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Joseph Shavit
Jun 5, 2022
Self-destructing parasites -- New weapon against drug-resistant malaria
Over the last 50 years, malaria parasites have developed resistance to seven drugs, but a new way to identify future antimalarials holds
Joseph Shavit
Feb 11, 2022
Hand-cranked washing machine could sustainably help 5 billion people
Handwashing clothes sounds like a simple task, but for many women around the world it poses a significant obstacle to their wellbeing.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 19, 2021
Hand-cranked washing machine could help 5 billion people save a lot of time and effort
Student has invented a poverty-busting and time-saving manual washing machine so that women or children don’t have to spend 20 hours a week
Joseph Shavit
Nov 16, 2021
Cultural shift in Benin is turning waste fabric into recycled 'gold'
Every morning, Amake Yessoufou makes the rounds of the sewing workshops of Ouidah, a small coastal town, and collects scraps of fabric.
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