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Ugandan entrepreneurs Sandra Namboozo (26) and Samuel Muyita (28) have scooped both the People’s Choice and Community Healers awards at the prestigious 2025 Young Inventors Prize, organised by the European Patent Office (EPO). The duo was recognised for their groundbreaking innovation, Karpolax—a biodegradable sachet that preserves fruit freshness without refrigeration. The invention impressed both the public and an independent jury. The sachet, placed inside fruit packaging, emits a blend of plant-based volatile organic compounds derived from cloves, lemongrass, eucalyptus, and wintergreen. These compounds suppress ethylene emissions to slow ripening and protect against mould, fungi, and bacteria.

In pilot trials conducted with the National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO), Karpolax extended the shelf life of mangoes from 11 to 33 days. The technology has also been tested successfully on bananas, apples, and oranges.

The innovation offers a critical solution for smallholder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa, where cold storage facilities are often unavailable or unaffordable.

Since its launch in 2020, Karpolax has supported over 100 farmers, 20 exporters, and 250 vendors, helping prevent the spoilage of more than one million tonnes of fruit. The sachets are now being adapted for use with pineapples, capsicum, and berries.

“One sachet can preserve a five-kilogram box of fruit for up to 30 days, after which its active ingredients are used up,” Namboozo explained.

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It’s important to me that the new N2N fans know that the bway production ends with Natalie’s birthday

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Jonathan attended and sang at William Finn’s memorial on Tuesday at the Lincoln Centre Theatre. From Susan Shapiro’s post on Facebook:

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lowkey fucked up if you think about it

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just at home fuckin around, no judging.

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this type of troy barnes line delivery

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sure i understand from a casting viewpoint it makes sense for doctors madden and fine to be played by the same person but its just hilarious to me the idea that you finally switch your therapist and go to a new office only to be introduced to the same man wearing a different hat

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remember when helly r woke up and said who the FUCK are you to a literal child LMAO

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you don't know -> i am the one -> superboy and the invisible girl -> i'm alive

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I'd still trust you with my life doctor tbh

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"tumblr humor is only funny to tumblr users" NOT true. those bitches on pinterest love us.

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Three dates with marvin and whizzer: a true story couldnt have been in falsettoland forreal because itd be too powerful

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BRAIN EXERCISE

10 reps of thinking

you got this

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need one of these for my bed room so i can spin it around really fast whenever i start thinking about things that scare me like space or the existence of the sage grouse

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"i asked chatgpt" well i calculated the number of the beast. it is napoleon. six hundred three score and six. and i will kill him one day. he's no great man, none of us are great men, we're caught in the waves of history. nothing matters; everything matters, it's all the same. Oh, if only I could not see it, that dreadful, terrible, it.