Category: Environment

Microsoft Pledges to Erase Its Carbon Footprint, Past and Future, in Climate Push: Microsoft on Thursday set a new ambition among Fortune 500 companies in addressing climate change, pledging to remove as much carbon as it has emitted in its 45-year history. The focus on clearing carbon from the atmosphere sets Microsoft’s climate goals apart…

World’s First ‘Living Robots’ Created by Scientists, Using Stem Cells: A group of scientists have succeeded in using living cells from frog embryos into other new life-forms, which they are referring to as a ‘living, programmable organisms’. The newly constructed self-healing creature are called ‘xenobots’ and can approach towards targets. They may also help in…

Galactic Gamma-Ray Source Map Reveals Birthplaces of High-Energy Particles: Study: In a new catalogue compiled by researchers, nine sources of extremely high-energy gamma rays have been identified. All nine sources produce gamma rays with energies over 56 trillion electron volts (TeV) — more than eight times the energy of the most powerful proton beams produced…