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Eclipse of the Sun has European solar power producers worried

Marie Singer - 11:27 AM, February 28, 2015 0

Hundreds of millions of Europeans will experience a solar eclipse ranging from 40% to 97% obscuration on March 20th. Iceland will have a total...

Our water is becoming progressively poisoned with algae, raising risk of diseases

Christian Nordqvist - 13:31 PM, February 27, 2015 0

Since the 1800s, there has been an explosion of blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) populations in the lakes of Europe and North America, which threatens to...

Home ownership in the UK at 29-year low

Alexander Joe - 00:17 AM, February 26, 2015 0

Home ownership in the UK has dropped to its lowest level in 29 years as young people are 'locked out' of an increasingly expensive...

Google’s AI software “Deep Q” can beat human gamers

Alexander Joe - 16:43 PM, February 25, 2015 0

Google acquired the London-based artificial intelligence (AI) firm DeepMind for £400m last year. Since the acquisition there hasn't been a lot of information about...

UK is “on track” to meet annual deficit target, says Osborne

Alexander Joe - 03:05 AM, February 21, 2015 0

George Osborne said that the UK is “on track” to meet its annual deficit target. The UK posted its biggest surplus since before the recession...

Super powerful electron microscope SuperSTEM 3 is 100 times better than any other

Marie Singer - 05:17 AM, February 20, 2015 0

SuperSTEM 3, the most powerful electron microscope in the world, that can pinpoint the position of single atoms, has been installed at the Engineering...

Microsoft’s Surface Pro 4 said to be launched later this year

Alexander Joe - 15:00 PM, February 18, 2015 0

It has been three years since Microsoft launched its first generation "Surface" tablet computer. Initially the company's products in the tablet market did not...