Miami Herald: In an op-ed piece that appeared in both English and Spanish-language publications, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and US Energy Secretary Steven Chu outlined the benefits of cooperation on clean energy in the Western Hemisphere:
We’re already making progress. As part of [Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas], the United States and the Inter-American Development Bank are working with partners across the region to develop a regional clean energy network that will link energy efficiency centers in Peru and Costa Rica with Chile’s Renewable Energy Center in Santiago, Mexico’s Wind Center in Oaxaca, a biomass center in Brazil and a geothermal center in El Salvador. This new network will bring U.S. and regional experts together to explore technologies and implementation strategies that will benefit us all.
The finding that the Saturnian moon may host layers of icy slush instead of a global ocean could change how planetary scientists think about other icy moons as well.
Modeling the shapes of tree branches, neurons, and blood vessels is a thorny problem, but researchers have just discovered that much of the math has already been done.
January 29, 2026 12:52 PM
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