Four-telescope linkup creates world’s largest mirror

The European Southern Observatory (Eso) has linked up its four telescopes of the Very Large Telescope (VLT) at the Paranal Observatory to form a virtual

Magnetic breakthrough processes data 100 times faster than current hard-drive technology

A revolutionary new magnetic recording technology that will allow information to be processed hundreds of times faster than by current hard drive

New solar cells increase solar panel efficiency by more than 25%

University of Cambridge scientists have developed hybrid solar cells that could increase the maximum efficiency of solar panels by more than

Team designs world's smallest transistor

A team of Australian physicists has created the world

EU clean energy sector passes 1 million jobs

  Clean energy jobs in the EU have now passed the 1 million milestone. According to a new report [PDF] out by the European Commission, The State of Renewable Energies in Europe, 1.14 million p...

Wind energy installed in 2011 Totals 41,000 MW

The global wind industry installed just over 41,000 MW of wind power in 2011, bringing the world

Scientists measure human 'water footprint'

Humanity uses around 9,089 billion cubic metres of water a year, mostly for agriculture, according to a new study.

This video shows how computers see the world

A new video shows off the creepy, emerging world of robot vision.

Greenpeace praises Google’s approach to stopping climate change

Panorama - Greenpeace praises Google?s approach to stopping climate change - Renewable Energy Magazine, at the heart of clean energy journalism

New HCPV efficiency record exceeds 33% for first time

PV - New HCPV efficiency record exceeds 33% for first time - Renewable Energy Magazine, at the heart of clean energy journalism

VLT takes most detailed infrared image of the Carina Nebula

ESO’s Very Large Telescope has delivered the most detailed infrared image of the Carina Nebula stellar nursery taken so far. Many previously hidden features, scattered across a spectacular celestial landscape of gas, dust and young stars, have emerged. This is one of the most dramatic images ever created by the VLT.

New kind of high-temperature photonic crystal could someday power everything from smartphones to spacecraft

A team of MIT researchers has developed a way of making a high-temperature version of a kind of materials called photonic crystals, using metals such as tungsten or tantalum. The new materials — which can operate at temperatures up to 1200 degrees Celsius — could find a wide variety of applications powering portable electronic devices, spacecraft to probe deep space, and new infrared light emitters that could be used as chemical detectors and sensors.

Renowned physicist invents microscope that can peer at living brain cells

(PhysOrg.com) -- Ever since scientists began studying the brain, they’ve wanted to get a better look at what was going on. Researchers have poked and prodded and looked at dead cells under electron microscopes, but never before have they been able to get high resolution microscopic views of actual living brain cells as they function inside of a living animal. Now, thanks to work by physicist Stefan Hell and his colleagues at the Max Planck Institute in Germany, that dream is realized. In a paper published in Science, Hell and his team describe the workings of their marvelous discovery.