Washington DC (SPX) Mar 26, 2012 - Massive-scale genome sequencing projects supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and being carried out at the DOE Joint Genome Institute (JGI) highlight the importance of learning how the c
Le Havre, France (AFP) March 26, 2012 - French energy giant GDF Suez said Monday that its bid to build hundreds of wind turbines off France's Atlantic coast and in the English Channel would create 6,000 local jobs.
Baghdad (AFP) March 26, 2012 - Iraq's Kurdistan region threatened on Monday to stop oil exports, and argued the central government did not have the right to sign a deal with British firm BP to develop a giant oilfield in disputed land.
Calgary, Canada (SPX) Mar 26, 2012 - One of the strange features of quantum information is that, unlike almost every other type of information, it cannot be perfectly copied. For example, it is impossible to take a single photon and ma
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 26, 2012 - Researchers have designed a battery cathode made of lignin byproducts from the pulp and paper industry, which may lead to cheaper and safer electrodes. This new, rechargeable battery cathode is comp
Juba (AFP) March 26, 2012 - Sudanese aircraft and ground troops attacked multiple positions in South Sudan's oil rich border regions Monday but were repulsed after fierce battles, Southern President Salva Kiir charged as he warned of war.
Paris (AFP) March 26, 2012 - French oil services group Technip announced Monday it had secured a contract worth about 600 million euros ($795 million) to refurbish and develop oil installations in the North Sea.
Paris (AFP) March 25, 2012 - Tightened sanctions by the West have yet to dissuade Iran from pursuing its controversial nuclear programme but have triggered an oil price spike that could trigger a global recession.
Berkeley CA (SPX) Mar 23, 2012 - Future prospects for superior new organic electronic devices are brighter now thanks to a new study by researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (B
Stanford CA (SPX) Mar 23, 2012 - Politics aside, most energy experts agree that cheap, clean, renewable wind energy holds great potential to help the world satisfy energy needs while reducing harmful greenhouse gases. Wind farms pl
Saskatchewan, Canada (SPX) Mar 23, 2012 - Hitachi has announced that the Company has agreed to collaborate with Saskatchewan Power to jointly construct a Carbon Capture Test Facility, (CCTF). The test facility will be a part of SaskPower'
Warsaw, Poland (UPI) Mar 23, 2012 - Poland's supply of shale natural gas reserves may be much smaller than early estimates but still enough to cover its needs for decades, a government report says.
London (AFP) March 23, 2012 - Oil prices jumped late Friday on Iran supply tensions, but most commodities fell this week as worse-than-expected economic data from China and Europe stoked concerns over global demand.
London (AFP) March 23, 2012 - Lawyers for more than 11,000 Nigerians initiated formal legal proceedings against oil giant Shell in London on Friday after the breakdown of negotiations on compensation following two oil spills.
Berkeley CA (SPX) Mar 23, 2012 - A new assessment of wind energy in India by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has found that the potential for on-shore wind energy deployment is far higher than the official estimates- about 20
Boston MA (SPX) Mar 23, 2012 - A new study by researchers at MIT shows that there is enough capacity in deep saline aquifers in the United States to store at least a century's worth of carbon dioxide emissions from the nation's c
