Microsoft unwraps new devices at CES 2010 
Video Microsoft highlights some of the key devices and technologies the company will be launching in the coming year [08 Jan 2010]
Navteq laser tech captures 3D view of the world 
Photos The Nokia subsidiary has begun collecting 3D data with the vehicles used to gather digital map information [08 Jan 2010]
LHC to run for longest continuous period
News The world's most powerful particle accelerator will soon be turned on for almost two years, running at half-power in the run-up to a full-power phase [04 Feb 2010]
Nanotech firms call on gov't to co-ordinate research
News By co-ordinating nanotechnology research, BIS could help build a coherent picture of the technology's health effects, according to an industry group [15 Jan 2010]
Artificial-biology computing project starts in February
News A project to develop chemical computers, which could be used to control intelligent drugs or sub-cubic-millimetre robots, will begin next month [12 Jan 2010]
Lords criticise nanotech secrecy in food industry
News The food industry risks a public backlash due to secrecy around nanotech research, according to a House of Lords committee [08 Jan 2010]
EC awards €1bn Galileo sat-nav contracts
News Contracts have been awarded to supply the long-running Galileo project, the European answer to GPS [07 Jan 2010]
CES 2010 roundup: Latest products unleashed
Roundup Device makers demo their new products in Las Vegas, including tablet PCs from Microsoft and Freescale, plus many more launches and feature announcements [07 Jan 2010]
Nasa discovers five new planets
News The five planets, which Nasa describes as 'very hot' and 'inhospitable', were discovered via the Kepler space telescope [06 Jan 2010]
Nasa chooses next space-exploration target
News Venus, the moon and an asteroid have been selected as three finalists in a competition to help determine Nasa's next move in researching the solar system [04 Jan 2010]
Steorn shows revolving Orbo to the public
Photos Steorn has unveiled its over-unity Orbo device, which promises perpetual motion, to the public in a gallery in Dublin [15 Dec 2009]
- Nay sayers always shout the loudest. - SeanTheMac
Single European patent moves closer to fruition
News Intellectual property experts have praised the agreement on a single EU-wide patent scheme, but have warned that the issue of translation remains unresolved [07 Dec 2009]
- Omission of certain fundamentals - Shibley R
California utility to buy space-based solar energy
News The state's power provider will purchase electricity from Solaren, which plans to beam solar energy from space starting in 2016 [04 Dec 2009]
Intel goes Google with cloud chip
Comment The key innovation in Intel's experimental 48-core chip isn't in the silicon at all. It's what the company's doing with it [02 Dec 2009]
- What Intel is doing is like Google's Methodology - Xwindowsjunkie
Europe signs sci-tech agreements with Japan, Jordan
News Europe will work with Japan and Jordan on research in areas such as energy, the environment and sustainable development [01 Dec 2009]
LHC sets world record for particle acceleration
News Only 10 days after being restarted, the Large Hadron Collider has taken the world record for beam intensity from the Tevatron at Fermi Lab [30 Nov 2009]
Beams all round as LHC progress accelerates
News Flagship experiment is making rapid progress towards its first new science, says Cern [24 Nov 2009]
Baguette 'dropped by bird' causes LHC disruption
News The Large Hadron Collider was hit by crouton torpedo when a rogue piece of bread caused an electrical system failure [06 Nov 2009]
'Gordon' supercomputer uses flash to go faster
News The system, which will use flash memory, will model climate simulations and the effects of earthquakes [06 Nov 2009]
HP 'sensing technology' to connect objects, people
News The company has announced a new Mems accelerometer that is 1,000 times more sensitive than existing products on the market [06 Nov 2009]
Interactive wallpaper turns on the lights
Photos A team at MIT has created electronically enhanced wallpaper that can be used to activate lamps, music systems and other devices with the touch of a hand [04 Nov 2009]
Paving slabs harness energy of pedestrians
Photos The Pavegen system uses flexible paving slabs that convert the energy made by footsteps into electricity [03 Nov 2009]
Researchers claim lithium-ion battery breakthrough
News A silicon gel could improve lithium-ion battery performance by up to 10 times, say the researchers [02 Nov 2009]
Wind turbines suspended after flaw discovered
News Manufacturer Quiet Revolution remotely shut down its entire network of QR5 turbines after its safety system discovered a fault [19 Oct 2009]
LHC cooled to operational temperatures
News The Large Hadron Collider has now been completely recooled to its operating temperature, just two degrees above absolute zero [19 Oct 2009]
