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World Solve is a public institutional repository for identifying real unresolved problems across science, society, health, governance, economics, and local systems. Each entry is intended to be citable, inspectable, and actionable.
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Global / Unspecified, Global
Dark matter and dark energy make up roughly ninety five percent of the universe, yet we've never directly detected either. Everything we can see and touch is a small fraction of what's really out there.
science-space
global-unspecified
universe
energy
don
know
mass
actually
dark
matter
make
roughly
whether
philosophy-ethics
mathematics-logic
determine
open
Brazil, South America
The absence of robust, context-adapted solutions for passive atmospheric water harvesting below 20 percent RH creates cascading risks across interconnected human and natural systems. Key missing elements include durable performance, low lifetime cost, and governance arrangements capable of sustaining impact beyond pilot stages.
society-governance
south-america
brazil
passive
atmospheric
water
harvesting
below
percent
deployable
technologies
absence
robust
solutions
systems
climate-environment
methods
enabling
open
Costa Rica, North America
Despite recognition of its importance, reliable methods for ruminant microbiome interventions cutting methane over 50 percent are still lacking. Progress is hindered by incomplete mechanistic knowledge, high capital and operational barriers, and the absence of deployment models suited to the contexts of greatest need.
climate-environment
north-america
costa-rica
ruminant
microbiome
interventions
cutting
methane
over
percent
breakthrough
approaches
despite
methods
systems
barriers
society-governance
designs
Despite recognition of its importance, reliable methods for closed-loop life support with under 5 percent resupply mass fraction are still lacking. Progress is hindered by incomplete mechanistic knowledge, high capital and operational barriers, and the absence of deployment models suited to the contexts of greatest need.
climate-environment
europe
france
closed-loop
life
support
under
percent
resupply
mass
fraction
practical
realization
methods
systems
society-governance
barriers
designs
