All-British radar satellite NovaSAR-1 to track illegal shipping activity
NovaSAR-1, an all-British radar satellite, will track illegal shipping activity. It will also assume several other roles.
The satellite can take pictures of Earth's surface...
High-yield farming uses less land and costs the environment less than thought
High-yield farming uses less land than agriculture that appears to be eco-friendly. It may have lower environmental costs per unit of land than eco-friendly...
Walney Extension, the world’s largest operational offshore wind farm, opens
Walney Extension, off the UK coast, the largest operational wind farm in the world, opened last week. Walney Extension belongs to Ørsted, PKA, and...
Giant wind and solar farms in the Sahara would make it wetter and greener
If the Sahara Desert had giant wind and solar farms, the area would be wetter, greener, and warmer researchers report. We know that solar...
Can bees become ‘addicted’ to pesticide?
New research on how bees respond to pesticide over time supports the idea that the pollinating insects could become addicted to it.
Scientists from Imperial...
German wind power – it’s all about the distribution
Wind power should cover 65% of Germany's electricity needs by 2030, alongside biomass and solar energy, as well as hydropower. According to a team...
Turning sunlight into fuel, scientists find new way
Turning sunlight into fuel has just taken an important step forward thanks to a team of researchers. They successfully split water into oxygen and...
Renewable energy requires lots of space, but it’s cleaner
Generating renewable energy requires more space than people may think. However, it is much cleaner than traditional fuel sources. Nuclear and natural gas take...
Insects will destroy more crops due to global warming
Global warming means that insects will destroy more crops, say researchers from the University of Washington who led a study. There have already been...
‘Squid-inspired’ programmable biomaterial switches between insulating and cooling
Scientists have invented a programmable biomaterial that can switch from insulating to cooling and back again depending on how much water is present.
They see...