Golden CO (SPX) Mar 07, 2013 - A screening tool from the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) eases and greatly quickens one of the thorniest tasks in the biofuels industry: determining cell wal
Sofia (AFP) March 07, 2013 - Bulgaria's outgoing parliament confirmed on Thursday a government decision to pull out of the long-stalled Burgas Alexandroupolis oil pipeline project.
Brussels (AFP) March 07, 2013 - Emissions from coal-fired power plants in the European Union contribute to over 18,000 premature deaths a year and cost an annual 42.8 billion euros, a report from the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) said Thursday.
Baghdad (AFP) March 7, 2013 - Iraq's parliament approved on Thursday a $119.1 billion (91.6 billion euro) budget for 2013 after weeks of delay, but Kurdish representatives and most members of the main Sunni-backed bloc did not attend, MPs said.
Madison WI (SPX) Mar 07, 2013 - A multi-university team of researchers has artificially engineered a unique multilayer material that could lead to breakthroughs in both superconductivity research and in real-world applications.
London, UK (SPX) Mar 07, 2013 - This where we stand, and it's a fairly bleak view: Peak oil is almost here, and nothing new (with the possible but unlikely exception of Iraq) is coming online anytime soon and while the clock is ti
Tehran (UPI) Mar 7, 2013 - After years of delays and setbacks, not least bitter U.S. opposition, Pakistan is set to start work on its section of a $7.5 billion pipeline that will pump badly needed natural gas from Iran's Persian Gulf field.
London, UK (SPX) Mar 07, 2013 - Physicists in Russia are the first to detect water dimers - bonded pairs of gaseous water molecules - in conditions similar to Earth's atmosphere. Such dimers have been predicted to have important e
Houston (UPI) Mar 6, 2013 - China National Offshore Oil Corp.'s chief executive officer defended his country's global energy acquisitions.
East Lansing MI (SPX) Mar 06, 2013 - PHYCO2 and Michigan State University (MSU) have announced a partnership designed to generate sustainable, clean energy sources through a new method to produce algae. The partnership will demon
Madison WI (SPX) Mar 06, 2013 - RMT has completed the design and construction of 555 megawatts of renewable energy in 2012. A subsidiary company of Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives, LLC (IEA), RMT specializes in wind and sol
Caracas (AFP) March 06, 2013 - Venezuela was plunged into uncertainty Wednesday after the death of President Hugo Chavez, who dominated the oil-rich country for 14 years and came to embody a resurgent Latin American left.
Havana (AFP) March 06, 2013 - Condolences poured in Wednesday from world leaders who had found common cause with Venezuela's Hugo Chavez in his 14-year campaign to galvanize the Latin American left and defy US imperialism.
Santiago (AFP) March 5, 2013 - A court in Chile has halted the construction of a huge power plant being built by a Spanish company, after fishermen charged it would harm the environment and ruin their livelihood.
Chicago IL (SPX) Mar 05, 2013 - Northwestern University's Yonggang Huang and the University of Illinois' John A. Rogers are the first to demonstrate a stretchable lithium-ion battery - a flexible device capable of powering their i
Hanover, Germany (AFP) March 05, 2013 - It looks like an ordinary black, comfy chair, perfect for a relaxing hour or two in front of the television.
