Boston MA (SPX) Jul 10, 2012 - It's a challenge that's long been one of the holy grails of quantum computing: how to create the key building blocks known as quantum bits, or qubits, that exist in a solid-state system at room temp
London (AFP) July 10, 2012 - World oil prices sank on Tuesday, with Brent sliding back under the $100 level after the Norwegian government acted to end an oil workers' strike, while sentiment was also hit by weak Chinese data.
Phnom Penh (AFP) July 9, 2012 - Southeast Asian foreign ministers Monday said they were ready to open talks with Beijing over easing friction in the South China Sea, after agreeing key points of a pact aimed at preventing maritime disputes.
Brussels (UPI) Jul 9, 2012 - Some $128 billion in new and upgraded power lines will be needed to meet the EU's renewables and energy market integration goals, European grid operators say.
Tehran (AFP) July 9, 2012 - Iran has come up with several methods to foil the European insurance embargo on ships loaded with its crude, a sanction which may harm its vital exports as much as the EU oil embargo itself.
Mage, Brazil (AFP) July 9, 2012 - Fisherman Alexandre Anderson vows that despite six attempts on his life he will keep fighting against the oil project he believes is threatening fishing in Rio's polluted Guanabara Bay.
Washington (AFP) July 9, 2012 - Naturally occurring underground pathways may increase the risk of well water pollution from fracking, a process used to release natural gas from the ground, US scientists said on Monday.
Beijing (AFP) July 8, 2012 - A gas blast at a coal mine in China's central province of Hunan killed seven people on Sunday, state media said, the latest in a string of accidents in the country's dangerous mining industry.
Beijing (AFP) July 8, 2012 - Eleven of the 16 miners trapped in a flooded colliery pit in central China are alive and in the process of being rescued, state media reported early Sunday.
Juba (AFP) July 8, 2012 - Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu on Sunday appealed for peace in troubled South Sudan, on the eve of the country's first anniversary.
Tehran (AFP) July 7, 2012 - Iran will close the strategic Strait of Hormuz at the entrance to the oil-rich Gulf only if its crude revenues are seriously threatened, its top military commander said in remarks reported on Saturday.
Tokyo (AFP) July 7, 2012 - Japan is considering buying a chain of islands at the centre of a bitter territorial dispute with China and Taiwan, Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said Saturday.
New Haven, CT (SPX) Jul 06, 2012 - Women in rural Bangladesh prefer inexpensive, traditional stoves for cooking over modern ones despite significant health risks, according to a Yale study in the Proceedings of the National Academy o
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 06, 2012 - A robot that drives into an industrial disaster area and shuts off a valve leaking toxic steam might save lives. A robot that applies supervised autonomy to dexterously disarm a roadside bomb would
Washington DC (UPI) Jul 06, 2012 - Competition in the European natural gas sector may be the best way forward for a region looking for a diverse market base, a spokesman for the Nabucco natural gas pipeline consortium said.
Abuja, Nigeria (UPI) Jul 6, 2012 - Nigeria reportedly loses $1 billion a month to massive oil theft by criminal gangs, militants and corrupt officials, crippling Africa's top oil and gas producer amid political turmoil that many fear heralds trouble between the Christian south and the Muslim north.
