A new study, conducted by researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States, found that online news services are the predominant sources of information on science and technology issues.

Health Canada, the government of Canada’s department responsible for helping Canadians maintain and improve their health, has developed an interim policy statement that establishes a working definition for nanomaterials.

Researchers at the University of Miami, United States, have developed a fast, economical and easy method for detecting melamine in milk.

Biologists at Freie Universität Berlin together with bioinformaticians and genome experts at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics teamed up as the only German team with another 20 international research groups to decode the first genome of a songbird, the Australian zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata).

Ascent Solar Technologies, a developer of flexible thin-film solar modules has signed a Strategic Alliance Agreement with Kirloskar Integrated Technologies Limited, India (Kirloskar). Under the terms of the multi-phase agreement the two companies will commence integration, marketing and distribution of Ascent Solar's flexible CIGS photovoltaic modules into products designed to address multiple market opportunities in India.

Taiwanese solar cell manufacturer, Neo Solar Power (NSP) announced a capacity expansion plan of 200 megawatts (MW), increasing the company's annual production capacity to 800 MW. The 200 MW expansion should be completed by the end of Q3 or early Q4, according to the company.

Germany's first offshore wind farm has been built and is now generating electricity. Dozens more wind farms are slated for construction over the next few years – as part of the German government's push to install 10,000 megawatts (MW) offshore wind capacity by 2020. But all of them will need to plug into powerful grids, both offshore and onshore, to transport the thousands of MW of additional renewable energy across the country and possibly beyond, and these may be slow in coming.

CSP Today catches up with Mike Taylor, director of research and education at the US Solar Electric Power Association, to find out how carbon legislation will effect CSP developers and to learn more about the biggest regulatory hurdles faced by US CSP developers today.