Tehran (AFP) Jan 11, 2024 - Iran's navy has seized a ship off Oman's coast to retaliate for the theft of its oil from the same tanker last year by the United States, state media said Thursday.
Boston MA (SPX) Jan 11, 2024 - Researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed a new lithium metal battery that can be charged and discharged at least 6,000 times - mo
Washington (AFP) Jan 11, 2024 - The United States brought greenhouse gas emissions down by an estimated 1.9 percent year-on-year in 2023, the Rhodium Group research center said in a report Wednesday - a welcome decline, but not enough to meet Paris Agreement targets.
Sanaa (AFP) Jan 10, 2024 - Yemen's Iran-backed Huthi rebels on Wednesday claimed responsibility for a large-scale drone and missile attack in the Red Sea described as the biggest yet in the international shipping corridor.
Helsinki (AFP) Jan 10, 2024 - Finnish President Sauli Niinisto and China's Xi Jinping on Wednesday said their countries held constructive dialogue over a Baltic Sea gas pipeline that Finnish authorities believe was damaged by a Chinese vessel, Helsinki said.
Georgetown, Guyana (AFP) Jan 9, 2024 - Guyanese President Irfaan Ali discussed regional security on Tuesday with a senior US defense official as the South American country remains embroiled in a border row with Venezuela over the oil-rich Essequibo region.
Washington DC (UPI) Jan 9, 2024 - Iran-backed Houthi rebels on Tuesday launched what the U.S. military described as a complex attack involving missiles and drones in the Red Sea, further raising already high tensions in the Middle East.
Binghamton NY (SPX) Jan 09, 2024 - When water vapor meets metal, the resulting corrosion can lead to mechanical problems that harm a machine's performance. Through a process called passivation, it also can form a thin inert layer tha
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 09, 2024 - Ultra-intense ultrashort lasers have a wide-ranging scope of applications, encompassing basic physics, national security, industrial service, and health care. In basic physics, such lasers have beco
Beijing (AFP) Jan 8, 2024 - A former top executive at a Chinese state-owned oil and gas giant has been arrested for suspected bribery, state media reported on Monday, citing the country's top public prosecutor.
Georgetown, Guyana (AFP) Jan 8, 2024 - A US Defense Department official was due in Guyana Tuesday for a two-day visit as the South American country remains embroiled in a border row with Venezuela over the oil-rich Essequibo region.
Paris (AFP) Jan 8, 2024 - A consortium of Brazilian, British, French and Chinese energy firms will test new technology aimed at capturing CO2 in an undersea oilfield off Brazil in an effort to reduce emissions, TotalEnergies said Monday.
Washington DC (UPI) Jan 8, 2024 - The Department of Energy said on Monday that four more heat pump manufacturers have created prototype heat pumps that can operate without auxiliary heat in cold temperatures, a major step forward in the technology.
Baku (AFP) Jan 5, 2024 - Global climate talks will be led for the second year in a row by a man with ties to the oil industry, after Azerbaijan named a minister to preside over the November COP29 meeting.
London (AFP) Jan 5, 2024 - A former UK energy minister announced on Friday that he will resign as a lawmaker over contentious oil and gas legislation being pursued by the ruling Conservatives.
Washington DC (UPI) Jan 4, 2024 - The United States is calling on the U.N. Security Council to immediately take action against Houthi rebels who have been attacking vessels traversing the Red Sea trade route amid Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza.
