Boston MA (SPX) Mar 12, 2024 - To help curb climate change, the United States is working to reduce carbon emissions from all sectors of the energy economy. Much of the current effort involves electrification - switching to electr
Berkeley CA (SPX) Mar 12, 2024 - The particle accelerators that enable high energy physics and serve many fields of science, such as materials, medical, and fusion research, are driven by superconducting magnets that are, to put it
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 11, 2024 - Drawing inspiration from the Japanese art of Kintsugi, scientists are pioneering a novel strategy to enhance plasma stability in fusion reactors. A recent study published in Nature Communications de
Ulsan, South Korea (SPX) Mar 11, 2024 - The Department of Chemistry at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), led by Professor Hyunchul Oh, has made a significant breakthrough in hydrogen storage technology. This inno
Brussels, Belgium (AFP) Mar 10, 2024 - The EU's Green Deal - once a core Brussels mission - is looking increasingly under threat in the bloc's upcoming elections as resistance grows to its costs and consequences.
Los Angeles (AFP) Mar 8, 2024 - The US Coast Guard is investigating a two-mile-long oil spill just off the California coast near Los Angeles, officials said Friday.
Boston MA (SPX) Mar 05, 2024 - In the predawn hours of Sept. 5, 2021, engineers achieved a major milestone in the labs of MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC), when a new type of magnet, made from high-temperature superc
Melbourne (AFP) March 5, 2024 - Australia unveiled plans to ramp up investment in Southeast Asia on Tuesday, setting aside US$1.3 billion to bolster trade in a region of rising economic might.
Boston MA (SPX) Mar 04, 2024 - In 2016, at the huge Houston energy conference CERAWeek, MIT materials scientist Yet-Ming Chiang found himself talking to a Tesla executive about a thorny problem: how to store the output of solar p
Dubai (AFP) March 4, 2024 - A Liberian-flagged vessel was targeted off Yemen, maritime security firm Ambrey said Monday, adding that the ship had been listed as Israeli-affiliated.
Colombo (AFP) March 1, 2024 - Sri Lanka on Friday awarded the construction of three solar and wind hybrid power generation facilities to an Indian company after scrapping a tender won by a Chinese firm.
Washington (AFP) March 1, 2024 - Veteran envoy John Kerry called Friday for the United States to find major new climate finance methods, warning of huge disappointment if historic promises to transition from fossil fuels go unheeded.
Zurich (AFP) Feb 28, 2024 - Climate perils are already causing the United States annual economic losses of $97 billion, or 0.4 percent of its annual economic output, according to a study published Wednesday by the reinsurance giant Swiss Re.
Al-Meaibdi, Iraq (AFP) Feb 27, 2024 - Iraq enjoys tremendous oil wealth but many hard-scrabble farmers in the north say crude spills have contaminated their lands, piling on pressure as they already battle drought.
London (AFP) Feb 27, 2024 - Britain's green economy grew in 2023 to buck a broader recession, according to a report released Tuesday that urged politicians heading into a general election to stick with climate-friendly investments.
Paris (AFP) Feb 27, 2024 - The world needs trillions of dollars to spur on the green transition and tackle global warming, the head of last year's COP28 climate talks said Tuesday, warning that political momentum can evaporate without clear action.
