Upton NY (SPX) May 13, 2014 - Plant scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have found that certain enzymes responsible for desaturating fatty acids, the building blocks of oils, can link up
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (AFP) May 13, 2014 - US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel arrived in the Saudi Arabia Tuesday, the first leg of a regional tour focusing on Iran's nuclear programme and Syria's civil war.
Washington DC (SPX) May 13, 2014 - Amidst the deepening war of words over Moscow's annexation of Crimea, U.S. President Barack Obama on April 28 added more Russian individuals and companies to a sanctions list that already included i
Washington DC (SPX) May 12, 2014 - NASA took to the skies today - along with international partners the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and National Research Council of Canada (NRC) - to begin a series of flight tests to gather criti
Boulder CO (SPX) May 12, 2014 - During two days of intensive airborne measurements, oil and gas operations in Colorado's Front Range leaked nearly three times as much methane, a greenhouse gas, as predicted based on inventory esti
Kinshasa (AFP) May 12, 2014 - The World Wildlife Fund on Monday condemned death threats against two of its staff fighting oil exploration in a Democratic Republic of Congo nature park just weeks after the park's director was shot.
Paris (AFP) May 11, 2014 - Scientists on Sunday said that methane which leaked from the 2010 oil-rig blowout in the Gulf of Mexico persisted in the sea for months beyond a presumed cleanup of the gas by marine microbes.
Hanoi (AFP) May 11, 2014 - Protesters staged one of Vietnam's largest ever anti-China demonstrations Sunday, decrying Beijing's deployment of a deep-water drilling rig in contested waters as territorial tensions soar.
Jakarta (AFP) May 11, 2014 - Southeast Asia's booming palm oil industry is facing a double blow from a recent drought and a possible El Nino weather phenomenon later this year, with analysts warning a production shortfall could spark a jump in consumer goods prices.
Beijing (AFP) May 10, 2014 - China sending an oil rig to waters disputed with Vietnam is a move to assert its legal claim and practical hold over contested territory whatever the short-term political and diplomatic costs, analysts say - but could play into Washington's hands.
Washington DC (SPX) May 09, 2014 - While flexible gadgets such as electronic skin and roll-up touch screens are moving ever closer to reality, their would-be power sources are either too wimpy or too stiff. But that's changing fast
Syracuse NY (SPX) May 09, 2014 - A key challenge in the biofuels landscape is to get more advanced biofuels-fuels other than corn ethanol and vegetable oil-based biodiesel-into the transportation pool. Utilization of advanced biofu
Quito (AFP) May 09, 2014 - Ecuador's election authority has rejected a petition for a referendum on oil exploration and development in Yasuni, a unique nature preserve in the Amazon rain forest.
Beijing (AFP) May 08, 2014 - Beijing on Thursday swatted blame back to Hanoi after it accused Chinese ships of ramming Vietnamese vessels in disputed waters, the latest escalation in territorial disputes involving the Asian giant.
Washington DC (SPX) May 08, 2014 - On Monday, May 5, the geothermal industry will recognize Geothermal Awareness Day in California (#GeothermalDay2014) with a slate of activities in Sacramento and beyond, including a call for entries
Dallas TX (SPX) May 08, 2014 - Raytheon Professional Services LLC, (RPS), a subsidiary of Raytheon, and Petrofac Training Services announced a first-of-its-kind offering under their jointly owned Hi-Con Training program. The new
