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Mysterious cosmic blast

Astronomers are tracking unusual, extremely bright blasts of radiation coming from the center of a galaxy 3.8 billion light-years from Earth. Typically, a burst as powerful as the one seen in the ...


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Broad's Zhang builds for a cleaner world

Broad's Zhang builds for a cleaner world By John Haffner It is late afternoon and I am outside the city of Changsha, in Hunan province in southern China. I am at the headquarters of Broad, a ma...


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New Car Engine Sends Shock Waves Through Auto Industry

Despite shifting into higher gear within the consumer's green conscience, hybrid vehicles are still tethered to the gas pump via a fuel-thirsty 100-year-old invention: the internal combustion engine...


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First of its kind to be lit by solar power.

  It is eight in the evening and amateur teams of youngsters drawn from one of Nairobi's toughest slums are locked in a five-a-side soccer match. Normally they would hav...


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New partical found?

A particle accelerator in the US has shown compelling hints of a never-before-seen particle, researchers say. The find must be more fully confirmed, but researchers at the Tevatron are racing to w...


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312 million years fossil found

  The oldest known full-body impression of a flying insect was preserved in 300 million-year-old sandstone.   Some 312 million years ago, a mayfly landed ...


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Will the Internet Run Out of Addresses, Again?

Will the Internet Run Out of Addresses, Again? The well of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses has run dry -- for the most part. In early February, the Internet Assigned Numbers Author...


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Bicycle USB Charger

Dahon's Bicycle USB Charger is Green Version of Cigarette Lighter Dahon, a company known for making folding and collapsible commuter bikes, has developed a suitable add-on for just ...


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Kinetic Energy Charger

In a world of disappointment, it's always a treat when a device that seemed too good to be true actually hits the shelves. The nPower Peg that we reported on last year is taking p...


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USB ebike

New Electric eBike, You Charge it and it Recharges Your USB Gear Saturday 26th February, 2011 Electric bicycles are almost looking like they might make it to everyday markets inste...


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USB 3 performance

How does USB 3.0 achieve the extra performance (over USB 2.0)? USB 3.0 achieves the much higher performance by way of a number of technical changes. Perhaps the most obvious change is an additiona...


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Potato earth

Gravity satellite yields 'Potato Earth' view By Jonathan Amos Science correspondent, BBC News, Munich Click to play   How gravity differs ac...


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Internet group buying

BEIJING - Like millions of Chinese, Liu Wen has fallen in love with group buying, which has electrified e-commerce in a country where getting the best possible discount is virtually a national pasti...


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Wi-Fi cars hitting the information superhighway

WASHINGTON - MORE cars are hitting the information superhighway thanks to new automotive Wi-Fi technology that allows vehicles to become rolling 'hot spots.' Analysts say consumers are warming to ...


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How Would You Kill These Dogs?

How Would You Kill These Dogs? China Vs. The West Photo: swisseduc.ch How would you kill these dogs? This question may seem gratuitous, even cruel, but it's posed with purpose for those of us ...


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Liquid Air Stores Renewable Energy

Renewable sources of energy such as wind and solar power are intermittent. The wind doesn't always blow; the sun doesn't always shine. But power grids need uninterrupted, reliable flows of energy in...


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Radiation Worrying You? Take a Vitamin

To mitigate the effects of radiation on astronauts, doctors advise a simple measure: Take a vitamin pill. Along with the anti-radiation drug potassium iodide, scientists recommend a vitamin pill t...


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Quantum physics explanation for smell gains traction

The theory that our sense of smell has its basis in quantum physics events is gaining traction, say researchers. The idea remains controversial, but scientists reporting at the American Physical S...


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Incentives for installing greenery on buildings

SINGAPORE : It will soon be cheaper for owners of skyscraper buildings to install more greenery. This was announced by Senior Minister of State for National Development, Grace Fu, at the official...


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Firefox 4 launched !

Mozilla launches Firefox 4 Web browser free BEIJING, March 23 (Xinhuanet) -- Mozilla on Tuesday launched Firefox 4, the latest version of its free and open-source Web browser to the public, in...


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Groundbreaking eye operation

  Mar 23, 2011 Patient regains sight after groundbreaking operation By Yuen Sin A Taiwanese patient recently had her sight restored after undergoing a highly complex operation by...


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Capitalism ended life on Mars

  (Reuters) - Capitalism may be to blame for the lack of life on the planet Mars, Venezuela's socialist President Hugo Chavez said on Tuesday. "I have always said, heard, that it would not b...


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Playbook by Blackberry

MONTREAL: Blackberry maker Research In Motion (RIM) announced Tuesday that its iPad rival, the PlayBook, would go on sale next month at a price identical to that of the hot-selling Apple tablet comp...


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Taipei cycle show statistics

Biggest cycling exhibition in Asia was just over last Saturday 19th 2011 27,000 meter sq of floor space 240 overseas exhibitors 708 local Taiwanese exhibitors Total 948 exhibitors Ou...


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Biggest full moon ever

The moon will move closer to Earth than it has been in more than 18 years Saturday night, space. com reported on Friday. On Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (1900 MGT) , the "su...


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No fuel, got bicycles..

TONO (Japan) - MORE than a week after an earthquake and tsunami smashed much of Japan's north-east coast to pulp, a small tourist town tucked safely between mountains has ground nearly to a halt. ...


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Japan shifted 2.4 meters after quake !

The massive earthquake that devastated northeastern Japan has shifted the country more than 2 meters away from the neighboring Korean Peninsula, scientists said. The Korea Astronomy and Space Sci...


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Taipei International Cycle Show 2011

Located in Nangang Exhibition Hall there are 948 exhibitors and 3060 booths.   All the big names are there, like SRAM, Giant, Colnago, Shimano, Argon and Kuota MRT take you straight right to th...


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Solar panel for backpackers and cyclists?

Are we seeing more of such GREEN gadgets in the market soon ? Cheap and lighweight solar panels that you can carry on your backpack while you walk or ride or you can stick in your car panel?...


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World’s Largest Solar Plant

  China Announces the World’s Largest Solar Plant From the Three Gorges Dam to the Great Wall, China is known for its monumental projects that count among the biggest and grandest in ...


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