Bio implants will soon be able to house our keys, wallets, and our whole lives – all within our own flesh. Maya Shwayder tried one out at the Cebit fair in Hanover. Do you want...
Stand in the surf and you feel it: the push of a wave, the rush of a current. Now, engineers are finding ways to turn that power into electricity. The European Marine Energy Center in...
A new study tallies the enormous economic costs of the war in Syria – and its tragic effects on millions of Syrian children. With much of the country in ruins and half its population displaced,...
As interest wanes in more traditional car segments, sport utility vehicles have been riding high – a phenomenon that’s unlikely to grind to a halt as stricter fuel consumption rules kick into gear in the...
Is it dangerous to eat fish that eat microplastics? Researchers in Germany say not all fish eat them. But of those that do, it’s unclear whether the plastics get into the fish’s bloodstream – and...
Iran has enormous pent-up demand for modernization of its infrastructure. Roads, water and power lines as well as housing badly need to be upgraded. But it’s an opportunity for foreign investors. Especially from Germany. In...
In a bid to shore up the Middle East nation’s finances battered by the global slump in crude prices, Saudi King Salman has pledged to diversify the country’s economy and veer off its heavy dependence...
Following weeks of speculation, Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group has announced it agreed to buy the biggest English-language newspaper in Hong Kong, the South China Morning Post (SCMP), together with other media assets owned by...
In Bengal’s mangrove forests, the effects of climate change are forcing men to leave their families in search of work. But now, seaweed farming is offering the women left behind financial stability and empowerment. At...
Stephen Heintz, president of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, explains to DW how it makes perfect sense that a fund which got rich on oil is now divesting from fossil fuels. With its announcement to pull...
Foreign companies looking to do business in India may soon find their chances of success greatly improved. In a bid to boost growth, India´s government has announced plans to ease overseas investment regulations. India is...
Even the most modern water treatment plants are unable to remove traces of organic compounds, like pharmaceuticals or pesticides. Now, a young chemist has found a way to do the job – with an electric...