- Mon Feb 8 9:43 AM PST 2010 Areva buys solar-thermal start-up Ausra
Strong in nuclear power, Areva purchases concentrating solar-power company Ausra to expand its renewable energy portfolio.
- Sat Feb 6 6:00 AM PST 2010 In clean energy, U.S. needs more steel in ground
Researching technology breakthroughs is worthwhile, but people in renewable energy say the U.S. needs to speed up installation of products to lower costs and stay competitive globally.
- Mon Feb 1 3:31 PM PST 2010 Obama ends moon program, endorses private spaceflight
In a dramatic break with the past, the Obama administration's 2011 NASA budget ends the agency's moon program and calls for shifting manned launches to private industry.
- Thu Jan 28 9:38 AM PST 2010 Is clean tech China's moon shot?
The global race to develop clean tech is shaping up to be a contest between Chinese-style capitalism and the U.S. and Europe's more market-oriented approach.
- Wed Jan 27 12:16 PM PST 2010 Honda's fuel cell vehicle gets free energy
Los Angeles-based solar powered hydrogen station to re-fuel Honda fuel cell electric vehicle.
- Tue Jan 26 6:12 PM PST 2010 Mars rover no more, but Spirit lives on
The Mars rover Spirit is still operational, but NASA scientists will stop trying to free it from a sandtrap and focus on the rover's survival and ability to conduct experiments where it's stuck.
- Thu Jan 21 10:34 AM PST 2010 Long battery life, 3G, under $700 top Apple tablet wish list
Two surveys highlight high customer expectations for a device the public hasn't even seen yet.
- Thu Jan 21 8:33 AM PST 2010 Bill Gates thinks big on energy and climate
His new Gates Notes site reveals how deeply he is researching the topics of energy and environment, areas he says are ripe for technology innovation.
- Tue Jan 19 10:15 AM PST 2010 Intel, too, eyes home energy management
The tech industry's biggest companies are angling for a piece of the nascent home energy management business, but they are taking very different routes to get there.
- Fri Jan 15 11:10 AM PST 2010 Mars rover Spirit's days may be numbered
After more than six years touring the Red Planet, the spunky little research rover may finally have met its nemesis: a sand trap.




