Khartoum (AFP) April 21, 2014 - China on Monday expressed worry over the fate of two of its nationals abducted along with others from an oilfield in the war-torn Kordofan region.
Tokyo (AFP) April 21, 2014 - Japan's Hitachi said Monday it will provide the world's fastest elevators, which can clock speeds of up to 72 kilometres (45 miles) per hour, to a high-rise building in China.
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 19, 2014 - Microbes can be highly efficient, versatile and sophisticated manufacturing tools, and have the potential to form the basis of a vibrant economic sector. In order to take full advantage of the oppor
Ankara (AFP) April 18, 2014 - Pistachios are already a key ingredient in Turkish baklava, but the country may now have found a new way to exploit the nuts known as green gold - by using their shells to heat a new eco-city.
Washington (AFP) April 18, 2014 - The United States indefinitely extended the review process for a controversial Canada-to-US oil pipeline Friday, potentially delaying a final decision on the project until beyond mid-term elections in November.
Newport News VA (SPX) Apr 17, 2014 - Late on April 1, the crown jewel of the Department of Energy's Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) sparkled its way into a new era. Following an upgrade of the Continuou
San Diego CA (SPX) Apr 17, 2014 - Engineers at the University of California, San Diego, have created new ceramic materials that could be used to store hydrogen safely and efficiently. The researchers have created for the first
Tempe AZ (SPX) Apr 17, 2014 - Giving the poor access to reliable modern energy offers a better route to address global challenges, climate and energy, scholars say in a new report, Our High-Energy Planet. The report is the
New Orleans LA (SPX) Apr 17, 2014 - Lockheed Martin's first Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) tank has transitioned from the assembly line to the shipyard for integration with the Wartsila LNG propulsion system. Weighing in at 250,000
Navarre, Spain (SPX) Apr 17, 2014 - Researchers at the NUP/UPNA-Public University of Navarre and the IdAB-Institute of Agrobiotechnology have conducted a study into genetically modified tobacco plants from which it is possible to prod
West Lafayette, IN (SPX) Apr 17, 2014 - High levels of the greenhouse gas methane were found above shale gas wells at a production point not thought to be an important emissions source, according to a study jointly led by Purdue and Corne
Upton NY (SPX) Apr 17, 2014 - A new study pins down a major factor behind the appearance of superconductivity-the ability to conduct electricity with 100 percent efficiency-in a promising copper-oxide material. Scientists
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 17, 2014 - In a new 32-page study the SUN DAY Campaign challenges assertions by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) that renewable energy sources will provide only 16% of the nation's net electric
Shanghai, China (SPX) Apr 15, 2014 - DNV GL has recently completed the Design Evaluation for a 2.5-MW wind turbine designed by Goldwind. At the 8th China International Wind Energy Exhibition, DNV GL handed over a Conformity Statement t
Urbana IL (SPX) Apr 15, 2014 - An international team of scientists has reported the first experimental observation of the quantum critical point (QCP) in the extensively studied unconventional superconductor TiSe2, finding that
Rome (AFP) April 15, 2014 - Italy's Emilia-Romagna region on Tuesday suspended new drilling as it published a report that warned that hydrocarbon exploitation may have acted as a trigger in twin earthquakes that killed 26 people in 2012.
