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Britain takes a trip to the Red Planet
A model of Beagle 2 is on public show at the Royal Society's annual summer science exhibition, New Frontiers in Science, on 16 and 17 June. Members of the scientific and engineering team will be on hand to discuss the problems of building this sophisticated robotic package run on only the power of... view more (1999-06-11)

The accretion disks around super-massive black holes: do they really exist?
Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) and quasars (QSO) are the most luminous objects in the sky. These are powered by accretion of interstellar gas onto a supermassive black hole (BH) of about 100 millions solar masses which stands at the center of galaxies. For Seyfert galaxies, a few tenths of solar... view more (2001-04-17)

A carbon-neutral way to power your home
A super-efficient system that has the potential to power, heat and cool homes across the UK is being developed at Newcastle University.    view more (2008-12-01)

White Christmases unlikely
CRed, the community carbon reduction project run out of the University of East Anglia, is urging people to aim for a low carbon Christmas this year. CRed say that the reason we no longer have any White Christmases is down to global warming and that we need to work harder at reducing our carbon... view more (2003-12-03)

A greener way to power cars
Cardiff University researchers are exploring how waste heat from car exhausts could provide a new greener power supply for vehicles.   view more (2008-02-20)

Interstellar Weather Report: Day and Night Temps Measured on an Extrasolar Planet
For the first time, astronomers have measured the day and night temperatures of a planet outside our solar system. The team, which includes Sara Seager of Carnegie's Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, revealed that a giant Jupiter-like gas planet orbiting very close to its star is blisteringly... view more (2006-10-13)

NASA's Swift Looks to Comets for a Cool View
NASA's Swift Gamma-ray Explorer satellite rocketed into space in 2004 on a mission to study some of the highest-energy events in the universe.   view more (2008-12-04)

Cosmologists predict a static universe in 3 trillion years
When Dutch astronomer Willem de Sitter proposed a static model of the universe in the early 1900s, he was some 3 trillion years ahead of his time.   view more (2007-05-24)

Hubble gets revitalised in new Servicing Mission for more and better science!
ESA PR 4-2002. c As a unique collaboration between the European Space Agency (ESA), and NASA, Hubble has had a phenomenal scientific impact. The unsurpassed sharp images from this space observatory have penetrated into the hidden depths of space and revealed breathtaking phenomena. But Hubble`s... view more (2002-02-15)

Common star draws swift attention with unprecedented flare
On April 25, one of our nearest stellar neighbors, a small, faint red dwarf known as EV Lacertae, unleashed the brightest flare ever detected from a normal star outside our solar system.   view more (2008-05-20)

Portable power plants
Running a laptop or other electrical equipment causes a problem when there is no access to a mains supply: If the battery runs out, where can you recharge it? This is a particularly thorny issue if, for example, your work takes you out on the road or involves spending lots of time on construction... view more (2003-04-04)

Rensselaer Researcher To Showcase New Solar Underwater Robot Technology at Exhibition on State-of-the-Art U.S. Robotic Vehicles
A new solar-powered underwater robot technology developed for undersea observation and water monitoring will be showcased at a Sept. 16 workshop on leading-edge robotics to be held at the National Science Foundation (NSF) in Arlington, Va.   view more (2005-09-07)

Report of the ITER Council, Vienna, Austria, 18 -19 July 2001
Upon the successful completion of the ITER Engineering Design Activities the ITER Council, the governing body of this venture, with representatives of the European Union, Japan, and the Russian Federation, assembled for its last meeting on July 18 and 19 at the Vienna IAEA headquarters. ITER is an... view more (2001-07-23)

Killer electrons in space are now less mysterious
A rare, timely conjunction of ground-based instrumentation and a dozen satellites has helped scientists better understand how electrons in space can turn into 'killers'. ESA's Cluster constellation has contributed crucially to the finding.   view more (2007-07-27)

Earthquakes in the sky
AN AFTERNOON shower in London may have more in common with an earthquake in California than you`d think, because both processes obey similar statistical rules. The scientists who discovered the link say thinking about rain as a kind of "earthquake in the sky" may help improve models of the weather.... view more (2002-05-01)

Fans use too much electricity
From our kitchens to industrial buildings, we cannot do without fans - even if we are only seldom aware of them. They cool the processor in our home computers, or rotate in the cooling towers of large power stations. But they need electricity to be able to do their job. For Europe, the Fraunhofer... view more (2002-08-29)

Pyramids give batteries a longer life
A way of increasing battery life in devices such as laptop computers, personal TVs and camcorders is reported today in the Institute of Physics Journal, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering. Researchers at the University of Michigan and the National Taiwan University, have developed a... view more (2000-06-22)

Pop-up car bonnets will help reduce pedestrian deaths
Road vehicles may soon be fitted with pop-up bonnets, windscreen airbags and energy absorbing bumpers to improve pedestrian safety, according to researchers in this week’s BMJ.   view more (2002-05-07)

EYE DAMAGE AFTER SOLAR ECLIPSE NOT AS HIGH AS EXPECTED (p199)
Damage to the sight of those who looked directly at the sun during the eclipse of August 1999 may not be as bad as expected, reports a research letter in this week's issue of THE LANCET. Looking at the sun can cause burns to the retina. The UK Department of Health's advice at the time of the... view more (2001-01-18)

INDOEX preliminary results
INDOEX - preliminary findings   view more (1999-03-31)

Adding up business and energy
Could a business practice usually reserved for boosting profits be used to help turn companies green by reducing their energy use? Writing in the International Journal of Six Sigma and Competitive Advantage (IJSSCA), researchers in India provide an answer.   view more (2008-05-16)

A Trio of Super-Earths
Today, at an international conference, a team of European astronomers announced a remarkable breakthrough in the field of extra-solar planets. Using the HARPS instrument at the ESO La Silla Observatory, they have found a triple system of super-Earths around the star HD 40307.   view more (2008-06-17)

Discovery of the source of the most common meteorites
When observing with the GEMINI telescopes, two astronomers from Brazil and the United States discovered for the first time asteroids that are similar to "ordinary chondrites", the most common meteorites found on Earth. Until now, astronomers have failed to identify their asteroidal... view more (2008-07-11)

New technique for 'weighing' black holes
ESA's XMM-Newton has helped to find evidence for the existence of controversial Intermediate Mass Black Holes. Scientists used a new, recently proven method for determining the mass of black holes.   view more (2007-05-17)

Hot peppers really do bring the heat
Chili peppers can do more than just make you feel hot, reports a study in the August 1 Journal of Biological Chemistry; the active chemical in peppers can directly induce thermogenesis, the process by which cells convert energy into heat.    view more (2008-08-07)
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