How the Doughnut Model Can Guide Sustainable Mobility Planning
Introduction The doughnut model is a framework for sustainable development that was proposed by economist Kate Raworth in her 2017 book Doughnut Economics: Seven Ways to Think Like a 21st-Century Economist. The model is based on the idea that a sustainable society must provide for the basic needs of all its members while also staying […]
Scientists Find a Way to Control Human DNA with Electricity
Monika Sachan In a breakthrough study published in the journal Nature Metabolism, scientists from ETH Zürich have demonstrated that human DNA can be controlled with electricity. The researchers developed a new technology called “direct current (DC)-actuated regulation technology” (DART), which uses electrical currents to activate specific genes. In their experiments, the researchers were able to […]
