Linguistics is the scientific study of language, and involves an analysis of language form, language meaning, and language in context. The earliest activities in the documentation and description of language have been attributed to the 6th century BC Indian grammarian Pāṇini, who wrote a formal description of the Sanskrit language in his Aṣṭādhyāyī.
EU-funded scientists are working to improve short-term forecasts for direct solar radiation and coming cloudiness. Reliable estimations will greatly benefit the solar energy sector, leading to decreased costs and massive deployment of renewable energy technologies.