Punta Arenas, Chile (UPI) Apr 21, 2011 - Chile has set sights on developing its extreme south as a major hub for hydrocarbon development and export, a plan that will see more than $400 million in state and international investments pouring into the area.
Dresden, Germany (SPX) Apr 21, 2011 - Just in time for the 100th anniversary to commemorate the discovery of superconductivity by the Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes on April 8, 1911, scientists from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden
Ames IW (SPX) Apr 21, 2011 - David Grewell flipped on the augers that carry corn from a truck to a biorefinery. Then, with a few more clicks of his computer mouse, he turned on the pumps that send grain all the way through an e
Raleigh NC (SPX) Apr 21, 2011 - Did you know that pencil lead may just end up changing the world? Graphene is the material from which graphite, the core of your No. 2 pencil, is made. It is also the latest wonder material, and m
Qashington DC (SPX) Apr 21, 2011 - In October 2009, President Obama directed federal agencies to lead by example in energy efficiency and use of renewable energy; and to meet a range of goals and targets for greenhouse gas emission,
Hanoi (AFP) April 21, 2011 - Vietnam and China have agreed to take the first steps towards settling territorial disputes in the South China Sea, a government official in Hanoi said on Thursday, after years of deadlock.
Lausanne, Switzerland (SPX) Apr 20, 2011 - Producing hydrogen in a sustainable way is a challenge and production cost is too high. A team led by EPFL Professor Xile Hu has discovered that a molybdenum based catalyst is produced at room tempe
New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) April 20, 2011 - Mourners bowed their heads at vigils Wednesday to mark the first anniversary of the massive blowout on BP's Deepwater Horizon rig, which unleashed the biggest maritime oil spill in history and blackened beaches from Texas to Florida.
Beijing (AFP) April 20, 2011 - Chinese oil giant Sinopec has stopped exporting oil products to maintain domestic supplies amid disruption concerns caused by Middle East unrest and Japan's earthquake, a report said Wednesday.
Sydney (AFP) April 20, 2011 - Australia's powerful coal industry on Wednesday urged Canberra to go back to the drawing board on its proposed carbon tax, warning it would hurt the economy for no environmental benefit.
Port Fourchon, Louisiana (AFP) April 20, 2011 - Drilling is picking up in the Gulf of Mexico a year after the BP Deepwater Horizon oil disaster - a relief for those dependent on the offshore industry but a worry for environmentalists.
Point A La Hache, Louisiana (AFP) April 20, 2011 - One by one, the fishermen walked up to a microphone set up in Louisiana's coastal wetlands to vent their frustration and fears a year after the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster unleashed the biggest maritime oil spill in history.
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 20, 2011 - Scientists at the NRL Materials Science and Technology Division are providing solid evidence that there is a new route towards developing novel, lightweight energy storage devices. By moving away fr
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Apr 20, 2011 - Nancy Sutley, Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality and President Obama's environmental policy advisor, joined Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) officials yesterd
Atlanta GA (SPX) Apr 20, 2011 - Scientists have discovered a method to control the gas-phase selective catalytic combustion of methane, so finely that if done at room temperature the reaction produces ethylene, while at lower temp
Washington (UPI) Apr 20, 2011 - Billions of barrels of oil from shale, now off limits because of carbon dioxide freed during extraction, could become an energy source, U.S. researchers say.
