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Scientists turn hard-to-recycle PVC plastic into high-performance engine oil.
Virginia Tech researchers developed a process that turns hard-to-recycle PVC waste into valuable lubricant ingredients.
The Brighter Side of NewsRestoring the Thames Estuary Brings Hope for Wildlife and Communities.
Restoring the Thames Estuary is the goal of a new coalition working to bring back saltmarsh, seagrass, and oyster habitat across 250,000 hectares of E...
Happy Eco NewsKenyan Startup Makes Robotic Hands That Translate Teacher’s Voice into Signs for Deaf Students.
In Kenya, an entrepreneur has created a robotic hand that can translate a teacher’s voice into sign language for deaf students. Some 300,000 children ...
Good News NetworkScientists develop a way to capture space junk using robots and spinning magnets.
Scientists demonstrated a contactless way to move and rotate conductive objects that could someday help robots safely handle space junk.
The Brighter Side of NewsScientists Discover Orangutan Mothers Arranging Playdates for their Babies, Just like Humans.
Orangutan mothers arranging playdates travel farther and eat less to give offspring social play opportunities, according to 15 years of data from wild...
Happy Eco NewsSurvey Finds Blackbirds to Have the Most Beautiful Songs in the Avian World–Science Explains Why.
The next time you hear a blackbird singing in the dead of night, know that you’re listening to the most pleasant song in the world. What the bird lack...
Good News NetworkHow rewilding could help stop the spread of Britain’s wildfires.
Why rewilding is one of the best solutions we have to the concerning rise of wildfires.
Positive NewsMotion sickness has plagued travelers for hundreds of years.
New research reveals early stagecoach travelers suffered motion sickness, discomfort, and crowded conditions.
The Brighter Side of NewsRaising Rice and Fish Together Cuts Disease From Snails While Boosting Crop Yields by 25%.
The chronic disease schistosomiasis wreaks havoc on more than 220 million people around the world, with the vast majority of cases being in sub-Sahara...
Good News NetworkWhy Hybrid Vehicles Still Have an Important Role in Greener Transport.
Happy Eco News Why Hybrid Vehicles Still Have an Important Role in Greener Transport Why Hybrid Vehicles Still Have an Important Role in Greener Trans...
Happy Eco NewsChildren are overwhelmingly positive for the future, says survey.
Young people are not just optimistic about the world, but full of ideas for making it kinder, fairer and greener, research finds.
Positive NewsHow People Without Degrees Are Snagging Corporate Jobs in the U.K.
Bruce Devlin’s tech career is flourishing. He’s been promoted twice in the past four years, most recently to the role of senior quality engineer at 2i...
Reasons to be CheerfulElephants Can Think Before They Act and Resist Impulsive Behavior, Shows Study.
Elephants can think before they act, as well as resist impulsive behavior, reveals new research that adds to growing evidence of elephants possessing ...
Good News NetworkMassive Footprints Reveal First Ever Adult T Rex Trackway, a 66-Million-Year-old Walk Through North Dakota.
Scientists have confirmed the discovery of the first adult T. rex trackway, providing new insights into how this emblematic predator moved. While a my...
Good News NetworkFeather Preserved in Dinosaur Dung Could Explain Why Birds Survived Mass Extinction.
A feather preserved inside dinosaur dung could help explain why birds survived the mass extinction that wiped out most life on Earth. Specifically, it...
Good News NetworkResearchers Use Math to Ensure a Wordle Win 99% of the Time.
Millions of people playing their daily Wordle games will be eager to hear about this new research. Using information theory, the team of researchers f...
Good News NetworkNew ‘Nanobone’ material could help the body regrow bones without painful grafts.
Scientists hope a bone-regenerating nanoparticle could one day spare children with cleft palate from invasive graft surgery.
The Brighter Side of NewsBelligerents in 6-year Military Standoff Agree to Swap Rifles for Ballots.
A civil war, military standoff, and a state experiencing double-government are all hopefully set to end after Libya’s rival factions agreed to hold el...
Good News NetworkScientists use sound waves to create protective crystal coatings on crops.
Researchers developed a sound-wave coating system that safely sprays protective crystal films onto living plant leaves.
The Brighter Side of NewsTomato-soy juice study shows promise in reducing inflammation.
Tomato-soy juice rich in lycopene and isoflavones may reduce inflammation in adults with obesity, study finds.
The Brighter Side of NewsScientists use AI to search for the next generation of ultra-powerful magnets.
Scientists are using AI and laboratory chemistry to hunt for new permanent magnets that could outperform today’s strongest materials.
The Brighter Side of NewsWorld’s first superconducting quantum heat engine looks to transform quantum computing.
A qubit-based heat engine completes an Otto cycle near absolute zero and points toward simpler large-scale quantum computers.
The Brighter Side of NewsGood News in History, July 14.
11 years ago today, Earth’s scientists completed the first survey of our solar system as the New Horizons spacecraft completed a flyby of distant Plut...
Good News NetworkSugar found in interstellar space may have seeded life on Earth.
The first true sugar found in interstellar space may explain how key ingredients for early life reached young planets.
The Brighter Side of NewsStrange gravitational waves may reveal dark matter near merging black holes.
A gravitational wave from 2019 may have passed through a dark matter cloud. Physicists built the tool to find out.
The Brighter Side of NewsScientists discover how natural hair patterns form without a blueprint.
New study shows hair patterns form through simple cell movement and chemical signals, not complex instructions.
The Brighter Side of NewsFirm Breaks Ground on First Next-Gen Nuclear Reactor in America to Power Data Centers for Less.
A nuclear energy firm has broke ground on the first advanced nuclear reactor plant in the country, in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Set to come online in 2030...
Good News NetworkThis Extraordinary Desert Mouse Defies Aging–and it Could Change Human Longevity.
A protein associated with longevity in humans has recently been found at high concentrations in an extraordinarily long-living mouse. The discovery ma...
Good News NetworkGood News in History, July 12.
131 years ago, the architect, visionary, and writer Buckminster Fuller was born. Fuller developed numerous inventions, mainly architectural designs, a...
Good News NetworkReplacing Antibiotics with Grape Pomace in Poultry Could Turn Wine Waste into a Farming Solution.
Happy Eco News Replacing Antibiotics with Grape Pomace in Poultry Could Turn Wine Waste into a Farming Solution Cornell University researchers suggest...
Happy Eco NewsElephant Conservation in Kenya Helps Reunite Lost Calf with Her Family.
Happy Eco News Elephant Conservation in Kenya Helps Reunite Lost Calf with Her Family Elephant conservation in Kenya received a powerful demonstration...
Happy Eco NewsWhat To Expect When Working With a Personal Injury Legal Team.
Happy Eco News What To Expect When Working With a Personal Injury Legal Team What To Expect When Working With a Personal Injury Legal Team New York is...
Happy Eco NewsEarth’s underground fungal network may stretch 110 quadrillion kilometers.
New research maps Earth’s underground fungal networks, showing grassland strongholds and weaker systems in croplands.
The Brighter Side of NewsScientists warn we may be missing signs of alien life across the universe.
New research warns that scientists may be overlooking evidence of extraterrestrial life due to false-negative results.
The Brighter Side of NewsAfter Wandering Field All Day He Discovers 16th C.
At the end of a long day, a metal detector enthusiast in England unearthed a 16th-century ring with eight diamonds. Stuart Jones uncovered the stunnin...
Good News NetworkRare meteorite points to a long-lost planet from our early solar system.
A rare meteorite from the Sahara suggests a vanished early world may have been as large as the moon or bigger.
The Brighter Side of NewsResearchers find a surprising human bias toward counterclockwise motion.
Pedestrians in Spain and Japan repeatedly turned counterclockwise, suggesting the bias may come from individual human movement.
The Brighter Side of NewsHumans nearly went extinct 930,000 years ago, researchers find.
Human ancestors may have survived a 117,000-year bottleneck that pushed the lineage close to extinction.
The Brighter Side of NewsA Future Without Plastic Waste: The Rise of Biomaterial Packaging in the UK.
Happy Eco News A Future Without Plastic Waste: The Rise of Biomaterial Packaging in the UK UK biomaterial startups Shellworks, Notpla, and Magical Mus...
Happy Eco NewsAncient impact with Theia may have brought water and life to Earth.
Earth may have formed dry and locked in its chemistry early, with life-friendly elements arriving much later from Theia.
The Brighter Side of NewsLook At It This Way: The New Way of Talking About Climate Change.
Happy Eco News Look At It This Way: The New Way of Talking About Climate Change Norm Leo, climate scientist and author of the book Look At It This Way...
Happy Eco NewsResearchers discover a new way to control light in empty space.
Scientists found light can develop handedness in free space, opening new paths for sensing, communications, and quantum tech.
The Brighter Side of NewsScientists discover the genetic cause of sweeter grapes.
A grape study links ABA to sweetness through two transcription factors and a key sucrose metabolism gene.
The Brighter Side of NewsUltra-thin new material shields spacecraft from electromagnetic waves and radiation.
KIST researchers built a flexible nanotube film that shields both EMI and neutrons while staying thin, printable, and heat resistant.
The Brighter Side of NewsThe dreaming mind doesn’t replay life, it rebuilds it.
A new study finds dreams reshape waking life, drawing on personality, sleep, and major events like the pandemic.
The Brighter Side of NewsGood News in History, April 30.
129 years ago today, J. J. Thomson announced his discovery of the electron as a subatomic particle, over 1,800 times smaller than a proton (in the ato...
Good News Network‘Having poetry in a public space transports us, even if we don’t understand it’.
Forty years after poems first appeared on London’s Underground, the project continues to shape the daily journeys of millions.
Positive NewsGood News in History, April 29.
5 years ago today, the world’s longest pedestrian footbridge opened for public use in recreation. The Arouca 516 spans the Paiva River in northern Por...
Good News NetworkSustainable Technology is Crossing a Critical Threshold.
Happy Eco News Sustainable Technology is Crossing a Critical Threshold Sustainable Technology is Crossing a Critical Threshold Across transportation, ...
Happy Eco NewsWhat We’re Reading: Sperm Whales — They’re Just Like Us.
Welcome back to our weekly behind-the-scenes glimpse at what’s getting our team talking. Tell us what you’ve been reading at info@reasonstobecheerful....
Reasons to be CheerfulWhen ICE Shows Up, These Businesses Will Be Ready.
Last April, at the James Beard Foundation’s Chef Action Summit, food industry leaders gathered to discuss the political and economic landscape with on...
Reasons to be CheerfulNew research has scientists rethinking how the brain tells time.
A new study shows the brain builds time perception in stages, from visual coding to subjective judgment.
The Brighter Side of NewsHow AI is revolutionizing time of death estimations.
Researchers use AI and blood chemistry to predict post-mortem intervals, improving forensic investigations even days after death.
The Brighter Side of NewsGravitational waves may be responsible for dark matter in the universe.
Physicists have calculated a new mechanism in which early-universe gravitational waves directly produced the fermions that form dark matter today.
The Brighter Side of NewsNative Americans Were Making Dice and Gaming Thousands of Years Before Anyone Else.
Tribal casinos in the US may seem a more natural fit, after hearing about new research showing that Native Americans were making dice for gaming thous...
Good News NetworkBite mechanics of ancient marine predators yields surprising results.
By simulating the bite mechanics of 16 Late Cretaceous marine reptiles, researchers show mosasaurs and plesiosaurs divided the ancient Western Interio...
The Brighter Side of NewsPhysicists use pulses of light in 37 dimensions to prove quantum paradox.
A 37-dimensional light experiment showed a GHZ-type quantum paradox can be built with the fewest possible context-covers.
The Brighter Side of NewsGood News in History, April 4.
51 years ago today, Microsoft was founded as a partnership between childhood friends and computer whiz-kids Bill Gates and Paul Allen. The company bec...
Good News NetworkScientists find a new way to detect scientific breakthroughs.
A new metric may better spot the papers that redirected science, including overlooked simultaneous discoveries.
The Brighter Side of NewsLarge-scale waves are forming deep inside our Sun.
Scientists detect large-scale waves inside the Sun, opening a new window into its hidden magnetic activity.
The Brighter Side of NewsNew discovery reinvents how lightning is formed.
Lightning can form in solid blocks of plastic, quartz, and other materials, opening new avenues for research and technology.
The Brighter Side of NewsKorean Researchers Produce Sustainable Aviation Fuel from Landfill Gas at Pilot Scale.
Happy Eco News Korean Researchers Produce Sustainable Aviation Fuel from Landfill Gas at Pilot Scale Sustainable aviation fuel from landfill gas produ...
Happy Eco NewsRust-Like Mineral Creates Natural Carbon Vaults in Soils.
Happy Eco News Rust-Like Mineral Creates Natural Carbon Vaults in Soils Scientists discovered that rust-colored iron oxide minerals form natural carbo...
Happy Eco NewsThe generosity experiment.
A social experiment is giving away half a million dollars to fund acts of kindness globally – it’s already having a positive impact.
Positive NewsNew Views of Saturn Produced by Space Telescopes Help Researchers Understand the Planet’s Clouds.
Storms, ribbons, and its iconic rings in screaming electric blue, Saturn appears like you’ve never seen it before in a new set of images released by o...
Good News NetworkMolecular Solar Thermal Energy Storage Captures Sunlight in Reusable Liquid Molecule.
Happy Eco News Molecular Solar Thermal Energy Storage Captures Sunlight in Reusable Liquid Molecule Scientists developed a molecule that captures sunl...
Happy Eco NewsGood News in History, April 1.
50 years ago today, the Apple Computer Company was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne to sell their ground-breaking Apple I person...
Good News NetworkWho’s Afraid of ‘The Night of Controversies’?
“Borders have led to mass deaths, sexual violence and human trafficking — we must abolish them,” said Catherine Wihtol De Wenden, casting a stern glan...
Reasons to be CheerfulNew deep-UV pocket scope provides instant molecular imaging.
New DART pocket-scope maps DNA and proteins using deep-UV light, offering fast, label-free imaging for medicine and research.
The Brighter Side of NewsNew implant can read leg movement signals from amputated nerves.
For the first time, scientists decoded leg movement intent, including toe movements, directly from the nerves of above-knee amputees.
The Brighter Side of NewsPhysicists solved a decades-old mystery about static electricity.
A thin film of carbon molecules from ordinary air, has been identified as the hidden force that determines which way static electricity flows.
The Brighter Side of News15-year-old genius sets his sights on solving human immortality.
Laurent Simons just defended his physics doctorate at 15. His next program is medical AI. His stated goal, since age 11, is human immortality.
The Brighter Side of NewsRotation rate helps astronomers differentiate giant planets from brown dwarf stars.
Giant planets spin up to three times faster than brown dwarfs relative to their breakup speed, Northwestern researchers found.
The Brighter Side of NewsScientists at CERN discover new heavy-proton subatomic particle.
A new subatomic particle containing two charm quarks has been confirmed at CERN, settling a 20-year-old dispute.
The Brighter Side of News6,800 feet below ground, in the search for dark matter, something has gone very, very cold.
Deep in a Canadian nickel mine, a detector colder than outer space has reached the milestone needed to begin searching for dark matter.
The Brighter Side of NewsGene from High Altitude Yak Protected and Repaired Myelin Sheath in Early MS Study.
A special gene that helps animals like the yak survive at high altitude could enable new treatments for nerve damage. Researchers found that the gene ...
Good News NetworkWaste Plastic Turned into Parkinson’s Drug Thanks to Helpful Bacteria.
A drug to treat Parkinson’s disease can be made from waste plastic bottles using a pioneering method, a new study shows. The approach harnesses the po...
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