Hanoi (AFP) June 14, 2011 - Vietnam put on a show of military strength in the tense South China Sea on Monday, risking the ire of Beijing in the face of a deepening maritime rift with its powerful neighbour.
Warwick, UK (SPX) Jun 13, 2011 - Researchers funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)-led Integrated Biorefining Research and Technology (IBTI) Club have identified an enzyme in bacteria which co
Canberra, Australia (UPI) Jun 13, 2011 - Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. denounced Australia's proposed minerals resource rent tax, calling it economic vandalism.
Washington (UPI) Jun 13, 2011 - Military establishments, notorious for wasteful energy practices, are being drawn to renewable energy development as part of efficiency-increasing strategies, Pike Research said in a report Monday.
Hamburg, Germany (UPI) Jun 13, 2011 - German manufacturer Siemens AG says it has deployed the first of its new generation of super-large wind turbines with an aim of improving their efficiency.
Richland WA (SPX) Jun 13, 2011 - By adding the right amount of heat, researchers have developed a method that improves the electrical capacity and recharging lifetime of sodium ion rechargeable batteries, which could be a cheaper a
Waterloo, Canada (SPX) Jun 13, 2011 - A unique, international summit of scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs and future leaders from around the world has concluded with the release of the Equinox Summit: Energy 2030 Communique. The even
Hanoi (AFP) June 13, 2011 - Vietnam on Monday began live-fire naval drills in the tense South China Sea, a move that analysts see as raising the risk of a showdown with Beijing over a deepening territorial rift.
Paris (UPI) Jun 13, 2011 - Five squadrons of unmanned drones are launched from scattered containers ships in the Mediterranean and off the northwest African coast. Too low to be seen by radar, they fly over the beaches and into the desert, each aiming for one of the giant arrays of mirrors that provide the backbone of Europe's solar energy supply.
Cuxhaven, Germany (AFP) June 12, 2011 - The small German port of Cuxhaven is betting its future on North Sea wind, promoting itself as a base for new offshore wind farms as the country embarks on a bid to scrap nuclear power.
Juba, Sudan (AFP) June 11, 2011 - Sudan's army has launched repeated air strikes on the southern army in Unity state in a bid to seize oilfields there weeks before the south's independence, a southern army spokesman said Friday.
Boston (UPI) Jun 10, 2011 - On the heels of an International Energy Agency report signaling the golden age of natural gas, another study says natural gas can play a critical role as a bridge to a low-carbon future.
Buenos Aires (UPI) Jun 10, 2011 - China secured a key lithium mining development deal giving it strategic foothold in South America as the soft metal gains ground in a vast range of consumer, industrial and military products and technologies.
Khartoum, Sudan (UPI) Jun 10, 2011 - The conflict in Sudan over oil zones on the hotly disputed border between the Arab Muslim north and the African Christian south, due to become the world's newest state July 9, is widening with both sides squaring off for a renewal of a civil war halted in 2005.
Vienna (AFP) June 10, 2011 - The OPEC oil cartel on Friday held steady its forecast for world oil demand growth this year, but warned that rising prices could dampen global consumption.
Tokyo (AFP) June 10, 2011 - The prolonged suspension of Japanese nuclear reactors beyond areas affected by the March 11 disasters will have a severe impact on the economy, the trade and industry minister said Friday.
