Beyond the usual suspects - monocrystalline, thin film, and solar thermal - have emerged a tantalizing array of even more advanced solar energy technologies.

Reuters - U.S. safety regulators and Toyota dispatched teams on Tuesday to inspect a Prius that sped out of control on a California freeway a day earlier, as the automaker struggled to reassure consumers shaken by its recall crisis.

Reuters - Space Exploration Technologies aborted a test firing of its Falcon 9 rocket on Tuesday, in what was to be a key milestone in its quest to fly cargo -- and eventually astronauts -- to the International Space Station.

A Microsoft researcher has won the $250,000 Turing Award, 1 of technology's most coveted prizes, for his work helping design and build what is widely considered the first modern personal computer.

Environmentalists told a New Jersey Assembly committee that midyear budget cuts to clean energy efforts and the Highlands would be felt across the state.

AFP - In a world first, scientists in Australia announced on Wednesday they had extracted DNA from the fossilised eggshells of extinct birds, including iconic giants such as the moa and elephant bird.

AP - The driver of a Toyota Prius that sped out of control on a San Diego County freeway sounded panicked at times as he told a dispatcher about a stuck accelerator.