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.

10:50 BST, May 28, 2016

Life on other planets less likely than thought due to greenhouse effect

The possibility of life on other planets in other star systems is less likely than scientists had thought – a new study found that the greenhouse […]
21:19 BST, May 27, 2016

Comet has crucial ingredients for life on Earth says ESA

A comet that the ESA’s (European Space Agency’s) Rosetta spacecraft has been probing for nearly two years has ingredients that are regarded as crucial for the […]
17:25 BST, May 27, 2016

Robots taught to feel pain – it is good for them

Robots are being taught to feel pain by two German scientists who believe that reacting to pain could be good for their capabilities and work performance. […]
11:36 BST, May 27, 2016

Porpoises are master hunters catching ninety percent of prey they pursue

Harbour porpoises are master hunters, they catch about ninety percent of all the prey they pursue, says a team of scientists from Scotland, Germany and Denmark. […]
12:34 BST, May 26, 2016

Neanderthals were builders who ventured deep into caves study shows

Neanderthals were builders who constructed walls and ventured deep into caves, an international team of scientists have revealed after examining some 175,000-year-old semicircular walls of stalagmites […]
11:55 BST, May 25, 2016

Antibiotics raise greenhouse gas emissions from cow dung new study says

If you dose your cattle with antibiotics, you also raise levels of greenhouse gas emissions from cow dung – specifically methane – an international team of […]