000 health workers across Africa and Southeast Asia by 2017.

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Company Turns Air Into Fuel In Climate Change Fight

Dominique Mosbergen

July 05, 2016 |

The Huffington Post |

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Response Location: Canada, Squamish, British Columbia

As CO2 levels continue to rise and increase the precariousness of the state of life as we know it, solutions that are efficient, cost effective, and scalable prove illusive. There may be new hope for one method, especially now with increased public attention on the issue: carbon capture; though previously beyond the financial scope of most corporate and government entities, now scientists are turning captured carbon back into fuel, pulling CO2 from the air, cutting back the need for drilling, and creating a profitable and scalable opportunity to help curb climate change.

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