Credit: BII.Fund manager African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM), with its Ideas Managed Fund, has obtained majority stakes in 3 brand-new solar energy plants in South Africa, totaling 30MW.The projects, which got to a financial close in May, are anticipated to achieve commercial operation in March and April 2023.They will connect through a mixture of...
Is “Twosday” as special as some corners of the internet seem to think? articular/iStock via Getty Images PlusThis Feb. 22, the globe strikes an extraordinary landmark. It's the day itself: 2/22/22. And this supposed "Twosday" falls on a Tuesday, no much less.It holds true; the number pattern stands apart, difficult to miss out on. However,...
Credit: Scitech DailyScientists analyzing one of the largest genomic datasets of plants. Have actually found how the first plants on Earth evolved the mechanisms used to control water and 'breathe' on land hundreds of millions of years ago.The research study by the University of Bristol and University of Essex. Published in New Phytologist, has...
New method boosts wind farms’ energy output, without new equipment. Credit: MIT.Humans must transition to more sustainable energy sources to slow down climate change and stop its unfavorable effects. Therefore, engineers worldwide have been dealing with various technologies that can transform natural resources, such as sunshine, wind, and water, into electrical energy.Renewable energyWind turbines,...
Tropical Storm Ana dumped rainfall, intensified by climate change, across Malawi, Mozambique and Madagascar in late January. Here, people stand on a vehicle overturned by floodwaters in Chikwawa, Malawi, on January 25. Credit: Bloomberg.Climate change intensified the rainfalls that battered southeastern Africa. Subsequently two powerful storms killed hundreds of individuals in early 2022.Heavy rains...
Credit: Grethe et al. 2022PORTSMOUTH, ENGLAND--According to a statement released by Diamond Light Source, Eleanor Schofield of the Mary Rose Trust and Donna Arnold of the University of Kent utilized high-tech tools at Diamond Light Source to analyze bricks recuperated from the wreck of Mary Rose, King Henry VIII's wooden battleship that sank during...
Like traditional egg white powder, the fungus-derived ovalbumin (pictured) has excellent foaming properties.Credit: VTT Technical Research Centre of FinlandEgg white powder is a commonly used food ingredient, which implies that many hens need to be raised on many farms, ingesting a load of feed and creating much waste. Nonetheless, there might soon be a...
Prostate cancer cells. Credit: NIH Image GalleryProteins and prostate cancerAccording to a study led by Cedars-Sinai Cancer investigators, targeting a particular protein that is often overexpressed in prostate cancer can help avoid or postpone the disease from infecting other parts of the body.The research study, released in the peer-reviewed journal Nature Communications, opens up...
The electrons of some metal oxides, due to their vast effective mass when combined with the ionic lattice of the material, can not comply with the electric field of light and allow it to pass through the material. Transparent and conductive materials are made use of in smartphone touch displays and solar panels for...
A deadly asteroidA new Phys.org report released on February 25 could have been the plot of 2021's "Don't Look Up," a Netflix original about a potentially deadly asteroid that threatens to strike Earth. However, the good news is it was simply a close call.According to the website, the first observations of an asteroid called...
