a-plan-to-preserve-wetlands-without-stopping-development

Balancing economic growth and environmental protection is not easy. Consider wetlands, which provide flood protection, aid water quality, and are linchpins of larger ecosystems. How can we best preserve wetlands while enhancing economic activity?  According to a new study, one solution involves supplanting traditional conservation mandates, which require replacing affectedContinue Reading

soitec-and-zensemi-partner-to-mass-produce-300-mm-bcd-on-soi-power-ics

Soitec and ZenSemi have formed a strategic collaboration to bring 300 mm BCD-on-SOI (Bipolar-CMOS-DMOS on Silicon-on-Insulator) technology into high-volume production for power electronics. Soitec will supply its 300 mm Power-SOI substrates to ZenSemi, a specialty foundry in China, which is developing and ramping a new BCD-on-SOI process on top ofContinue Reading

the-rise-of-american-democratic-socialists-and-what-they-stand-for

When Melat Kiros gave a victory speech Tuesday night in Colorado after ousting a 29-year incumbent, she described herself as a “29-year-old recovering lawyer, barista, immigrant, Democratic socialist.” Few news stories about the Democratic primary in Colorado’s 1st Congressional District, which includes Denver, gave Kiros as fulsome a description asContinue Reading

the-space-age-needs-new-rules

Space is no longer a place we visit to plant flags. It is where the global economy and national security now live — and our rulebook is nearly sixty years out of date. For half a century, space was a government project. Nations went there to prove something about science,Continue Reading

us-designates-ecuador’s-chone-killers-gang-as-‘terrorist’-organisation

Ecuador’s government praises the US for backing President Noboa’s campaign to dismantle gang-crime networks., US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the gang ⁠had also been classified as a ‘Specially Designated Global Terrorist’. The US⁠ State Department has designated the Ecuadorean gang Chone Killers as a foreign “terrorist organisation”, imposingContinue Reading