Science / Environment / Energy

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.

Mars rock crazy image

Mars rock just like Nabu, Assyrian God of wisdom, say alien enthusiasts

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A NASA picture of a Mars rock looks just like Nabu, the Assyrian and Babylonian god of wisdom and writing dating back to 2000...
Graphene is super strong

Graphene produced super cheaply, making it commercially viable, say scientists

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Graphene can be produced one hundred times more cheaply using commercially-available copper for it to form on, scientists from the University of Glasgow claimed....
Super fast tap dance by songbird

Lightning-speed songbird tap dance captured by high-speed camera

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A beautiful lightning-speed songbird tap dance, too fast for the naked eye to see, has been recorded by scientists using a high-speed camera. The...
Sir Paul Nurse scientific research funding

UK scientific research funding – let politicians have a greater say, says Sir Paul

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Politicians should have a greater say in how scientific research in the UK is funded, says Nobel laureate Sir Paul Nurse, who led a...
Acorn worm

Acorn worms and humans distant cousins, genetically speaking

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Acorn worms and humans are distant cousins – these slimy invertebrates are closer to us genetically than many other animals, says a team of scientists...
New Planet formation images captured

Spectacular new planet formation images captured by scientists

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Spectacular images of a new planet formation, when dust and gas particles accumulate and make a new planet, have been captured for the first...
Poplar bear population under threat from melting sea ice

Polar bear population to plummet by 30% within 40 years, IUCN warns

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The world’s polar bear population is set to plummet by 30% over the next 35 to 40 years due to climate warming, says the...
earth like exoplanets kepler

Earth-like exoplanets uninhabitable due to radiation filled superflares

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The majority of Earth-like exoplanets are likely to have become uninhabitable due to the enormous quantities of radiation emitted from superflares, scientists from the...
Graphene one atom thick

Graphene can be produced cheaply, say Scottish scientists

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Graphene can now be produced much more cheaply, say scientists from the University of Glasgow, who managed to produce large-area graphene about 100 times...
Tadpoles overhead winner Royal Society Publishing photography

Spectacular ‘Tadpoles Overhead’ wins Royal Society Publishing photography competition

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The spectacular photo ‘Tadpoles Overhead’ has won the inaugural Royal Society Publishing photography competition. The photograph, showing tadpoles that appear to be flying across...