A team of researchers from Microsoft, Cray, and the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre have been working on a project to speed up the use of deep learning algorithms on supercomputers.
China this year continued to lead the world in new solar power installations with more than 50GW of cumulative photovoltaic power, followed by Japan and the U.S., according to a new report.
The country’s first offshore wind project will produce enough electricity to power 17,000 average homes. It will provide all the island’s electricity needs, supplanting its old diesel generators and will also send electricity onto the mainland grid.
Six scientists from the National Center for Atmospheric Research found extreme rain storms in America could increase by 400% due to climate change.
One of the world’s most anticipated buildings is nearly complete – new drone footage shows that Apple’s solar-powered “spaceship” office is on track to meet its 2016 completion goal.
Founded by two sons of farmers, this company wants to grow farm-fresh food -- out of shipping containers.
Scientists from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency have come up with an experimental ship that pulls outer space debris out of orbit.
The Gentle Bot's touch is so delicate, it's able to run its fingers over several tomatoes and pick out the ripest one.
Gravitational-wave data show tentative signs of firewalls or other exotic physics.
The crucial ministerial meeting held every two years when the agency’s 22 member states spend 48 hours debating one subject – Europe’s future in space.
Over the past thirty years, the number of giraffes on Earth has dropped 38 percent. Based on this depressing find, the IUCN has updated the giraffe’s red list status from “least concern” to “vulnerable.”
Mayors of Paris, Madrid, Athens and Mexico City agreed to ban diesel vehicles in these cities in the next decade
The twisting building will carry 23,000 trees, which will absorb up to 130 tonnes of carbon dioxide each year.
The plant in UK will recycle more than 100,000 tonnes of organic waste every year to generate enough renewable energy to power 10,000 homes across the region.
Last week, thousands of snow geese died in Montana after landing on the acidic, metal-laden waters of an old open pit mine to escape a snowstorm.
