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Mapping the very shallow geothermal potential in Europe and selected case...

Lucia Morper-Busch and Hermann Klug | University of Salzburg, Interfaculty Department of Geoinformatics David Bertermann and Christian Bialas | University of Erlangen – Nuremberg, Geo-Center of...

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Nanosilicon produces hydrogen on demand

Originally Published by Environmental Research Web - The reaction does not require any heat, light or electricity and the hydrogen generated could be used to power small fuel cells.

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Twenty NASA balloons studying the radiation belts

Originally Published by ScienceDaily - In the bright, constant sun of the Antarctic summer, a NASA-funded team is launching balloons.

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EarthCube Brings Big Data Sets to Diverse Researchers

EarthCube will help researchers access and use Earth sciences data from many different sources, in order to build better models. These images show a high-resolution configuration of the Community...

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Boom in Mining Rare Earths Poses Mounting Toxic Risks

Originally Published by e360As mining of these key elements spreads to countries like Malaysia and Brazil, scientists warn of the dangers of the toxic and radioactive waste generated by the mines and...

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Mars rover spins its rock drill

Originally Published by BBC News – The US space agency’s Curiosity Mars rover rotates its drill mechanism for the first time, as it builds towards taking a sample from inside a rock.

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Landsat Data Continuity Mission Awaits Liftoff

Originally Published by ScienceDaily - When the newest Landsat spacecraft trains its state-of-the-art sensors on Earth's surface, it will provide images of our ever-changing planet in unparalleled...

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Landsat Spacecraft Launches

Originally Published by NASA - The Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) mission is a collaboration between NASA and the U.S. Geological Survey that will continue the Landsat Program's 40-year data...

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2013 IEEE Humanitarian Tech Conference Planned for California

The 2013 IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC) will take place on Oct. 20-23, 2013, in Silicon Valley, San Jose, California. The audience for this third-annual, cross-discipline...

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Russian Meteor Impact Shows Need for Asteroid Sentries

Originally Published by Earth Today – The impact in Russia and the near miss by asteroid 2012 DA14 should shock the world into creating a sentry line of spacecraft circling the Earth to intercept and...

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‘Space LHC’ to release first results

Originally Published by BBC News – The scientist leading the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer, one of the most expensive experiments ever put into space, says the project is ready to come forward with its...

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Securing operational EU funding for GMES Copernicus

Originally Published by ESA - Good news for Europe’s Global Monitoring for Environment and Security programme: the European Council has secured the programme’s EU funding through 2020.

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NASA World Wind Europa Challenge: Inspiring Solutions for a More Sustainable...

This year, the NASA World Wind Europa Challenge is taking place for the first time, and motivating students and professionals from small businesses to showcase their development skills. Spatial web...

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On the Successful launch of the Landsat Data Continuity Mission

The United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket with the LDCM spacecraft onboard lifts off the launch pad at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Image Credit: United Launch Alliance via NASA.Landsat...

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Tiny CREPT Instrument to Study the Radiation Belts

Originally Published by Space Daily - A smaller version of an instrument now flying on NASA's Van Allen Probes has won a coveted spot aboard an upcoming NASA-sponsored Cubesat mission - the perfect...

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NASA World Wind Europe Challenge: Inspiring Solutions for a More Sustainable...

This is ‘year one’ for the annual NASA World Wind Europe Challenge. The challenge is for small teams of university students – and small businesses – to showcase their talents for developing solutions...

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The Best—And Craziest—Ideas at the ARPA-E Future Energy Pitching Session

Originally Published by IEEE Spectrum - The Altenera BreezeBee is a wind turbine that doesn't turn. Okay, so it's not really a turbine. It is instead a grouping of vibratory "reeds."

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NASA Probe Locates Earth’s Third Radiation Belt

Originally Published by ENS – NASA’s twin Van Allen Probes, robotic satellites launched last August, have now revealed a previously unknown third radiation belt around the Earth.

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First mind-reading implant gives rats telepathic power

Originally Published by New Scientist - The world's first brain-to-brain connection has given rats the power to communicate by thought alone.

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Multi-layer Superconductivity

Originally Published by ENN – Superconductivity is a phenomenon of zero electrical resistance, and expulsion of magnetic fields occurring in certain materials when cooled below a characteristic...

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