Health and Safety

Scientists have been looking into the practicalities of making a green grid possible, an article in the American Chemical Society's (ACS) Chemical Review shows.The green grid would involve harness...

Scientists have succeeded in counting the number of atoms in a crystal of silicon with unprecedented accuracy, marking a major step forwards in efforts to define the kilogram (kg) on the basis of physical constants.

The Fieldbus Foundation (USA) announces it welcomes the latest enhancements to Electronic Device Description Language (EDDL), which are incorporated in the second edition of the International Electrot...

Increased uptake of renewable methods of heating British homes will reduce emissions while also cutting the UK's reliance on imported fossil fuels as gas and oil stocks beneath the North Sea begin...

The decision to reduce emissions for many businesses could be prompted by tax breaks for doing so, it is suggested.Josh Boulton, publisher of Green IT Magazine, says tax breaks now could help the UK g...

The oil industry could find it hard to reduce emissions based on data from city authorities, due to the different accounting methods used.According to Maike Sippel of the University of Stuttgart, ther...

The world must turn to natural gas if it is to successfully reduce emissions and end its dependency on the oil industry.That is according to Malcolm Brinded, upstream director for Shell International,...

Emerson Process Management has expanded its Smart Wireless family with the Fisher® 4320 wireless position monitor that extends safety and performance gains from Smart Wireless solutions. Beyond it...

On 1 January 2011, the euro will become legal tender in Estonia, replacing the Estonian kroon at the irrevocably fixed exchange rate of €1 = EEK 15.6466.

The European Commission published an update of the list of European harmonized standards that manufacturers of radio and telecommunication terminal equipment may use to prove CE compliance with the RTTE Directive 99/05/EC (RTTE).