Luxury goods powerhouse LVMH has purchased the historic Joseph Phelps Vineyards in California's Napa Valley for an undisclosed sum.Philippe Schaus, chairman and chief executive of the Moët Hennessy division of LVMH, called Joseph Phelps Vineyards ‘an iconic name and an iconic winery’.Joseph Phelps founded his eponymous winery on a 260ha former cattle ranch in Napa Valley in 1973.He turned it...

U.S. patent application, US20220201239, describes a method for enhancing digital imagery. The method includes generating a histogram of intensity values for pixels within a linear, and intensity-based image. The method further includes applying local contrast enhancement to the image to generate a contrast-enhanced version of the image based on the histogram values, and applying artificial colo...

The first CRISPR gene-editing drug, designed to treat blood disorders, could be on the market by 2023. Here’s what it means for the future of drug development.Until recently, CRISPR—the gene-editing technology that won scientists Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier the 2020 Nobel Prize in chemistry—sounded more like science fiction than medicine; lab-created molecular scissors are use...

Data is key to the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) revolution. Access to granular ESG data can help boost transparency for market participants. Unfortunately, 63% of U.S. and European asset managers say a lack of quantitative data inhibits their ESG implementation.Being clear on the potential application of this data is equally important.Investors and banks can use ESG data for risk...

It lets through more than 20 percent of visible light. A semi-transparent perovskite solar cell with different levels of transparency. The dream of transforming windows into active power generators has just edged one step closer to realization.A team of researchers from ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science led by Professor Jacek Jasieniak from Monash University’s Department of Materials...

With consumers tiring of cut-and-paste KOL campaigns, the age of the virtual influencer is here — and it's reaping big creative rewards. Luxury brands have long used influencers or key opinion leaders (KOLs) to get into the hearts, minds, and ultimately digital wallets of young Chinese consumers. Influencers, particularly those who enjoy a mass following, have helped to dramatically democratiz...

As a “mobile” person who loves to travel, I can only imagine how difficult it is for persons with disabilities to travel on airplanes and go through airports. They have to rely on the assistance of their companions or the airplane personnel in order to board a plane and they have to keep their wheelchair in storage for the entire flight duration. If it’s a long-haul flight, they have limited...

U.S. patent application, US20220192394, discloses a display fixture for showcasing products in a retail environment.The display fixture includes a display surface, dynamic input blocks disposed along the display surface where each block displays content associated with a product, and a display screen positioned on the display surface next to the dynamic input blocks. The display screen displays...

The State of the Energy and Resource Transition.Companies in the energy and natural resources sectors are making progress in their journeys to become more sustainable, but some are already hitting heavy traffic.Executives are under pressure from investors and customers to become greener faster, while also continuing to operate the businesses that supply the global economy with energy, materials...