Paris (UPI) Jun 28, 2005 - Two pieces of good news arrived Tuesday to shore up Europe's sagging self-esteem, after the twin disasters of the EU constitution and June's budget summit in Brussels.
Pamplona, Spain (SPX) Jun 28, 2005 - A research team from the Public University of Navarra has started a study of the design and development of absorbent materials that enable the storage of hydrogen, a clean fuel that can be used as an alternative to those derived from fossil fuels, such as petrol and diesel.
Boston MA (SPX) Jun 27, 2005 - MIT scientists have brought a supercool end to a heated race among physicists: They have become the first to create a new type of matter, a gas of atoms that shows high-temperature superfluidity.
Stanford CA (SPX) Jun 27, 2005 - What if all the vehicles now on the road in the United States were suddenly powered by hydrogen fuel cells? Stanford researchers say in a June 24 article in the journal Science that such a conversion would improve air quality, health and climate--especially if wind were used to generate the electricity needed to split water and make hydrogen in a pollutionless process.
Tianjin, China (AFP) Jun 26, 2005 - High oil prices might not be maintained this year partly because speculation is a factor in the surging cost of the fuel, an expert at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said Sunday.
Ames IA (SPX) Jun 24, 2005 - Hydrogen is being touted as the fuel of the future, a clean-burning, renewable and inexpensive replacement for petroleum. But a major stumbling block for hydrogen-powered vehicles is figuring out a way to carry enough hydrogen onboard to travel even moderate distances between refueling stops.
Toronto, Canada (SPX) Jun 23, 2005 - While energy prices rise, buyers of new homes continually ignore a simple way to cut energy costs close to 50 per cent - requesting their home be built to be energy efficient with technology already available, says University of Toronto research.
Tokyo (AFP) Jun 22, 2005 - Japan has told the European Union it will give up on hosting a revolutionary nuclear energy reactor after securing large deals in turn for agreeing the project will be built in France, a news report said Wednesday.
Athens OH (SPX) Jun 20, 2005 - Commercial products such as laptop computer monitors and solar-powered calculators are constructed from a light-sensitive material with a peculiar problem: When exposed to intense light, it forms defects, reducing the efficiency of the solar cells by 10 to 15 percent.
Sydney, Australia (SPX) Jun 20, 2005 - An international research project has for the first time successfully stored carbon dioxide in European coal beds.
Washington (UPI) June 15, 2005 - President George W. Bush likened overdependence on imported oil Wednesday to a growing tax on U.S. economic development and urged the Senate to take action sooner rather than later on passing his comprehensive energy proposals.
Lexington KY (SPX) Jun 14, 2005 - Recycled plastic bottles could one day be used to lubricate your car's engine, according to researchers at Chevron and the University of Kentucky, who in laboratory experiments converted waste plastic into lubricating oil.
New Delhi (AFP) June 14, 2005 - A 22 billion dollar deal by India to buy natural gas from Iran will feed the rapidly growing economy with cleaner fuel, but policy makers should also look at conservation to save the nation's lungs, a leading energy research think tank said Tuesday.
Tallinn, June 13 (AFP) Jun 13, 2005 - The Norwegian company Vardar has opened a 24-million-euro wind energy facility in Estonia, the companys Estonian operation Tuulepargid said Monday.
Darwin, Australia (SPX) Jun 10, 2005 - A team of scientists at CSIRO has developed a new exploration tool which could save oil and gas companies hundreds of millions of dollars.
Wilmington MA (SPX) Jun 09, 2005 - Beacon Power Corporation, a company that designs and develops advanced products for electric power and grid voltage and frequency regulation, announced that it has delivered a flywheel-based power system to Bechtel Bettis, under a contract that it announced in March 2005.
