Groundwater storage may be a viable answer to reducing California's soaring surface water costs, economists say.

It's clear that climate change, along with resource constraints and geopolitics, are converging to make food production less ...

The adoption of energy storage technology such as lithium-ion batteries and pumped hydro could reduce the average cost of the Brazilian electricity system by up to 16% in 2029, in addition to ...

A young boy crosses a river of sewer with his sister on his back from Mukuru kwa Reuben to Mukuru kwa Njenga in Nairobi on August 14, 2021. [File, Standard] More than 80,000 residents of Nairobi's ...

Israel is preparing to deploy one of the world’s first combat-ready laser air-defense systems, marking a historic shift in how nations defend against rockets, drones and missiles — and a sign that ...

The affordability of health insurance is severely strained right now, with premium increases in the double digits being passed along to many Michiganders for the past several years in a row. Tackling ...

Hartford (Conn.) HealthCare has spent the last few years implementing low-cost programs that have reduced length of stay, cut costs by millions of dollars per year and improved system operations.

(The Center Square) – Washington state’s public pension system is among the best funded in the nation, but concerns remain that long-term planning decisions could end up costing taxpayers in more ways ...

In today’s constrained healthcare environment, payers and provider systems must juggle three critical priorities: sustaining financial viability, elevating patient safety, and improving clinical ...

Jemimah Widdicombe works for the National Communication Museum (NCM) as Senior Curator. When we post to a group chat or talk to an AI chatbot, we don’t think about how these technologies came to be.

Washington — The fight over funding the government is likely to be a costly one. Each week of the ongoing government shutdown could cost the economy $7 billion and reduce GDP growth by 0.1 percentage ...