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Grail mission shows battered Moon

The scale of the battering the Moon received early in its history is revealed in remarkable new data from two […]

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Science boost in Autumn Statement

The Chancellor announces £600m in funding over three years for UK science, focussing on areas in which the UK stands […]

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Scientists to reveal full extent of Arctic ice loss amid climate change fears

Guardian: The full extent of the extreme loss of Arctic ice cover is due to be revealed on Wednesday when […]

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Dying aspen trees sound alarm for world’s forests

New Scientist: They say what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, but that’s not true for the US’s iconic aspen […]

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UN chief says rich countries caused climate change, must take lead in fixing it

Associated Press: Rich countries are to blame for climate change and should take the lead in forging a global climate […]

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New Calibration Facility for Smart Tweezers LCR-meter Open in Europe by the End of 2012

(1888PressRelease) New Facility allows European users of Smart Tweezers to have their devices calibrated in Poland by Production Solutions, allowing for […]

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Kwalee looking for freelance artists to help with demanding schedule of releases

(1888PressRelease) With four games currently in development for release in the new year, Kwalee’s Art Department are working more than flat […]

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New contender for oldest dinosaur

Palaeontologists identify what is likely to be the oldest known dinosaur specimen, patching a 10-15-million-year hole in dinosaurs’ evolutionary history.

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Phones to be pocket seismometers

Scientists want the ubiquitous smartphone to be put to work helping them to detect and investigate earthquakes.

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ElectraTherm’s ORC Fleet Surpasses 50,000 Hours Runtime

(1888PressRelease) The Green Machine continues to lead the market for low-temperature waste heat to power (WHP) through its robust, proven Organic […]

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World’s first demonstration of hydrogen production at high flow rates using scrap materials

(1888PressRelease) New hydrogen-for-fuel production process will be demonstrated on January 21, 2013.

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Forests, farming, and sprawl: the struggle over land in an Amazonian metropolis

Mongabay: The city of Parauapebas, Brazil is booming: built over the remains of the Amazonian rainforest, the metropolis has grown […]

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Rogue ‘Ice Islands’ Pose New Threat in the Arctic

Climate Central: Glaciologists were appalled in 2010 when Greenland’s Petermann Glacier discharged a slab of ice four times the size […]

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US wildfire risk worsening according to climate projections

ScienceDaily: Scientists using NASA satellite data and climate models have projected drier conditions likely will cause increased fire activity across […]

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Asia coal export boom brings no bonus for US taxpayers

Reuters: U.S. miners who are booking big profits on coal sales to Asia are enjoying an accounting windfall to boot. […]

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Nasa to send new rover to Mars

Nasa says it will launch a new rover to Mars in 2020, to be based on its Curiosity robot, which […]

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Fossil raindrops probe early air

The imprints of raindrops preserved in 2.7bn-year-old rock are being used to figure out what the atmosphere was like on […]

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Solar plant ‘largest in Africa’

A UK firm announces plans to build what they claim is the biggest solar power plant in Africa, which aims […]

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Spaceship aims to be science lab

Richard Branson’s passenger spaceliner is also trying to position itself as a high-altitude science platform from which to study the […]

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Omnica Helps Voiamo Launch Ground-Breaking Globalgig Mobile Broadband Service

(1888PressRelease) Mobile broadband solution provider, Voiamo has launched a revolutionary new international mobile broadband service, with the help of multi-channel retail […]

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Tool vs. Toys: CAST Beta Testers Get First Peek at wysiwyg R30

(1888PressRelease) CAST releases wysiwyg R30 for BETA testing.

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Ben Franklin TechVentures2 Recognized as a Sustainable Community

(1888PressRelease) Ben Franklin TechVentures 2 is recognized as a sustainable community by the Lehigh Valley branch of the Delaware Valley Green […]

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Green Machine announces the Grand Opening of its new Green Eye(R) Optical Sorter Material Testing Faci

(1888PressRelease) GREEN EYE® Optical Sorter Material Testing Facility GREEN EYE® Optical Sorter vision systems are like no other!

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NationaLease Sales Meeting Prepares Attendees for 2013

(1888PressRelease) Featured Speaker Gary Petty discusses skill sets needed for evolving industry.

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Verax Systems Signs Strategic Partnership with Magpie Software to Deliver Next Generation Integrated Telco and Enterprise Solutions

(1888PressRelease) Verax Systems Corp., a provider of software enabling end-to-end IT & Telco service delivery, assurance and compliance, has concluded a […]

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Lord Stern: poorer countries must share carbon-cutting burden

BusinessGreen: Developing countries will have to take stronger action on emissions cuts even if industrialised nations cut their carbon output […]

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Most New Yorkers Think Climate Change Caused Hurricane, Poll Finds

New York Times: New York State voters overwhelmingly say they believe that Hurricane Sandy demonstrated the effects of climate change, […]

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Rover’s big lab up and running

Nasa’s Curiosity Mars rover completes its first big soil analysis but there is no definitive detection of organics – the […]

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Doha climate talks: why cutting CO2 is more important than stopping methane

Guardian: Global warming is caused by a whole host of gases and particles. In addition to the chief villain – […]

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Indonesia: New Guinea singing dog photographed in the wild for the first time

Mongabay: A rarely seen canine has been photographed in the wild, likely for the first time. Tom Hewitt, director of […]

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