Cambridge MA (SPX) May 22, 2006 - Undersea channels filled with porous material could help extract millions of additional barrels of oil from beneath the seafloor, researchers announced Monday.
Pasadena CA (SPX) May 22, 2006 - VIASPACE announced Monday it is developing a laser-based instrument to measure the humidity level in hydrogen fuel cells. Fuel cells using a Polymer Electrolyte Membrane are extremely sensitive to the moisture level of the membrane.
Beijing (AFP) May 21, 2006 - German Chancellor Angela Merkel was due in China Sunday on a trip in which she was expected to push the Asian giant to assume a greater international role, notably on the Iranian nuclear crisis.
Nizhny Tagil, Russia (AFP) May 21, 2006 - A once secret Soviet facility set in the craggy landscape of Russia's Ural mountains is struggling to find buyers for 47 tonnes of heavy metal and hi-tech machinery -- the T-90S tank.
Paris (AFP) May 21, 2006 - Physicists working in the United States believe they have cracked an important problem facing man-made nuclear fusion, touted as the cheap, safe, clean and almost limitless energy source of the future.
Beijing (AFP) May 20, 2006 - After 13 years of immense physical effort and technical ingenuity, China Saturday put the finishing touches to its controversial Three Gorges dam, the world's largest hydropower project.
Beijing (AFP) May 20, 2006 - China hails the Three Gorges dam, which it completed Saturday, as the solution to a series of national problems, but critics say the price is too high.
Paris (AFP) May 19, 2006 - Europe's next-generation nuclear reactor is vulnerable to a 9/11-style skyjack attack, a nuclear expert charged here on Friday.
Twin Cities MN (SPX) May 19, 2006 - A team of researchers have achieved a long-sought scientific goal: using laser light to break specific molecular bonds. The process uses laser light, instead of heat, to strip hydrogen atoms from silicon surfaces, a key step in the manufacture of computer chips and solar cells.
Ottawa (AFP) May 18, 2006 - Australian Prime Minister John Howard, during his first official visit to Ottawa, urged Canada on Thursday to work with his country on climate change, much to the horror of environmentalists.
Shanghai (AFP) May 18, 2006 - China insisted Thursday that its domestic market conditions must be taken into consideration over stalled annual contract pricing negotiations for key steel-making commodity iron ore.
Sydney (AFP) May 18, 2006 - Mining giant Rio Tinto announced Thursday that major Japanese steel mills had agreed to a 19 percent hike in iron ore prices putting pressure on resource hungry Chinese mills to do the same.
Sosnovy Bor, Russia (RIAN) May 18, 2006 - Russia's nuclear industry will prioritize the country's energy security and expansion onto global markets, the head of the nuclear agency said Wednesday.
Washington (AFNS) May 17, 2006 - In the 1980s, firefighter training was straightforward: light a fire and see how quickly and safely it can be extinguished. So in fire-training pits at Air Force bases around the world, jet fuel was regularly sprayed onto old aircraft carcasses and the surrounding ground.
Tokyo (AFP) May 17, 2006 - Japan on Wednesday encouraged the rest of Asia to join its anti-global warming Cool Biz campaign, a government-led drive to dress casually to reduce the use of air-conditioners in the summer.
Moscow (RIAN) May 17, 2006 - Russia is a reliable energy supplier and should be viewed as a partner - albeit one ready to defend its position - that shares the West's values, a presidential aide said Tuesday.
