Ames IA (SPX) May 14, 2014 - The U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory has created a faster, cleaner biofuel refining technology that not only combines processes, it uses widely available materials to reduce costs. Ames L
Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) May 14, 2014 - Natural gas (methane) can be converted into hydrogen (H2), which is used in clean energy, synthetic fertilizers, and many other chemicals. The reaction requires water and a nickel catalyst. Methane
Houston TX (SPX) May 14, 2014 - University of Houston physicists have discovered a new thermoelectric material offering high performance at temperatures ranging from room temperature up to 300 degrees Celsius, or about 573 degrees
Cleveland OH (SPX) May 14, 2014 - Scientists have taken a large step toward making a fiber-like energy storage device that can be woven into clothing and power wearable medical monitors, communications equipment or other small elect
Buenos Aires (AFP) May 14, 2014 - An appeals court judge Tuesday gave a green light for President Cristina Kirchner to be investigated for abuse of authority in a major Chevron fracking deal.
Upton NY (SPX) May 14, 2014 - Scientists seeking to understand the intricacies of high-temperature superconductivity-the ability of certain materials to carry electrical current with no energy loss-have been particularly puzzled
Pasadena CA (SPX) May 13, 2014 - A new $15 million gift by Lynda and Stewart Resnick in support of the Resnick Sustainability Institute at Caltech will help scientists and engineers advance research aimed at helping humanity sustai
Canberra, Australia (SPX) May 13, 2014 - Reducing the Renewable Energy Target (RET) as a result of the current review would increase power bills and lead to thousands of lost jobs, the Clean Energy Council argued in its submission this wee
Shanghai (AFP) May 13, 2014 - Shares in PetroChina, a listed unit of China's largest oil producer, jumped Tuesday after it unveiled plans to spin off a multi-billion-dollar pipeline business as the government seeks to diversify state ownership.
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.
