Liverpool, UK (SPX) Jul 11, 2014 - The vegetable oil found in your popcorn or soap might not be ape friendly, and the situation appears likely to get even worse, according to an analysis in the Cell Press journal Current Biology.
Kirkuk, Iraq (AFP) July 11, 2014 - Iraq's Kurdish region claimed disputed northern oilfields on Friday in another blow to efforts to forge a united front against a jihadist-led onslaught, as twin bombings killed 28 people.
Raleigh NC (SPX) Jul 11, 2014 - Maverick Synfuels and Petrostar Petroleum have announced the formation of Maverick Northstar, a joint venture to facilitate the deployment and operation of gas-to-liquids (GTL) technology in the Can
Ithaca NY (SPX) Jul 11, 2014 - The dramatic increase in earthquakes in central Oklahoma since 2009 is likely attributable to subsurface wastewater injection at just a handful of disposal wells, finds a new study to be published i
Bochum, Germany (SPX) Jul 11, 2014 - Chemists at the Ruhr-Universitat Bochum have made a decisive step towards more cost-efficient regenerative fuel cells and rechargeable metal-air batteries. They developed a new type of catalyst on t
Chichester, UK (SPX) Jul 11, 2014 - SeaRoc Group has successfully completed the first major maintenance visit to Forewind's Dogger Bank meteorological (met) masts in the North Sea at the beginning of June. The East (DB-MME) and
Richland WA (SPX) Jul 11, 2014 - The lithium-ion batteries that power our laptops and electric vehicles could store more energy and run longer on a single charge with the help of a sponge-like silicon material. Researchers de
Nigeria: As much as 400,000 barrels of oil a day are stolen in Nigeria. This equates to losses of $1.7 billion a month for Africa's new largest economy.
Riverside CA (SPX) Jul 11, 2014 - Researchers at the University of California, Riverside's Bourns College of Engineering have created a lithium ion battery that outperforms the current industry standard by three times. The key mater
Sydney (AFP) July 10, 2014 - Australia's conservative government on Thursday suffered a setback when the upper house Senate voted against abolishing a carbon tax, the central platform of its election win last year.
Port Moresby (AFP) July 10, 2014 - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in Papua New Guinea Thursday and pledged to continue financial support for the Pacific nation, which is emerging as an important energy source for his country.
Amarillo TX (SPX) Jul 09, 2014 - Subsidiaries of E.ON and GE are forming an investment partnership to own and operate Grandview Phase I, a 211-megawattt GE-powered wind farm under construction in the Texas Panhandle. GE Energ
Vancouver, Canada (SPX) Jul 09, 2014 - A new biosensor invented at UBC could help optimize bio-refining processes that produce fuels, fine chemicals and advanced materials. It works by sniffing out naturally occurring bacterial networks
Brussels (AFP) July 08, 2014 - A coal-burning power plant in Yorkshire is to receive 300 million euros in EU funds to develop a new way of keeping polluting carbon emissions out of the atmosphere, the EU said Tuesday.
Yokohama, Japan (SPX) Jul 08, 2014 - Water splitting is one of the critical reactions that sustain life on earth, and could be a key to the creation of future fuels. It is a key in the process of photosynthesis, through which plants pr
Pungesti, Romania (AFP) July 07, 2014 - Around 20 Greenpeace activists blocked access to a shale gas exploration site in Romania on Monday, in a third attempt to scupper the drilling operations of US energy group Chevron.
