Cape Verde Leads With 100% Renewable Electricity By 2020 Target

At the beginning of the decade, Cape Verde authorities set a goal of getting 25% of its power from renewables by 2011 and 50% by 2020. To accomplish that goal, it established Project Cabeólica.

Amazon pledges to cover 15 massive warehouse rooftops with solar panels

By the end of 2017, company should have solar arrays covering millions of square footage.

The people who help you die better

Pain is just the visible part of the iceberg of suffering. A network of compassionate volunteers caring for their terminally ill neighbours is helping more people in Kerala, India, to end their days at peace and at home.

Volkswagen Group's excess emissions will lead to 1,200 premature deaths in Europe

The researchers estimate that 1,200 people in Europe will die early, each losing as much as a decade of their life, as a result of excess emissions generated between 2008 and 2015 by affected cars sold in Germany.

Researchers store computer operating system and short movie on DNA

A pair of researchers at Columbia University and the New York Genome Center show that an algorithm designed for streaming video on a cellphone can unlock DNA's nearly full storage potential by squeezing more information into its four base nucleotides.

Nanoengineers 3-D print biomimetic blood vessel networks

Nanoengineers have 3-D printed a lifelike, functional blood vessel network that could pave the way toward artificial organs and regenerative therapies.

Scientists stimulate immune system, stop cancer growth

A chemical found in tumors may help stop tumor growth, according to a new study.

Substantial evidence of holographic universe

A UK, Canadian and Italian study has provided what researchers believe is the first observational evidence that our universe could be a vast and complex hologram.

Physicist Brian Greene on string theory and the world's 11 dimensions, not four

Greene, a leader in the field of super string theory has been researching his theory for decades. He is one of a small cadre of physicists at the forefront of discovering one unifying theory, a dream Albert Einstein worked on for the last 30 years of his life.

SETI Alien Hunters Listen For Extraterretrial Life In Trappist-1

(SETI) alien hunters look for signs of extraterrestrial life in Trappist-1, a newly discovered solar system, by listening to radio surveillance.

Wind energy supplied all of Denmark's power needs one day last week

Denmark met all of its power needs thanks to wind energy last Wednesday, according to trade organization WindEurope.

Tesla is so confident in their vehicles they're offering lifetime insurance

Tesla has begun offering a lifetime maintenance and insurance package as part of the initial price of their electric vehicles.

International team reports ocean acidification spreading rapidly in Arctic Ocean

Ocean acidification is spreading rapidly in the western Arctic Ocean in both area and depth, according to new interdisciplinary research reported in Nature Climate Change by a team of international collaborators.

Will naming the Anthropocene lead to acceptance of our planet-level impact?

Does a name in itself have sufficient symbolic power to cause a paradigm shift in how humans perceive our role in the changing geological patterns of the planet?