Scientists unearth a consequence of solar panels in the Sahara
The world’s most forbidding deserts could be the best places on Earth for harvesting solar power — the most abundant and clean source of energy we have. Deserts are spacious, relatively flat, rich in silicon – the raw material for the semiconductors from…
Cape Breton Regional Hospital revitalization project grows again
The massive Cape Breton Regional Healthcare Redevelopment Project is about to grow even more, for the wee residents of the future. Derek Mombourquette, Liberal MLA for Sydney-Whitney Pier told the Cape Breton Post Friday that new construction is being added to…
What Happens to Trump’s Wall Now?
Last September, 73-year-old Juan Vargas was hospitalized with the coronavirus at Laredo Medical Center in south Texas, and it was not looking good. “We all thought he was going to die,” says his son Jerry. “We were getting ready for basically…
U.S. new-home construction falls in January
U.S. home builders started construction on homes at a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 1.58 million in January, representing a 6% decrease from the previous month’s revised figure, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Thursday. Compared with January 2020, housing starts were down roughly…
Moscow built most ever skyscraper living space in 2020
Housing developers in the Russian capital built more high-rise residential complexes in 2020 than ever before, an industry report published Wednesday showed, highlighting the boom in Moscow’s construction industry despite the coronavirus pandemic. More than 860,000 square meters of living space…