Restoration of the local environment meets an impressive looking dwelling - this in a nutshell defines the scope of Casa El Maqui, an expansive house designed by Chile-based architectural studio GITC in the vicinity of Santiago. Specifically located inside the coastal nature reservation of El Macs Brook, the aim of the architects was not only…
Chile-based renewable energy company Valhalla is planning the impossible: constructing a hydroelectric power plant in the middle of the world’s most arid desert. Situated along the Pacific Ocean, west of the Andes mountain range, the Atacama Desert will provide this South American nation, whose net energy largely comes from fossil fuels, with an innovative new…
Located along the extensive Chilean coast that kisses the Pacific Ocean, the Atacama Desert is easily one of the driest places on our world, with few of its areas not even receiving a single drop of rainfall for the last 400 years. Such arid conditions prevails in spite of the cold desert being situated right…
For those who are not familiar with fog harvesting - the scope entails a nature-inspired technique (influenced by fog beetles) by which moisture can be trapped from foggy mists. This is generally achieved by expansive nets that help in trapping the vapor, and then storing the resultant water droplets (that account for a substantial volume)…
The Next-Generation Transit Survey (NGTS) array of telescopes at ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile, has at last become fully functional with its receiving of the first light. Designed by an European team with experts from Britain, Germany and Switzerland, the NGTS is envisaged as an advanced installation tailored to finding out exoplanets that are bigger…