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27-Apr-08

Face scans for air passengers to begin in UK this summer

"Airline passengers are to be screened with facial recognition technology rather than checks by passport officers, in an attempt to improve security and ease congestion"

Category: Communications

27-Apr-08

Europe launches sat-nav tester

"A demonstrator spacecraft for Europe's proposed Galileo satellite navigation system has launched from Kazakhstan." "The demonstrator will test the key technologies which will eventually be built into the 30 operational...

Category: Space

27-Apr-08

Climate 'fix' could deplete ozone

"Research has cast new doubt on the wisdom of using Sun-blocking sulphate particles to cool the planet."

Category: Climate Change

24-Apr-08

German utility prepares to build two nuclear power stations in UK

"E.ON, the German-owned utility which supplies gas and electricity to millions of customers in Britain, said yesterday that it planned to build two nuclear power stations in the UK."

Category: Energy sources

24-Apr-08

Lewis: Blown off course

Explores the consequences of the government's decision to reject plans for a huge wind farm on the island of Lewis in Scotland.


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