Wind and solar benchmarks for a 1.5°C world
This report presents a detailed methodology for determining the amount of wind and solar capacity that is required for a country to align with the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C temperature goal. While the focus
Germany
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Diamonds for microchips
Microchips are made using artificial diamond
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Getting tough
The European Union comes down on seven governments for being lax on industrial pollution
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Checking leukaemia
In people suffering a common form of leukaemia, certain chromosome abnormalities in cancer cells could help predict how quickly the disease will progress. This is the result of a study conducted in
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Tapping wind power
in a report entitled "North Sea Offshore Wind-A European Powerhouse', the German Wind Energy Institute has highlighted the wind power potential of five countries
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Carry on golfing
A round of golf may be just what the doctor ordered for heart disease patients, a German study suggests. Heart disease patients need to strike a balance during exercise
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The lotus effect
Water doesn't stick to lotus leaves. Nature has given the plant a self cleaning mechanism. Crack the science of it, and you have the formula for successful industrial products
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OBSOLETE PESTICIDES
After keeping it in the storehouse for 22 years, Pakistan's North West Frontier Province government is shipping 50 tonnes of obsolete pesticide to the United Kingdom for incineration. The countries
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GM Crops put on hold
the German government is trying to suspend commercial cultivation of genetically modified (gm) crops. It has started negotiating a temporary suspension with the country's biotech industry, which
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Furore over seeds
in a late disclosure that triggered the wrath of environmentalists across Europe, the seed company Advanta issued a statement that farmers in Britain, France, Germany and Sweden were unwittingly
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Winds of change
Wind power is constantly emerging as a preferred source of energy the world over. Fast forward by another couple of decades and wind power is predicted to meet 10 per cent of the world's electricity