Africa: Sunscreen for Lakes and Dams – Could a Thin Floating Layer of Nanomaterial Shield Water From Evaporation?

Africa: Sunscreen for Lakes and Dams – Could a Thin Floating Layer of Nanomaterial Shield Water From Evaporation?

Water stored in dams and reservoirs for humans to use often evaporates, especially in hot regions like southern Africa. Rising temperatures speed evaporation up, leaving less water for people, farming and industry. Daniel Kwasi Kpeglo has just completed a PhD in physics. He explains his laboratory research into a new design – a thin nanomaterial…

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Data centre ‘critical infrastructure’ tag welcomed, but detail still thin

Data centre ‘critical infrastructure’ tag welcomed, but detail still thin

South Africa’s data centre industry has cautiously welcomed the government’s move to designate data centres as critical infrastructure, though key details – including what incentives will be offered and how the policy will be implemented – remain unclear. As TechCentral reported on Wednesday, finance minister Enoch Godongwana used his budget speech to place data centre…

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