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 Technology Low-carbon push for new Industrial RevolutionThursday, 21 January 2010
The world’s transition to a low-carbon economy will not only make cities cleaner and more sustainable, it will spark a new Industrial Revolution, said renowned economist Nicholas Stern.  Aviation biofuel to grow from saltwater farmsMonday, 18 January 2010
Can tomorrow’s aircraft be powered entirely from biofuels grown from saltwater plants? That’s what a large new multinational research project will seek to prove.  Eight spin-offs from spaceWednesday, 30 December 2009
Sending stuff into space is not cheap. How does NASA justify the expense? One way is to highlight the many technologies developed for the space program, but which now benefit society.  Eight designs stolen from natureWednesday, 23 December 2009
Nature is inspirational, say designers who’ve trawled the living world in the search for clever ideas to rip off.  Orion's family portrait snappedFriday, 18 December 2009
Researchers have released the first complete atlas of embryonic planetary systems in the Orion Nebula – and discovered 42 new ones in the process.  Fake platelets to stem blood flowFriday, 18 December 2009
Scientists have developed artificial platelets to enhance the natural process of blood clotting, reducing the risk of fatal blood loss on the battlefield and in the emergency room.  Mammoths more modern than we thoughtFriday, 18 December 2009
Extinct woolly mammoths and ancient American horses may have been grazing the North American steppe for several thousand years longer than previously thought.  Physicists uncover authors' literary fingerprintThursday, 17 December 2009
Swedish physicists have developed a formula to identify individual writers by a unique 'literary fingerprint', which could help to prevent literary fraud and identify unknown authors.  Dying star previews our own Sun's fateWednesday, 16 December 2009
New images of the surface of a distant, dying star offer a preview of the ultimate fate of our own Sun, French scientists say.  Blood tests detect cancerMonday, 14 December 2009
Nanosensors that detect traces of cancer in simple blood tests have been successfully developed, U.S. researchers have announced.  Virgin tourist spacecraft ready to begin testsWednesday, 9 December 2009
British billionaire Richard Branson has unveiled a commercial rocket plane that will allow tourists a chance to view the Earth and experience weightlessness from suborbital space.  Tiny magnetic discs could kill cancer cellsMonday, 30 November 2009
Tiny magnetic discs just a millionth of a metre in diameter could be used to used to kill cancer cells, according to a study published on Sunday.  in nuclear bodies (red) or cancer cell nuclei (blue).jpg "C-circles") Powerful new test detects 15% of cancersTuesday, 24 November 2009
One in six cancers, including some of the most aggressive and lethal varieties, could soon be traceable in a simple blood test with the discovery of an abnormal type of DNA.  Peckish bird briefly downs atom smasherTuesday, 10 November 2009
A peckish bird briefly knocked out part of the world's biggest atom smasher by causing a chain reaction with a piece of bread, CERN said Monday.  New probe to help predict extreme weatherTuesday, 3 November 2009
A water tracking satellite launched by the European Space Agency is designed to help give faster predictions of floods and other extreme weather incidents caused by climate change. 
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