In a quest to be more green, Apple says it is investing in Chinese solar power and preserving forests that make environmentally friendly paper.
Business
Apr 16, 2015
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A new study quantifying the amount of carbon stored and released through California forests and wildlands finds that wildfires and deforestation are contributing more than expected to the state's greenhouse gas emissions.
Environment
Apr 16, 2015
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The globalisation of business already means many companies have their workforce scattered across the world.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Apr 16, 2015
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If you've ever sat opposite a doctor and wondered what she was scribbling on her notepad, the answer may soon not only be medical notes on your condition, but real-time chemical preparations for an instant diagnostic test.
Materials Science
Apr 16, 2015
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Three years after they were first detected, the number of spotted-wing drosophila fruit flies in the Netherlands has exploded. "There are still ways to combat the harmful Drosophila suzukii in soft fruit," says Herman Helsen, ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 16, 2015
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It's arguably our most vital and precious natural resource, and one that is growing dangerously scarce from China to California, but no matter how much we value water, we're not that keen on paying for it.
Environment
Apr 16, 2015
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A little-known element called californium is making big waves in how scientists look at the periodic table.
General Physics
Apr 16, 2015
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A team of archeological researchers, led by Sonia Harmand of Stony Brook University, has announced that they believe they have found tools used by human ancestors approximately 800,000 years before the current record holder. ...
Global warming means more extreme weather, everywhere. A new research project is looking at how Norwegian communities - already experienced with harsh weather - are coping with even more difficult weather conditions.
Environment
Apr 16, 2015
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Complex organic molecules such as formamide, from which sugars, amino acids and even nucleic acids essential for life can be made, already appear in the regions where stars similar to our Sun are born. Astrophysicists from ...
Astronomy
Apr 16, 2015
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