PARIS/NEW YORK — Gender inequalities are aggravating the global water crisis, with women and girls bearing the heaviest burden, according to a United Nations report released on Thursday. The United Nations World Water Development Report,…
Top tomatoes thanks to Mars missions
[caption id="attachment_14993" align="alignnone" width="700"] Dosing of minerals[/caption] Next time you eat a tomato or sweet pepper, take a closer look, because there’s a good chance that its healthy appearance is thanks to one of US…
Powering the bottom line
A risk-based optimization scheme boosts confidence and profitability for future mixed-technology power plants. [caption id="attachment_14989" align="alignnone" width="722"] The challenge is the optimization of operations and electricity market participation for a VPP comprising a thermal unit,…
Environment benefits from large middle class in some…
A large middle class in Thailand and Indonesia is demanding more environmental protection; something not happening in other developing South-East Asian nations. [caption id="attachment_14986" align="alignnone" width="626"] A larger middle class in Thailand and Indonesia is…
TESS readies for takeoff
Satellite developed by MIT aims to discover thousands of nearby exoplanets, including at least 50 Earth-sized ones. [caption id="attachment_14983" align="alignnone" width="639"] A set of flight camera electronics on one of the TESS cameras, developed by…