For Ghana e-waste recyclers, a safer option amid toxic fumes
On any given day, plumes of noxious smoke rise above the Agbogbloshie dump site in Ghana's capital, Accra.
Environment
Jan 5, 2019
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Pangolin trade forces Ghana to look at new wildlife laws
Ghana is facing calls to update its laws on wildlife crime after fears the country has become a transit route for the illegal trade in pangolin scales.
Ecology
Oct 12, 2017
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Of cabbages and cows—increasing agricultural yields in Africa
Africa's food requirements, along with its population, are growing fast. Three research programmes ask how a better understanding of viruses, parasites and the spread of disease can pave the way to improving agricultural ...
Environment
Feb 13, 2017
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Keeping the lights on in Ghana
When Ghanaian Abu Yaya wondered why his country imports all of its electroporcelain – a small but crucial component for electrical power transmission – it led to a collaboration with Cambridge materials scientist Kevin ...
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 7, 2017
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Wild populations of popular cage bird face catastrophic declines
New research suggests that wild populations of Grey Parrots—one of the world's most popular cage birds—have been virtually wiped out by poaching and habitat loss.
Ecology
Dec 22, 2015
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Research team takes step forward in understanding cancer-fighting compounds
An international research team led by the University of Aberdeen, Wuhan University, China and University of Ghana, Legon, has discovered important new compounds found deep in Ghanaian soil which could unlock our understanding ...
Biochemistry
Aug 13, 2015
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Using rooftop rainwater to make drinking water
Climate change will lead to water scarcity in large parts of Africa. But there is hope – on African rooftops.
Environment
Feb 10, 2015
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Why do people risk infection from bat meat?
Ebola, as with many emerging infections, is likely to have arisen due to man's interaction with wild animals – most likely the practice of hunting and eating wild meat known as 'bushmeat'. A team of researchers led by the ...
Ecology
Oct 9, 2014
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Facebook, Twitter, Google score during World Cup
Twitter and Facebook lit up in a World Cup frenzy this week as millions of people around the world took to social media to share in the ups and downs of the matches.
Internet
Jun 21, 2014
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Bringing clean water to developing nations
"It's been a long, hard slog," says Susan Murcott, a senior lecturer in MIT's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, describing her efforts to disseminate water-filtration systems to some three million people ...
Engineering
Dec 10, 2013
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