China Zorrilla: World’s Largest Battery-Electric Ferry Sets Sail

Posted on October 31, 2026October 31, 2026 by IE Contributor

The port of Buenos Aires, home terminal of ferry operator Buquebus, whose China Zorrilla now sails to Uruguay on battery power. Photo: Roberto Fiadone, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Electric ferries are not new; small ones have crossed Norwegian fjords for years. What changed this month is scale. China Zorrilla, a 130-meter catamaran built by Incat Tasmania for operator Buquebus, has entered commercial service between Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Colonia, Uruguay. It is the largest ba...

Freespira a new, non-pharmaceutical treatment for panic disorder

Posted on September 1, 2015 by

A novel non-drug treatment, the Freespira Breathing System, can train individuals with panic disorder to adjust their breathing, reducing the number of panic attack occurrences substantially—all at home. Individuals with panic disorder have a different breathing pattern than others, even during times when they are not having a panic attack. Scientists have proved this difference through research that has shown varying respiration rates and exhaled CO2 levels between those with panic disorder ...