Insects have farmed monocultures longer than we have
Modern agriculture’s dependence on monoculture crops — vast fields of nothing but corn, wheat or soybeans — has been widely criticised
Short-term targets key to preventing 'intolerable' warming
Setting long-term emissions reductions targets to curb climate change is the wrong way to go, as it “gives the impression
Tech conference to feature seminar on 'Greenovation'
Greenbang and Low Carbon South West will be among those on hand at this year’s TechnologyWorld09 conference and exhibition,
Huge, liquid-metal battery could revolutionise the grid
A new type of battery being developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) could eliminate the biggest barrier to
Cleantech Connect Awards recognise fast-growing innovators
Four fast-growing and innovative firms last night won recognition last night at the inaugural Cleantech Connect 2009 awards ceremony.
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Extinction by overfishing ... thanks to an 80-year-old mistake
An 80-year-old mistake could lead to the first extinction of a marine fish species by commercial fishing, new research has
iawards recognise cutting-edge British innovation
A high-tech ‘X-MAN Model Cancer Patient’ last night won the iaward of the Year for British innovation.
The iawards recognise
MIT research aims at turning waste heat back into electricity
As if today’s unsustainable levels of energy consumption weren’t already bad enough, consider this: more than half the
Welcome to the real SimCity: Monsters ahead?
Remember the original SimCity game, in which you inevitably always reached some horrible tipping point (though none of us knew
New European alliance seeks sustainable energy innovations
A new European alliance focused on sustainable energy is set to launch tomorrow at Austria’s Graz University of Technology.
