Gothenburg, Sweden (SPX) Oct 08, 2014 - With a simple mutation, yeast can grow in higher than normal temperatures. Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology demonstrate this in an article to be published in the scientific journal S
London (AFP) Oct 08, 2014 - Dozens of workers were evacuated from an oil rig in Britain's North Sea after a vessel carrying radioactive waste caught fire and started drifting towards it, officials said Wednesday.
Geneva, Switzerland (UPI) Oct 8, 2014 - Energy issues in eastern Ukraine are taking a humanitarian toll as residents grow concerned about supplies for the coming winter, a U.N. report said Wednesday.
Washington (UPI) Oct 8, 2014 - U.S. airstrikes on Islamic State targets in parts of northeastern Syria include strategic control structures and oil refineries, the State Department said.
Houston (UPI) Oct 7, 2014 - The number of rigs exploring and developing land resources in the United States is up more than 10 percent year-on-year, Baker Hughes said Tuesday.
Edinburgh, Scotland (UPI) Oct 7, 2014 - Energy companies working off the coast of Senegal announced Tuesday a significant discovery of oil, with at least 250 million barrels in place.
Ottawa (AFP) Oct 07, 2014 - Canada will fail to reach its target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, the environment commissioner said Tuesday.
Nicosia (AFP) Oct 07, 2014 - Cyprus said Tuesday that it will not attend UN-led peace negotiations scheduled for this week in protest over Turkish moves to undermine the divided island's search for energy.
Lansing, Mich. (UPI) Oct 7, 2014 - Michigan authorities said Canadian pipeline company Enbridge offered assurances two oil pipelines running under the Mackinac Straits are secured.
Brussels (UPI) Oct 7, 2014 - European Union members are called on to choose low-carbon fuels over more polluting ones like oil sands under new fuel rules, a commissioner said Tuesday.
Kiev, Ukraine (UPI) Oct 7, 2014 - Ukraine is ready to find a mutually acceptable solution to ensure the reliable transit of Russian natural gas, the country's prime minister said.
Stockholm (AFP) Oct 07, 2014 - Three scientists from Japan won the Nobel Prize for Physics on Tuesday for pioneering energy-efficient LED lighting, a weapon against global warming and poverty.
Paris (AFP) Oct 07, 2014 - Just over 20 years ago, three physicists working in two laboratories in Japan cracked a problem that had stumped rivals for decades - how to prise blue light from a semi-conductor.
New York (UPI) Oct 7, 2014 - Those taking part in a survey commissioned by the Natural Resources Defense Council said they support a fracking ban in New York, the group said Tuesday.
Evanston IL (SPX) Oct 07, 2014 - Biological sensors, or biosensors, are like technological canaries in the coalmine. By converting a biological response into an optical or electrical signal, they can alert us to dangers in our exte
Vancouver, British Columbia (UPI) Oct 7, 2014 - Malaysian energy company Petronas said Tuesday it may have to suspend plans to develop a Canadian liquefied natural gas project because of fiscal uncertainty.
