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A newly available tool reportedly has the potential to use DNA technology to diagnose tuberculosis (TB) quickly and accurately.  With minimal training, a health care worker can deliver these results in about two hours.

 

Five innovations that, it is claimed, will make cities smarter in the next five years.

  

There may be just five more years in which to start a low carbon industrial revolution before runaway climate change becomes almost inevitable, claims a major new report, although some other respected scientists would strongly disagree with such an analysis.

 

Innovative uses for local community hubs such as pubs are increasing individuals' choices.

An expert panel has selected its top 20 ideas for addressing the climate crisis.

The open-source education software developed for the "$100 laptop" can now be loaded onto a $5 USB stick to run ageing PCs and Macs, breathing new lfe into millions of decrepit old machines.

Worldwide, people are "going green", using innovative technology and climate-conscious legislation in an attempt to save both the global economy and the environment.

Open architecture aims to meet the UN Millennium Goal of improving the lives of 100m slum-dwellers by 2015, by encouraging a new approach to improving the built environment.

• Innovation/Travel - innovations in tourism are aiming to sustain, enhance, and preserve local cultures and places around the world.

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• Cooperation/Innovation/Technology - international cooperation between rich and poor countries will be key to unleashing the social and environmental change potential of advanced new technologies.