Items tagged with Europe

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American Indian Sailed to Europe? Monday, November 29th, 2010 - 18:06:32 - Anuradha Menon Five hundred years before Columbus sailed the ocean blue, a Native American woman may have voyaged to Europe with Vikings, according to a provocative... read more

First Fishing Bat Discovered in Europe Sunday, November 28th, 2010 - 09:52:30 - Anuradha Menon The long-fingered bat is the first bat species in Europe known to catch and eat fish, scientists say. Weighing around 0.3 ounce (9 grams) and... read more

Europe to Get Windows Phone 7 First Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010 - 18:05:47 - Ehud Rattner It turns out that Microsoft has announced the shipping dates of its Windows Phone 7 platform - and Europe will receive the phones first. Microsoft... read more

Europe's Renewables Unfazed By Recession Saturday, July 17th, 2010 - 12:42:58 - Anuradha Menon European renewable energy installations hit record levels last year and are likely to grow strongly over the next decade, despite European... read more

Ancient Italian Artefacts Get the Blues Tuesday, July 13th, 2010 - 15:44:38 - Ehud Rattner A mysterious blue sheen that is creeping over precious archaeological artefacts has sparked a political firestorm in Italy. Scientists are battling... read more

Volcanology: Out Of The Ashes Friday, June 4th, 2010 - 12:36:29 - Anuradha Menon On the evening of 14 April, Gelsomina Pappalardo sent a rushed message to her colleagues across Europe, asking them to switch on their lasers and... read more

Police 'Encouraged' to Hack More Tuesday, January 6th, 2009 - 12:05:23 - Ehud Rattner UK's Home Office has signed up to an EU strategy against cybercrime that "encourages" police across Europe to remotely access personal computers. The... read more

Europe Backs Mobile Roaming Cap Sunday, November 30th, 2008 - 09:59:39 - Ehud Rattner European telecoms chiefs have backed plans to make it cheaper to access data while on a mobile phone abroad. The measures will slash the cost of... read more

Compulsive Gamers 'Not Addicts' Tuesday, November 25th, 2008 - 12:06:40 - Ehud Rattner Ninety per cent of the young people who seek treatment for compulsive computer gaming are not addicted. So says Keith Bakker the founder and head of... read more

Ice Core Reveals Arctic's Pollution History Thursday, August 21st, 2008 - 10:25:09 - Anuradha Menon New research, reported this week in the online early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, finds that coal burning... read more

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