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How cold will a winter be in two years?

ScienceDaily: How well are the most important climate models able to predict the weather conditions for the coming year or […]

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Drought expands, concerns mount about wheat and rivers

Reuters: Drought continued to expand through the central United States even as winter weather sets in, wreaking havoc on the […]

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Vesta gullies may be ‘water-cut’

Scientists say they have seen features on Asteroid Vesta that look as though they have been cut by some sort […]

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Johnny Monsarrat Launches Seventeen Regional Versions of New England’s Most Popular Events Blog

(1888PressRelease) Johnny Monsarrat, founder of the most popular events blog in New England, Events INSIDER, announces upcoming launch of 16 new […]

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Should Environmentalists Just Say No to Eating Meat?

Yale Environment 360: Like plastic bags, coal, and SUVs, beef has few friends in the environmental community. Most environmentalists would […]

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Ash outbreak doubles in a month

New figures from the government confirm that ash dieback has now spread widely throughout the UK.

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United Kingdom: Doha’s most progressive country on climate change? Wales

Guardian: Welsh Assembly member John Griffiths stands out from the hordes of other environment ministers scurrying around the UN climate […]

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Seeing REDD: Brazil, Norway in tiff over forest monitoring

Bloomberg: Efforts to produce a global set of rules for protecting forests are being held up by a dispute between […]

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Invasive grass fans US wildfires

The vast majority of large wildfires in the western US have been fuelled by a rampant species of grass scientists […]

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Highly Sensitive SensoLyte(R) HDACs and HATs Assay Kits for Epigenetics Research

(1888PressRelease) AnaSpec is pleased to highlight the highly sensitive SensoLyte® assay kits for the detection of the activities of enzymes involved […]

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TreeHouse Interactive Helps TECHT Paintball Launch Cutting Edge Marketing Automation and Drive Better Campaign Efficiency

(1888PressRelease) Global Online Provider of Paintball Parts and Accessories Targets Customers with Cross Hair Accuracy Using TreeHouse Interactive’s Marketing View Marketing […]

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Trustwave Secure Web Gateway Receives Award for Product Excellence

(1888PressRelease) Frost & Sullivan Benchmarks Competitive Web Security Market; Lauds Trustwave for Achieving Most Significant Product Differentiation.

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The Holiday Ferret Launches Winter Holiday Portal

(1888PressRelease) The Holiday Ferret has introduced a winter holiday portal. The portal will help people find the perfect rental by owner […]

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Gridstore Selected as a 2012 Red Herring Top 100 Global Award Recipient

(1888PressRelease) Gridstore™, the leader in software defined storage solutions, today announced that the company has received the prestigious Red Herring Top […]

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Enviro Dangers Introduces New Attic Mold Removal Protocol(TM)

(1888PressRelease) Enviro Dangers has developed the complete and effective Attic Mold Removal Protocol™ to kill and get rid of toxic mold […]

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Anniversary Celebration Hosted by ISG technology at British Ambassador’s Residence a Success

(1888PressRelease) ISG technology celebrated its 30th anniversary by hosting a presentation, networking and cocktail event at the British Ambassador’s Residence.

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Innova Biosciences appoints Dr Andrew Lane as an Executive Director and Tim Bernard as Chairman of the Board

(1888PressRelease) Innova Biosciences, inventor of the world’s easiest to use bioconjugation kits, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Andrew […]

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The Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences Announces Integrated Biology Initiative

(1888PressRelease) Multi-Organization Partnership Will Promote Innovative Toxicity Testing Research.

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Postcode Anywhere Wins Another Major Award

(1888PressRelease) Postcode Anywhere awarded with Best Technology Solution at ECMOD Awards.

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Forecasting Denial: Why Are TV Weathercasters Ignoring Climate Change?

Rolling Stone: It’s been a busy year for TV weathercasters: July was the hottest month ever recorded in the United […]

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New NASA Images Show The Earth’s Electric Light Show

National Public Radio: That’s the word from Mitch Goldberg, program scientist for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association’s Joint Polar […]

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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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