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This Market Business News category includes all of our articles that are related to science or the environment. This includes research projects in science and events that have an impact on the environment (be it beneficial or detrimental). This page is where you will find information on what is happening in the renewable energy industry, news to do with the electric or hybrid vehicle market, and information about electricity consumption, etc.

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Virgin Galactic makes it to space

Marie Singer Dec 16, 2018 0

Virgin Galactic has officially made it to space, with humans on board, the company announced. Its SpaceShipTwo passenger rocket reached an altitude of 82.8 kilometers. This is beyond the altitude at which NASA and other space agencies have…

Science / Environment / Energy

Organically farmed food worse for climate than conventionally farmed food

Christian Nordqvist Dec 16, 2018 0

Organically farmed food is worse for our planet's climate than conventionally farmed food, says a team of researchers. The main reason is that organic food requires more land. This is what Timothy D. Searchinger, Stefan Wirsenius, Tim…

Science / Environment / Energy

MIT scientists find way to shrink objects to one-thousandth of original size

David Jones Dec 15, 2018 0

Scientists at MIT have found a way to shrink objects to one-thousandth of their original size. They can now fabricate nanoscale 3-D objects of virtually any shape. Nanoscale means so small - microscopic - that we measure it in nanometer.…

Science / Environment / Energy

Green plants generate electricity – 150 volts per leaf

Marie Singer Dec 12, 2018 0

Did you know that green plants can generate electricity? A single leaf can generate over 150 volts. A team of researchers in Italy say that a 'hybrid' tree can act as an innovative 'green' electric generator. The hybrid tree is made of…

Science / Environment / Energy

1.5 magnitude tremor stops fracking in Lancashire, England

Edward Bishop Dec 11, 2018 0

A 1.5 magnitude tremor stopped fracking at Cuadrilla's shale gas exploration site in Preston New Road, Lancashire. According to Cuadrilla Resources, the 1.5 magnitude tremor occurred today (Monday 11 December|) at about 11.20 am. The…

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Outbred mice perhaps better than inbred mice for most animal studies

Edward Bishop Dec 9, 2018 0

More than half of all non-human subjects of biomedical research are mice. Most of them are inbred mice. In other words, the parents of many laboratory mice are brothers and sisters. After several generations of inbreeding, the mice are…

Science / Environment / Energy

Scientists create a 3D-printed glucose biosensor

Christian Nordqvist Dec 9, 2018 0

A team of researchers has created a 3D-printed glucose biosensor. The glucose biosensor is for use in wearable monitors, say scientists from Washington State University. They add that their work may lead to better glucose monitors for…

Health

Using graphene to test for neurodegenerative diseases such as ALS

David Jones Dec 8, 2018 0

A team of researchers says that we could one day use the super-material graphene to test for ALS and other neurodegenerative diseases. ALS stands for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - we also call it motor neurone disease (MND) or Lou…

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Scientists convert wet biological waste into fuel we can blend with diesel

Christian Nordqvist Dec 6, 2018 0

A team of scientists has converted wet biological waste into diesel-compatible fuel. We are now a step closer to producing renewable engine fuels from wet biological waste that are compatible with current diesel fuel infrastructure.…

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Material that thickens as you stretch it discovered by scientists

Marie Singer Dec 4, 2018 0

Scientists at the University of Leeds have discovered a material that thickens as you stretch it. It is the first synthetic material that thickens - at a molecular level - as it stretches. Researchers from the University of Leeds,…

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