“I think it’s linked to the broader gender divide”, she says. “In regions where women do not have equal rights to own land, for example,…
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Recent attacks highlighting the foundational role of software in critical services—a dynamic encapsulated by the term “infrastructure is code”—are boosting calls for a new cybersecurity…
The Indian government has expressed strong objection to Twitter for classifying certain tweets by Indian politicians as “manipulated media,” according to a notice leaked to…
An example of a next-generation solar cell prototype material. Credit: Shutterstock Scientists Take a Bite Out of Solar Efficiency Challenge With Sandwich Model The design…
The funds will be used to support innovative agrivoltaic projects and may cover up to 70% of a project’s upfront costs. Image: Governo de Portugal…
The solar park is planned to have a capacity of 3 MW and sell power to the local grid under a 20-year PPA. The Bahrain…
September 27, 2015 The unexpected discovery of a whale skeleton hundreds of miles from the sea and more than 200 feet above sea level in…
With a new suite of tools, scientists discovered exactly how tiny plate-like catalyst particles carry out a key step in that conversion – the evolution…
The Orion Bar is a diagonal, ridge-like feature of gas and dust in the lower left quadrant of this image of the Orion Nebula. Sculpted…
TaniHub Group, an Indonesian startup that helps farmers get better prices and more customers for their crops, has raised a $65.5 million Series B. The…
The new module series has a power output ranging from 370 to 380 W, a temperature coefficient of -0.26% per degree Celsius, and an efficiency…
The atlas uses existing ground measured radiometric data that have been compared with available solar radiation data derived from satellite image. The Qatar Environment and…
Iberdrola has built apiaries at its Andévalo and Núñez de Balboa solar power plants in Spain. The company wants to build more beehives at its…
The French utility and Macquarie’s unit Cero Generation have each acquired a 45% stake in France-based agrivoltaic specialist Green Lighthouse Development (GLHD). EDF headquarters in…
India achieved the highest score of 62.7 for solar in the latest edition of Ernst & Young’s renewables attractiveness index. It ranked third for overall…
Confocal microscopic image of microglia (green) engulfing amyloid plaques (blue). Credit: Duke-NUS Medical School Alzheimer’s Disease is the most common form of dementia and is…
BuffaloGrid, a startup that provides phone charging and digital content to people in off-grid environments, is teaming up with the Techfugees refugee non-profit to provid…