Survivors of the Morocco earthquake grapple with the prospect of long stays in tent cities. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Many survivors of Morocco’s recent earthquake are in mountain towns where they live in camps without plumbing or electricity. NPR’s Eleanor Beardsley met with residents of one destroyed neighborhood. ELEANOR BEARDSLEY, BYLINE: We’re walking down an alley…
The ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new East Veterans Elementary School, originally set for Tuesday, Sept. 26, has been postponed. Due to a “plumbing issue” that took place over the weekend, school officials have been forced to temporarily move five classrooms. Plus, the ribbon cutting ceremony has been moved to Monday, Oct. 16, at 10 a.m….
The Plumbing Services Market Insights of 2023 is an extensive and comprehensive report that provides a complete analysis of the market’s size, shares, revenues, various segments, drivers, trends, growth, and development. The Plumbing Services market is expected to grow annually by (CAGR 2023 – 2031). The Plumbing Services market report is a striking 90+ pages…
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New federal funding will help the owners of the Park Hill Apartments in Clifton complete much-needed energy upgrades in the federally-subsidized buildings where residents have been plagued by poor living conditions in recent years. On Monday, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced $2.25 million in grant funding…
Schematic drawing of the thermoelectric effect in nickel-gold alloys. Credit: Fabian Garmroudi Thermoelectrics enable the direct conversion of heat into electrical energy—and vice versa. This makes them interesting for a range of technological applications. In the search for thermoelectric materials with the best possible properties, a research team at the Vienna University of Technology (TU…
Playtime’s over, kids. There’s an unholy mess to clean up. A faulty plumbing system in a Dallas BBQ located above a Brooklyn Tabernacle church recreation space near the Fulton Mall is leaking water filled with bacteria from heavily clogged plumbing fixtures below the restaurant’s kitchen, according to a motion filed in the Kings County Supreme…
Ever since their discovery in the early 1990s, this family of proteins has been of great interest to those who study plant disease. They are key weapons in the bacterial arsenal; knocking them out in a lab renders otherwise-dangerous bacteria harmless. But, despite decades of effort, many questions about how they work remain unanswered. Researchers…
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Smart home robotics company SwitchBot — of robot finger fame — has come up with another ingenious solution for automating boring chores in your home. This one is a sizable leap toward a Rosie the Robot vision of a fully autonomous robot house cleaner, though without the personality. The SwitchBot S10 is a new robot…
