Uplifting News

https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-announces-interborough-express-advancing-planning-active-phase

Crossposted from https://piefed.ca/post/115061

This was earlier this year. Link:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/beaver-dam-czech-republic

Pharma manufacturer Gilead making available at cost (2 million doses in most needed countries) while generics are developed and can later be distributed. Decent play from a Pharma company.

This year, they’re down roughly 20 percent. Jeff Asher, a crime analyst who helps run the index, said 2025 is on track to have the lowest murder rate since 1960, when the FBI began keeping reliable records.

The video: https://youtu.be/yPbtARzHHHw

Amsterdam councillors have voted to spend up to €100,000 installing special steps along city centre canals in an effort to save cats and another animals which fall in the water, the Parool reported this week.

Africa:

• Diy-Gid-Biy Cultural Landscape of the Mandara Mountains — Cameroon
• Coastal and Marine Ecosystems of the Bijagós Archipelago – Omatí Minhô — Guinea-Bissau
• Mount Mulanje Cultural Landscape — Malawi
• Gola-Tiwai Complex — Sierra Leone

Asia:

• Cambodian Memorial Sites: From centres of repression to places of peace and reflection — Cambodia
• Cultural Heritage Sites of Ancient Khuttal — Tajikistan
• Faya Palaeolandscape — United Arab Emirates
• Maratha Military Landscapes — India
• Prehistoric Sites of the Khorramabad Valley — Iran
• Petroglyphs along the Bangucheon Stream — Republic of Korea (South Korea)
• Mount Kumgang – Diamond Mountain from the Sea — Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)
• Yen Tu–Vinh Nghiem–Con Son, Kiep Bac Complex of Monuments and Landscapes — Vietnam
• Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) Forest Park Selangor — Malaysia
• Xixia Imperial Tombs — China

Australia:

• Murujuga Cultural Landscape — Australia

Europe:

• Megaliths of Carnac and of the shores of Morbihan — France
• The Palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria (Neuschwanstein, Linderhof, Schachen, Herrenchiemsee) — Germany
• Funerary Tradition in the Prehistory of Sardinia – The domus de janas — Italy
• Møns Klint — Denmark
• Minoan Palatial Centres (Knossos, Phaistos, Malia, Zakros, Zominthos, Kydonia) — Greece
• Rock Paintings of Shulgan-Tash Cave — Russian Federation
• Sardis and the Lydian Tumuli of Bin Tepe — Türkiye

North America & Caribbean:

• Wixárika Route through Sacred Sites to Wirikuta (Tatehuarí Huajuyé) — Mexico
• The Archaeological Ensemble of 17th Century Port Royal — Jamaica
• The Colonial Transisthmian Route of Panamá — Panama

South America:

• Peruaçu River Canyon (Cavernas do Peruaçu National Park) — Brazil

Like the broader community, we have been working for years to reduce the number of unreferenced articles within the group's scope, and like the broader community, the backlog has been steadily declining. Five years ago, we had about 500 articles to go. In November 2024, we realized that we were down to about 135 articles, and we decided to get the job done.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/24690127

Solar energy experts in Germany are putting sun-catching cells under the magnifying glass with astounding results, according to multiple reports.

The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems team is perfecting the use of lenses to concentrate sunlight onto solar panels, reducing size and costs while increasing performance, Interesting Engineering and PV Magazine reported.

The "technology has the potential to contribute to the energy transition, facilitating the shift toward more sustainable and renewable energy sources by combining minimal carbon footprint and energy demand with low levelized cost of electricity," the researchers wrote in a study published by the IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics.

The sun-catcher is called a micro-concentrating photovoltaic, or CPV, cell. The lens makes it different from standard solar panels that convert sunlight to energy with average efficiency rates around 20%, per MarketWatch. Fraunhofer's improved CPV cell has an astounding 36% rate in ideal conditions and is made with lower-cost parts. It cuts semiconductor materials "by a factor of 1,300 and reduces module areas by 30% compared to current state-of-the-art CPV systems," per IE.

cross-posted from: https://fedia.io/m/australia@aussie.zone/t/2425687

Ian Williams wakes up one morning to find $1,338 has been stolen from his account via two Google Pay transactions. Two years later, he's taking on NAB at the Supreme Court, with no lawyers to help him.