London (AFP) June 28, 2012 - Both South Sudan's army and rebel groups are using weapons imported from China, Ukraine and neighbouring Sudan in fighting that has claimed dozens of civilian lives, Amnesty International said Thursday.
Milwaukee WI (SPX) Jun 28, 2012 - Engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) have identified a catalyst that provides the same level of efficiency in microbial fuel cells (MFCs) as the currently used platinum catalyst,
Sydney (AFP) June 28, 2012 - Yancoal Australia, a new firm created by the merger of Gloucester Coal and China's Yancoal, listed on the Australian Stock Exchange Thursday in the bourse's biggest debut in 18 months.
Fujairah, United Arab Emirates (UPI) Jun 28, 2012 - Amid Iranian threats to close the Strategic Strait of Hormuz, the only gateway to the Persian Gulf, the United Arab Emirates is ready to pump oil through a new pipeline bypassing the waterway, while Saudi Arabia plans to reopen a long-disused pipeline to the Red Sea.
New Delhi (UPI) Jun 28, 2012 - Amid India's ongoing domestic coal shortage, Tata Power, the country's largest private power producer, said it is eyeing coal mines abroad for fuel security.
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) June 28, 2012 - Shares in Malaysian palm oil giant Felda Global jumped nearly 20 percent on their stock market debut Thursday, defying global economic uncertainty in the second-largest IPO this year after Facebook.
Singapore (SPX) Jun 28, 2012 - Scientists from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have invented a new toilet system that will turn human waste into electricity and fertilisers and also reduce the amount of water needed for fl
Urbana IL (SPX) Jun 28, 2012 - When D.K. Lee and Lane Rayburn, faculty members in the crop sciences department at the University of Illinois, talk about prairie cordgrass (Spartina pectinata) they have difficulty containing their
Paris (AFP) June 28, 2012 - A cutting-edge battery that can be spray-painted on just about any surface was unveiled Thursday by a research team that tested it on everything from bathroom tiles to a beer mug.
Stanford CA (SPX) Jun 28, 2012 - Stanford University scientists have breathed new life into the nickel-iron battery, a rechargeable technology developed by Thomas Edison more than a century ago. Designed in the early 1900s to power
Gainesville FL (SPX) Jun 27, 2012 - The BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill temporarily worsened existing manmade problems in Louisiana's salt marshes such as erosion, but there may be cause for optimism, according to a new study. A
Paris (AFP) June 27, 2012 - Scientists have given a 21st-century makeover to the nickel-iron battery, a gadget conceived by Thomas Edison during the era of the steam engine and horse and buggy.
London, UK (SPX) Jun 27, 2012 - Scientists from Queen Mary, University of London have discovered a mechanism that controls the way that organisms breathe or photosynthesise, potentially paving the way for improved biofuel producti
Upton, N.Y. (UPI) Jun 27, 2012 - A U.S. particle physics lab has set a record for achieving the highest man-made temperature, Guinness World Records says.
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 27, 2012 - Sea waves are a renewable and inexhaustible resource found in abundance across the planet. But efficiently converting sea wave motion into electrical energy has been challenging, in part due to the
Washington (AFP) June 27, 2012 - The Strait of Hormuz has been relatively quiet in the past two months without major confrontations between American and Iranian warships, the US Navy's chief said Wednesday.
