A localized dust storm on Mars may have played a key role in driving water into the planet’s upper atmosphere, offering fresh clues to how the Red Planet lost much of its water over billions…
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…