[Worldkings] Top 50 inventions that changed the world (P. 13) Cultured Meat: Breakthrough meat alternative revolutionizing the green future of the food industry
15-04-2023
(Worldkings.org) Cultured meat is not just a groundbreaking innovation; it is also an important solution for our global food system and the planet at large.
Top 500 places to visit before you die (P.73) Timisoara: The European Capital of Culture
24-03-2023
(WorldKings.org) The city is currently the European Capital of Culture alongside Veszprém in Hungary and Elefsina in Greece.
[Worldkings] Top 50 annual creative events in the world (P. 15) Bloomsbury Festival (UK): A hotbed for artistic, cultural and scientific creativity
09-02-2023
(Worldkings.org) Bloomsbury Festival is an annual celebration of the area’s pioneering creativity, presenting an inspiring programme of arts, science, literature, performance, discussion and reflection.
[Worldkings] Top 50 Universities with Innovative Research (P. 29) University of Tampere (Finland): New "tiny fairy" robot for artificial pollination
08-02-2023
(Worldkings.org) A design for agricultural robots named ‘FAIRY’ – Flying Aero-robots based on Light Responsive Materials Assembly – could aid artificial pollination.
WORLDKINGS - Worldkings News - Europe Records Institute (EURI) German Museum of Books and Writing: World’s oldest museum of book culture
18-01-2023
(WorldKings.org) German Museum of Books and Writing has study collections with more than one million exhibits. This includes books as well as graphic sheets, archives and documents on books.
Top 500 places to visit before you die (P.15) Malta: The pearl of Mediterranean Sea
06-01-2023
(WorldKings.org) Since it offers a mix of history, culture, and beaches (amongst other things), Malta can be a great place to visit as a family, as a couple, or even as a group of friends.
[WORLDKINGS] Top 500 Constant World Records (P.393) Mosa Meat (Netherlands): Company to create world's first cultured meat hamburger
03-01-2023
(worldkings.org) The team of scientists headed by Post and Verstrate developed the world's first cultured meat hamburger in 2013. The production process took three laboratory technicians three months to grow the 20,000 individual muscle fibers that made up the burger. On January 03rd, 2023, World Records Union (WorldKings) officially declared Mosa Meat as “the company to create world's first cultured meat hamburger”.
WORLDKINGS - On This Day – November 16, 2022 - UNESCO was founded, in 1945
16-11-2022
(Worldkings.org) The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO French: Organisation des Nations unies pour l'éducation, la science et la culture) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) based in Paris. Its declared purpose is to contribute to peace and security by promoting international collaboration through educational, scientific, and cultural reforms in order to increase universal respect for justice, the rule of law, and human rights along with fundamental freedom proclaimed in the United Nations Charter It is the successor of the League of Nations' International Committee on Intellectual Cooperation.
Top 100 iconic landmarks of the world (P.77) Guggenheim Bilbao: The signal moment in the architectural culture
22-10-2022
(WorldKings.org) When the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao opened to the public in 1997, it was immediately hailed as one of the world's most spectacular buildings in the style of Deconstructivism, a masterpiece of the 20th century.
WORLDKINGS - On This Day - July 15, 2022 - Howard Florey and Norman Heatley present freeze dried mold cultures (Penicillin), in 1941
15-07-2022
(Worldkings.org) Penicillin (PCN or pen) is a group of antibiotics which include penicillin G (intravenous use), penicillin V (use by mouth), procaine penicillin, and benzathine penicillin (intramuscular use). Penicillin antibiotics were among the first medications to be effective against many bacterial infections caused by staphylococci and streptococci. They are still widely used today, though many types of bacteria have developed resistance following extensive use.