Port Augusta solar thermal power plant to be running by 2020
A 150-megawatt solar thermal power plant has been secured for Port Augusta in South Australia, State Premier Jay Weatherill has announced
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How to cryopreserve fish embryos and bring them back to life
Scientists report for the first time the ability to both deep freeze and reanimate zebrafish embryos. The method, appearing in the journal ACS Nano, could potentially be used to bank larger aquatic and other vertebrate oocytes
Hong Kong has a monumental waste problem
Hong Kong it is difficult to imagine that the region is facing an environmental disaster. We are speaking on a crisp spring morning, in the leafy university campus in Hong Kong’s New Territories
Solidarity across generations is vital for sustainable development, UN special event hears
The wisdom, experience, energy and ideals of the old and the young are vital to realizing the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said
Trees in the Amazon make their own rain
The Amazon rainforest is home to strange weather. One peculiarity is that rains begin 2 to 3 months before seasonal winds start to bring in moist air from the ocean. Now, researchers say they
Government to announce end of the diesel and petrol car
Sales of new diesel and petrol cars and vans will be banned from 2040, the government is to announce. The supply of new hybrid vehicles that have an electric motor and a petrol or diesel engine
Porsche’s First 350-kW Charging Station Now Ready In Germany, 2nd To Be Installed In Atlanta
The Porsche center in Berlin-Adlershof, Germany is the first place in the world to get 350 kW DC CCS Combo fast chargers installed for the upcoming Porsche Mission E cars
