Berkeley CA (SPX) Feb 10, 2012 - A technique for creating a new molecule that structurally and chemically replicates the active part of the widely used industrial catalyst molybdenite has been developed by researchers with the U.S.
San Diego CA (SPX) Feb 10, 2012 - A team of University of California, San Diego researchers has built the smallest room-temperature nanolaser to date, as well as an even more startling device: a highly efficient, thresholdless las
Raliegh NC (SPX) Feb 10, 2012 - Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new technique that allows graphics processing units (GPUs) and central processing units (CPUs) on a single chip to collaborate - boo
Stuttgart, Germany (SPX) Feb 10, 2012 - Mushy tomatoes, brown bananas and overripe cherries - to date, waste from wholesale markets has ended up on the compost heap at best. In future it will be put to better use: Researchers have develop
Baghdad (UPI) Feb 10, 2012 - Iran has been systematically plundering large amounts of oil from southern Iraq for years, a theft on a grand scale that's helping the Islamic Republic withstand sanctions aimed at throttling its oil exports, a U.S. security consultancy says.
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 10, 2012 - Filtering carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, from factory smokestacks is a necessary, but expensive part of many manufacturing processes. However, a collaborative research team from the National Inst
Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Feb 10, 2012 - Researchers at the Nano-Science Center at the University of Copenhagen have developed a new nano-technology platform for the development of molecule-based electronic components using the wonder mate
New Rochelle NY (SPX) Feb 10, 2012 - Applying 21st century tools and technologies to manage land use, maximize biomass production, and increase the efficiency of processes for extracting energy from renewable resources will enable the
Ankara, Turkey (UPI) Feb 10, 2012 - A technical glitch that all but halted natural gas flows from Azerbaijan and Iran into Turkey this week has been fixed, Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz says.
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 10, 2012 - A team from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland has found an iron-based superconductor that operates at the highest known temperature for a mater
Washington (AFP) Feb 9, 2012 - Chevron and the Ecuadoran government agreed to create an arbitration panel to review a $9.5 billion judgment against the oil giant for damage to the Amazon rainforest, activists and the company said Thursday.
Washington (AFP) Feb 9, 2012 - Chevron and the Ecuadoran government agreed to create an arbitration panel to review a $9.5 billion judgment against the oil giant for environmental damage to the Amazon rainforest, activists said Thursday.
Berlin (AFP) Feb 9, 2012 - Germany has been forced to call upon its reserves for producing electricity for the second time this winter as Europe is gripped by a severe cold snap, officials said Thursday.
New Delhi (AFP) Feb 9, 2012 - India Thursday said it would send a huge trade mission to Iran to explore business opportunities created by sanctions imposed by the West over the Islamic Republic's disputed nuclear programme.
New Delhi (IANS) Feb 09, 2012 - India should now have an aggressive clean energy solution policy, scaling up development of green technologies for its energy security and export these to developing countries in Africa and Latin Am
Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Feb 9, 2012 - The Israeli government plans to build a floating liquefied natural gas terminal with a sea-based defense radar system off its Mediterranean coast while forming a naval force to protect its rich offshore gas fields against terrorist attack.
