As anxious passengers are often reassured, commercial aircrafts can easily continue to fly even if…
INFRASTRUCTURE & TECHNOLOGY
Researchers Find Installing Piped Water near Homes Promotes Gender Equality and Improves Well-Being in Rural Zambia
Water isn’t just crucial for life, it’s fundamental to increasing opportunities for women and girls…
U.S. and Israeli Partners Announce Awards for Homeland Security Technologies
The Israel-U.S. Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Foundation is announcing awards for two collaborative…
For the Right Employees, Even Standard Information Technology Can Spur Creativity
In a money-saving revelation for organizations inclined to invest in specialized information technology to support…
Bitcoin: Why the Price Has Exploded – and Where It Goes from Here
Bitcoin achieved a remarkable rise in 2020 in spite of many things that would normally…
Scientists Suggest U.S. Embassies Were Hit with High-Power Microwaves – Here’s How the Weapons Work
The mystery ailment that has afflicted U.S. embassy staff and CIA officers off and on…
Appearances Can Be Deceiving: Display Versus Surface Colors
The white of paper and the white of monitor can be precisely the same color…
Bend, Don’t Break: New Tool Enables Economic Glass Design
Curved glass façades can be stunningly beautiful, but traditional construction methods are extremely expensive. Panes…
The Global Built Environment Sector Must Think in New, Radical Ways, and Act Quickly
The construction sector, the real estate industry and city planners must give high priority to…
Terminator Salvation? New Machine Learning Program to Accelerate Clean Energy Generation
From ‘The Terminator’ and ‘Blade Runner’ to ‘The Matrix’, Hollywood has taught us to be…
