A small village in Morocco, Id Mjahdi, has become the first village on the entire continent of Africa to become completely powered by the warm rays of the sun. Africa contributes to less than 1% of global solar power capacity, according to the International Energy Agency, but solar is very competitive there. Morocco has Africa’s ‘first fully...Read More

A new breakthrough could enable lightweight, inexpensive multispectral cameras for uses such as cancer surgery, food safety inspection, and precision agriculture. Researchers have demonstrated photodetectors that could span an unprecedented range of light frequencies. They achieved this feat using tailored electromagnetic materials to create on-chip spectral filters. A typical camera only captures visible light, which...Read More

While courts in the US dither and dawdle over landmark suits brought by climate activists, such as the long delayed Juliana Vs. US, which is still pending in federal court in Oregon, courts in other countries are grappling with similar issues. On December 20, 2019, the Supreme Court of the Netherlands became the first to order the...Read More