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Using a camera as a scanner needs an HP-style stitch-up

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Most Brits Fear Identity Theft

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European car firms call for €40bn green bailout

Industry urges EU to make low interest loans available to help fund development of low carbon fleets

Selective breeding promises to double jatropha yields

UK firm claims cross-fertilisation programmes are on track to deliver significant increases in bio-oil yields   More...

Virgin Galactic tackles climate change

Richard Branson hits back at critics with plans to help gather data from space   More...

Leading airlines team up for biofuel research

Initial projects will look at viability of jatropha and algae as basis for jet biofuels   More...

Tories signal support for UK high-speed rail

Conservatives pledge to scrap plans for a Heathrow third runway in favour of a £20bn high-speed rail link between London, Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester   More...

India sees interest in jatropha grow and grow

Indian firm announces plans to invest $480m in giant jatropha biofuel plantation   More...

MEP's defy car lobby to stand by tough emission caps

Lobbyists proposals for emission caps to be phased in rejected by environment committee   More...

Fuel price crisis forces car giant electric

Chrysler has been scaling down manufacture of its gas guzzling vehicles   More...

Will "Boris Island" airport provide a greener alternative to Heathrow?

Proposed airport in Thames estuary would cut noise and air pollution, and perhaps even promote rail travel   More...

Green and gooey fuel attracts Bill Gates' backing

Billionaire joins $100m investment round in algae-based biofuel developer Sapphire Energy   More...

Electric car's march into the mainstream gathers pace

GM debuts plug in hybrid Volt, as Tesla outlines plans for new factory   More...

California mulls world's greenest train

Proposed high-speed rail network could go zero carbon   More...

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