Air traffic European airports: the challenges of growth

Despite the current financial crisis, forecasts predict steady growth in the aviation sector in the next decades. We take a look at how different airports across Europe are coping with a growing…

Space Worlds Apart – The Search for Exo-Planets

European astronomers are scouring the Universe, convinced it is littered with planets similar to those in our Solar System. They are searching for celestial bodies just like our own Earth, and using…

Space Space takes a walk on the dark side

Space investigates the dark side of the universe. Black holes, dark matter and dark energy are becoming slightly less of a mystery thanks to some powerful new research tools which are beginning to…

technology UK water company claims world first in leak repair

Every driver knows the frustration of delays taking place when a major road is excavated so water engineers can have access to pipes, but that may soon be a thing of the past. UK water company…

Environment Here be Dragons: but how much longer for the Komodo?

The habitat of Komodo Dragons, the largest living species of lizards and one of the closest relatives to the dinosaurs, is confined to four small islands off the coast of the larger island of Flores…