REC introduced bi-facial solar panels for desert regions
19 June 2013
Europe’s leading solar panels supplier Renewable Energy Corporation (REC) has introduced a new solar panel concept for desert regions, saying the product performs better than most of its competitors.
EU should be stricter on carbon but renewables not the way
19 June 2013
European Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) is too weak and doesn’t prevent further spread of coal-fired plants, UK think tank has said today.
Huawei wants to crack smarphone market with Ascend P6
18 June 2013
Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei introduced the world's slimmest smartphone - Ascend P6, underlining the company’s ambition to compete with Apple and Samsung.
Siemens closes down last solar energy business after failing to sell
18 June 2013
German engineering firm Siemens is closing down its last solar energy business, thereby calling off a seven month search during which it failed to find a buyer.
Intelligent glasses to benefit students and lecturers
18 June 2013
Scientists at the University of Carlos III, Madrid (UC3M), have created an augmented reality-based teaching system which is capable of providing student feedback via intelligent glasses worn by a professor conducting a lecture, while the lecture is still in progress.
GPU based neural network cleverer than Google's
18 June 2013
The world’s largest artificial neural network, 7 times smarter than the one built by Google in 2012, aims at much more than just recognising cats.
World’s most advanced comms satellite shipped to launch site
18 June 2013
Alphasat, the most sophisticated communications satellite ever built, has passed the final integration and testing and is now on the way to Kourou, French Guiana.
Van makers warned to curb 'over-target' emissions
18 June 2013
Vans currently sold in EU markets are outstripping an EU emissions target for 2017, and the European Environment Agency (EEA) has warned manufacturers to take action over the problem.
Students’ green driving race took off from Westminster
18 June 2013
Covering the distance from London to Aberdeen, UK’s engineering students are fighting not to become the nation’s fastest but the most economic driver.
Value of HS2 overestimated, according to think-tank
18 June 2013
Evidence that HS2 will promote economic growth or tackle the north-south divide is "limited", according to a report from the New Economics Foundation (NEF).
Chinese fastest supercomputer beats the US
18 June 2013
Nicknamed the ‘Milky way-2,’ or Tianhe-2, the supercomputer built at the Chinese National University of Defence Technology is twice as fast the USA’s super machine Titan.
Herschel space telescope put to sleep
17 June 2013
Herschel space telescope has been put to final rest by controllers at the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in Darmstadt Germany, today.
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