Researchers at the German Aerospace Center and NASA created the most comprehensive picture of the moon's surface to date from an altitude of 30 miles.

A German website is reshaping the lives of wheelchair users with online information about the accessibility of thousands of locations worldwide.

Phasing out nuclear power was supposed to give the German solar industry a boost. Instead, it is doing poorly, generating plenty of talk of bankruptcy and lay-offs. Deutsche Welle reports.

Germany is digitalizing its residence permits for non-EU citizens. Instead of a paper document, they'll be given a new biometric chip card - shaped like a credit card.

Thousands of hackers are flocking this week to a camp outside Berlin hosted by the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) for five days of discussion and IT exploits.

America and Europe have joined hands to send the ExoMars rover to Mars in 2016 and 2018, to study the environment conditions and find signs of life on the red planet.

The small port of Cuxhaven is betting is promoting itself as a base for new offshore wind farms as Germany embarks on a bid to scrap nuclear power.

Microsoft Corp is offering Germans the ability to opt out of its online map service “Streetside” after pressure from privacy advocates.

Scientists at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany have managed to set a new data-transfer record of 26 terabytes per second using a single laser.

A solar energy plane piloted by Andre Borschberg made the world's first international flight powered by the sun on Friday to show the potential for pollution-free air travel.

Researchers from the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) and NASA are collaborating on a project which paves the way to silence the din so synonymous with helicopters.

Four energy companies that run German nuclear plants have stopped payments to an environment fund after the government went back on its decision to keep the plants open for longer.

A European study has indicated that carbon dioxide emissions may be raising the pollen counts in cities.
Researchers from 13 EU nations analyzed pollen levels for more than 20 species of trees and plants.

Google will invest roughly $5 million in a solar photovoltaic power plant in a town near Berlin, Germany. It is the company's first commitment to clean energy in Europe.

Sweden's eye-tracking software supplier Tobii and laptop-manufacturer Lenovo used their turn at the tech fair CeBIT in Hanover to unveil a prototype laptop that can be controlled by eye-movements rather than a mouse or trackpad.

Impressed by Germany's leadership role in technology and many other areas, Google is planning to create a leading internet research facility in Berlin, Die Welt newspaper reports.

It's what most European drivers are dreaming of these days: a farewell to ice-scraping. But the new technology is not ready for the market yet.

Germany has unveiled plans to tighten Internet privacy. The new rules were drafted after an outcry over Google Street View.

Two German companies are part of a $6 billion California solar energy project, the world's largest, to generate electricity, US Department of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced Monday.

German browser game developer FIAA wants to bring the faithful into the beautiful world of gaming with The Bible Online.

Preparing for a possible oil spill, German authorities dump massive amounts of popcorn into the North Sea. The crunchy snack emulates oil by hovering on the surface, but it  doesn't damage the environment. 

By firing a fighting general, beloved of his troops, Obama just took upon himself full responsibility for the McChrystal Plan. The general is off the hook. As of now, the plan is not succeeding. And given the inability of Kabul to deliver the “government in a box” to Marja, after Marines supposedly de-Talibanized the town, the McChrystal Plan is failing.

Billed as an iPad competitor, the WePad is not vaporware, but is in fact, The Chosen One. At least, that’s the view of some, who are hailing the WePad as the savior of German print publishing.

The CeBIT 2010, the world's largest expo for ICT industry, was jointly inaugurated by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero.

Prince Albert of the house of Thurn und Taxis wants to build what would be the world's largest solar park on his lands. But the plans have angered residents who don't want to live next to a sea of solar panels.

A consortium including Germany's RWE, E.ON and Siemens was  issued permits by Britain Friday to develop offshore wind farms that will generate enough power to supply every home in the U.K.

The European Commission Thursday handed out over $1.4 billion in contracts to build and launch the first 14 satellites of Galileo, Europe's answer to GPS.

A German computer scientist has cracked the encryption algorithm that secures 80 per cent of the world's mobile phones, but it's far from a practical attack.

A young Austrian man has become the first European to drive a car with thought-powered prosthetic arms, German company Otto Bock announced on Tuesday. 

Students from Darmstadt won top honors by designing, building, and operating the most attractive and efficient solar-powered home, the U.S. Department announced on Friday.