Houston TX (SPX) Feb 14, 2012 - Microscopic channels of gold nanoparticles have the ability to transmit electromagnetic energy that starts as light and propagates via dark plasmons, according to researchers at Rice University.
Athens, GA (SPX) Feb 14, 2012 - Researchers at the University of Georgia have taken a major step in the ongoing effort to find sources of cleaner, renewable energy by mapping the genomes of two originator cells of Miscanthus x gig
Helsinki, Finland (SPX) Feb 14, 2012 - Using latest technology in combustion of oil and gas can provide significant savings in overall energy consumption. Modern oxygen control that compensates changes in ambient temperature and fuel qua
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 14, 2012 - Executives from the hydropower, geothermal and biomass power industries have called on Congressional leaders to extend the production tax credit through 2016 for hydropower, geothermal and biomass.
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Feb 14, 2012 - Researchers have learned how to improve the performance of sensors that use tiny vibrating microcantilevers to detect chemical and biological agents for applications from national security to food p
Kirkuk, Iraq (AFP) Feb 14, 2012 - Iraq aims to more than double northern oil production from around 600,000 barrels per day (bpd) to about 1.3 million bpd by the end of 2014, executives from the Northern Oil Co told AFP.
Tokyo (AFP) Feb 14, 2012 - A group of Japanese firms led by trading house Marubeni Corp. plans to build a large floating experimental wind farm off the coast of Fukushima prefecture, which was hit by a nuclear disaster last year, a report said Tuesday.
Rosslyn VA (SPX) Feb 14, 2012 - NEMA has expressed its support on initial review of the Department of Energy's (DOE) proposed rule to increase the energy conservation standards for distribution transformers. We're pleased t
Bucharest (AFP) Feb 14, 2012 - Romania may halt electricity exports and limit supplies to industrial consumers in a bid to meet rising household demand due to freezing temperatures, the government said Tuesday.
Zurich (AFP) Feb 13, 2012 - Swiss oil industry subcontractor Weatherford said on Monday that a US court had exonerated it of all charges in connection with the devastating oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010.
London (IANS) Feb 13, 2012 - Scientists have now unravelled a tool of medical diagnostics to improve a battery's performance and its safe internal workings, a study reveals.
East Lansing, Mich. (UPI) Feb 13, 2012 - While many Americans are willing to pay a premium for ethanol fuel, it doesn't justify a government mandate for the fuel, a U.S economist argues.
London (UPI) Feb 13, 2012 - Some say it is the new Meryl Streep movie about Margaret Thatcher coming out in time for the 30th anniversary of her splendid little war.
Faw, Iraq (AFP) Feb 12, 2012 - Iraq began pumping oil on Sunday to the first of five floating terminals in the Gulf in a move that will increase its export capacity by 850,000 barrels per day.
Khartoum, Sudan (AFP) Feb 11, 2012 - Rebels in Sudan are holding captive six Sudanese civilian engineers who worked with a group of Chinese freed by the rebels several days ago, a spokesman for the insurgents said on Saturday.
United Nations (AFP) Feb 10, 2012 - Argentina on Friday accused Britain of sending nuclear weapons to the disputed Falkland islands, while UN leader Ban Ki-moon appealed to both sides to avoid an escalation of their sovereignty battle.
