The Great News Podcast is brought to you by <a href="https://greatnewspodcast.com/dailyquote">the Daily Quote</a>, the podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. Today, we’re looking at how the empty space in our cities is being turned into a powerhouse of clean energy. Plus, we’ll explore breakthroughs in repairing the brain, a $20 medical device set to disrupt an entire industry, and why your kitchen pantry might hold the secret to stopping dangerous mosquitoes. Our lead story today focuses on a global shift to turn "stranded assets", specifically, the massive amounts of asphalt used for parking lots, into solar farms. In a bold legislative move, <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/ThatsGoodNews/comments/1otb66r/new_national_law_will_turn_large_parking_lots/?utm_source=chatgpt.com">South Korea has passed a national law requiring all parking lots with more than 80 spaces to install solar canopies and carports</a>. This applies to both new and existing lots, aiming to stabilize the local grid while protecting cars from rain and sun. Meanwhile, in France, the Senate passed a policy requiring similar canopies for large lots, which could generate energy equivalent to 10 nuclear reactors. In the U.S., <a href="https://www.claycord.com/2022/12/07/proposed-legislation-would-turn-parking-lots-into-solar-energy-farms/?utm_source=chatgpt.com">California’s Senate Bill 49 </a>is looking to provide tax incentives for these "miniature power plants," with estimates suggesting that covering just 400 square miles of parking lots could power 6.5 million homes. If you like the <a href="https://greatnewspodcast.com/podcast">Great News Podcast</a>, you’ll love <a href="https://greatnewspodcast.com/subscribe">the Great News Letter</a>, because the Great News Podcast is great, but the Great News Letter is greater. Link is in the show notes. Next, we have a double-header of breakthroughs in neurological repair. Researchers at the University of Helsinki have identified two drug molecules that can <a href="https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-may-have-found-a-way-to-repair-nerve-damage-in-multiple-sclerosis/">restart the brain's natural repair process in Multiple Sclerosis</a> by promoting the regrowth of myelin, the protective nerve coating the disease destroys. Simultaneously, a study from the University of Zurich and USC found that<a href="https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-reverse-stroke-damage-using-stem-cells-in-breakthrough-study/"> stem cell-derived brain cells transplanted after a stroke can actually rebuild damaged connections</a> and restore coordination. These cells didn't just survive; they matured into functioning neurons and triggered a broader healing response across the injured brain. In the world of affordable healthcare, a group called Founders Inc. has<a href="https://www.amanolabs.com/"> reinvented the hearing</a> aid by studying the

Repairing the Brain, $20 Hearing Aids, and Turning Parking Lots into Power Plants

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