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The growing capabilities of prison-based manufacturers make their products increasingly attractive to government contract buyers.

Scientists were able to manipulate cyanobacteria to make a chemical that can be converted into fuels and plastics.

Ghana will be home to Africa's largest solar power plant by 2015, setting a precedent for a continent where renewable energy is key to development.

NASA has captured an amazing view of a solar prominence, a breathtaking event centered on the sun ejecting huge amounts of superheated plasma.

Scientists will be watching the eclipse with instruments to get a better understanding of why the sun's corona, or outer atmosphere, is so much hotter than its surface.

Parts of the Southern Hemisphere will receive a treat this week, when the moon blots out the sun in the only solar eclipse of the year. Here's where you can live stream the solar event online.

A planet with four suns has been found with the help of amateur astronomers.

The Gates Foundation is aiming to address a prevalent problem for the urban poor and the developing world: the lack of a hygienic place to poop.

Some of the China's largest solar manufacturers are facing huge debt liabilities, and one of them, Suntech Power Holdings [STP.N], is potentially on the hook for hundreds of millions of dollars after it disclosed potential fraud by a partner.

NASA's Curiosity rover will be digging around on Mars over the next two years looking for signs of ancient life. But the Red Planet isn't the only place in our solar system that scientists think could harbor life.

First Solar, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Gilead Sciences, Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Transocean, LivePerson, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA are among the companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trading Thursday.

The top after-market Nasdaq gainers Wednesday were First Solar Inc, Cavium Inc, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc, SunPower Corporation and United Online Inc. The top after-market Nasdaq losers were Halozyme Therapeutics Inc, Zumiez Inc, Solta Medical Inc, LivePerson Inc and Synchronoss Technologies Inc.

Abound Solar of Loveland, Colo., has become the third federally sponsored solar panel company to collapse in the past year, another blow to Obama's green energy and jobs efforts.

An eye-catching illustration included in a report by BNP Paribas Exane explains why the Continent's leader seem unable to solve the ever-worsening eurozone crisis: in spite of being ostensibly committed to the same goals, top policy-makers disagree on the more aggressive policies most experts believe are needed. It's almost like they're on different planets.

Northwestern University scientists think they've solved a problem with cheap solar cells by swapping a corrosive liquid for a thin metal film.

The companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trading on Tuesday are: STMicroelectronics, Ceragon Networks, Trina Solar, Vodafone Group, Mellanox Technologies, Nokia Corp, Cellcom Israel and AstraZeneca plc.

A rare annular solar eclipse rested over Asia and parts of the Western United States, as the new moon passed between the sun and the earth. It was the first eclipse of its kind visible in the U.S. in almost 18 years, according to NASA. View the slideshow to see photos of the 2012 solar eclipse and ring of fire.

Anticipation is rising in the Western United States as a solar eclipse is sweeping across the globe, having just come from Asia across the Pacific Ocean to North America.

The spectacular ring of fire solar eclipse is set to take Sunday night, visible to the naked eye in only a few locations. For those who cannot witness the event, you can enjoy it here.

A spectacular solar eclipse, dubbed the ring of fire, will be visible to people in certain parts of the world Sunday night and Monday morning -- depending on location -- but live broadcasts will make it available to anyone with an Internet connection.

The U.S. Commerce Department has imposed hefty tariffs on Chinese solar panel imports, a move the Obama administration is saying comes as a response to uncompetitive Chinese export practices.