Europe's wind power installations remained steady in 2011, and were nearly equivalent to the amount of new energy capacity from natural gas.

February 8, 2012 3:35pm | By David Worthington

Apps are much more than lightweight applications running on smartphones -- they now form the basis of multi-billion-dollar job-creating economy.

February 8, 2012 2:42pm | By Joe McKendrick

Who knew the migration patterns of 300,000 Norwegians could look so amazing? Skeptical? Watch this video.

February 8, 2012 2:21pm | By Tyler Falk

A team of researchers have created flexible batteries that can be woven into smart textiles.

February 8, 2012 1:47pm | By Charlie Osborne

What's it like outside? The Cryoscope Haptic Weathervane answers that question very directly, through touch.

2 | February 8, 2012 11:26am | By Mary Catherine O'Connor

Bostech CEO Brad Bostic wants to bring cloud computing and CRM software to the healthcare business. It could be a matter of life or death.

February 8, 2012 10:52am | By Andrew Nusca

Just because a county is populated by less than 20,000 people doesn't mean an urban community is out of the question. That's the thinking behind a proposed urban oasis in rural Maine.

3 | February 8, 2012 10:26am | By Tyler Falk

Tonnes of gadgets are discarded every year - but are we missing out on some extra cash by being too lazy to recycle?

1 | February 8, 2012 8:54am | By Charlie Osborne

Picking the perfect bunch of roses is no easy task. Pink or red? Organic or conventional? Sumi Das explains why many of the bouquets sent this February 14th may be coated with chemicals.

February 8, 2012 8:50am

Soraa, the Khosla Ventures-backed LED startup, has come out of stealth mode to unveil its flagship product aimed to rival and replace the traditional 50-watt halogen bulb.

1 | February 8, 2012 8:44am | By Kirsten Korosec

See how entrepreneurs in a downtown Oakland neighborhood are taking the idea of a pop-up store to a new level.

February 8, 2012 8:09am | By Tyler Falk

Four city planners, four different plans for the future. In a bonus series to our special package on the built environment, we ring major U.S. cities to find out what's next. Today's subject: St....

February 8, 2012 7:48am | By Stacy Lipson

JAIPUR/DELHI -- An Indian entreprenur's journey to make eco friendly paper from elephant poo.

1 | February 8, 2012 6:48am | By Betwa Sharma

European farmland may soon be under the surveillance of drones - is the U.S. next?

4 | February 8, 2012 6:35am | By Charlie Osborne

A planet that's both very similar and very different to ours proves that there are quite a variety of ways that life can be nurtured.

1 | February 8, 2012 6:10am | By Tuan C. Nguyen

Footage from NASA's GRAIL lunar spacecraft shows the far side of the moon had a violent past.

3 | February 8, 2012 6:00am | By Tuan C. Nguyen

Angela Zhang has come up with a novel treatment for cancer that could someday lead to a cure -- and she hasn't even graduated from high school yet.

5 | February 8, 2012 5:18am | By Laura Shin

Is the shale gas gold rush over? Energy futurist Chris Nelder reviews new data showing that U.S. gas production is actually declining in major areas, and that the outlook for shale gas is...

6 | February 8, 2012 5:00am | By Chris Nelder

MELBOURNE -- Bicycles for Humanity (B4H) is a worldwide organization focused on changing communities through the re-distribution of disused bikes.

February 8, 2012 4:43am | By Lieu Thi Pham

Indigo Books & Musics is enabling close to 250 different store locations to share best practices, find operational savings and document customer testimonials.

February 8, 2012 3:59am | By Heather Clancy