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  • In Aleppo, cell phones are helping some desperate Syrians find clean water

    August 26, 2015 |

    Public Radio International (PRI) |

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    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Syria, Aleppo, Aleppo Governorate

    In war zones, people have a difficult time finding clean water and safe areas to inhabit. Social media, smart phones, and technology applications are aiding in people’s survival. In Aleppo, Syria, the International Committee of the Red Cross posted a map on Facebook to show alternative sources of clean drinking water that reached approximately 140,000 people.

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  • Could adorable tiny tech backpacks save the honeybees?

    August 25, 2015 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: Australia

    Concerned with colony collapse syndrome in honey bees worldwide, scientists, farmers and tech companies teamed up in Australia to create a micro-sensor that collects data on the bee's environment.

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  • El Paso Water Utilities' advanced-purification plant

    August 22, 2015 |

    El Paso Times |

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    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United States, El Paso, Texas

    El Paso Water Utilities is designing an advanced-purification plant in which water will be scrubbed through five additional steps before going into the city's water supply.

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  • Gene Therapy for Cystic Fibrosis

    August 17, 2015 |

    Al Jazeera |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: United Kingdom

    Cystic Fibrosis is a disease that is both debilitating, and previously considered untreatable. Utilizing techniques of Gene Therapy, Doctors in the UK are contemplating new ways to address the disease.

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  • Safe Surgery Innovations in Uganda

    August 17, 2015 |

    Al Jazeera |

    Broadcast TV News |

    5-15 Minutes

    Response Location: Uganda

    In Uganda, disease caused by improper surgical protocol is one of the leading causes of death. In response to this problem, Doctors are utilizing a surgical checklist from the World Health Organization, as well as other affordable technology, to help address this epidemic.

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  • Getting to Zero': Are We Close to a Cure for AIDS?

    August 17, 2015 |

    Pacific Standard |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, San Francisco, California

    For decades, AIDS has taken the lives of millions of people and infected millions more worldwide. The key to reducing the effect of AIDS, and even potentially curing it, involves treating patients as early as possible after being diagnosed with HIV, before the disease damages organs. San Francisco General Hospital developed the RAPID program for this purpose, with the goal of “Getting to Zero” the number of new infections and deaths.

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  • What To Do About the Antidepressasnts, Antibiotics, and Other Drugs in Our Water

    August 11, 2015 |

    Ensia |

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    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    Prescription drugs are greatly polluting the national water supply, causing researchers to begin looking for a method to better filter water and dispose of unused medicine.

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  • How to Cut the Prison Population (See for Yourself)

    August 11, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States

    Prisons in the United States are overcrowded with many non-violent offenders and the cost to keep them in jail consumes public budgets. Criminal justice reform has attracted bipartisan interest with diverse proposals to aid adjust the incarceration rate. The Urban Institute has developed an interactive “prison population forecaster,” which helps citizens to assess the impact of different policies.

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  • Climate change crusade goes local

    August 09, 2015 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Miami Beach, Florida

    Around the globe, countries have taken actions that have helped reduce carbon emissions and increase the use of renewable energy. Although the state of Florida feels the effects of climate change, its state representatives have not produced policy addressing it. Local policy makers and organizers have made the biggest difference in the state.

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  • How to Save a Sinking Coast? Katrina Created a Laboratory

    August 07, 2015 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, New Orleans, Louisiana

    In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, in 2005, Louisiana and federal officials launched an audacious $50 billion master plan to rebuild the receding coast in an effort to mitigate the effects future storms. These are expensive and massive in scale, and although success is not guaranteed, they're attracting interest from cities around the U.S., and low-lying countries like Bangladesh and the Netherlands. Moving beyond engineered “solutions” of the past, many of these efforts focus on rebuilding land through methods that mimic natural processes for building land mass and vegetation.

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