This clothes washer was meant to be used in areas where water is scarce and electricity isn't available.
Through the studies in the Project, the supporting capacity of basic sciences for water security in water scarce areas of China will be systematically strengthened.
When food is scarce and animals exert energy to retrieve food, increasing the desirability of less tasty food would help animals eat what they had caught, regardless of its inherent tastiness.
By contrast, phytoplankton are scarce in remote ocean gyres due to nutrient limitations.
The renewed hope in Europe contrasts with anxiety in America, where the economy is faltering and jobs growth is scarce.
It used to be that bright young things straight out of Chinese universities would clamour for scarce jobs in the gleaming offices of the world's shiniest multinationals.
Nuclear engineers are scarce in part because there has been little ongoing research to captivate students.
So rich and fleecy were the outlines of the forest, that scarce an opening could be seen.
Water was scarce in the capital, Funafuti, and a number of outlying islands, McCully said, adding that he had received reports some places would run out of fresh water within days.
It's a striking irony that to extract its plentiful uranium, Namibia must use quantities of a very scarce resource: water.
Even when resources are scarce, don't rule out the possibility of negotiating creatively for them.
When he sits alone at a scarce moment, silhouette of the coir raincoat turns up clearly, staying adamantly at one corner of his mind.
Nearly everyone hoped to carry Ray Brady's clubs because he was the big tipper on the course, where tips were generally scarce.
But that does not provide enough ore for all of them, and other domestic supplies are scarce, so the firm has had to look overseas to make up the shortfall.
At the same time, Maharashtra is moving rapidly into urbanization and industrialization, increasing the pressure on scarce resources.
I may be scarce, but I am precious for I serve the needs of human life.
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