Toledo OH (SPX) Feb 18, 2022 - As companies that drill for oil and natural gas using hydraulic fracturing consider recycling and reusing wastewater that surfaces from wells during the fracking process, chemists at The University
Arlington VA (SPX) Feb 17, 2022 - U.S. Marines often operate in extremely harsh environments - including remote islands, hot deserts, rugged mountains and frozen, barren landscapes. While these warfighters employ sophisticated
Lund, Sweden (SPX) Feb 17, 2022 - A research team led by Lund University in Sweden has shown how solar power can convert carbon dioxide into fuel, by using advanced materials and ultra-fast laser spectroscopy. The breakthrough could
Lemont IL (SPX) Feb 17, 2022 - New battery material offers promise for the development of all-solid batteries. In the quest for the perfect battery, scientists have two primary goals: create a device that can store a great
Hiroshima, Japan (SPX) Feb 17, 2022 - Research by Japanese scientists at Hiroshima University reveals a way to make ammonia from its constituent molecules of nitrogen and hydrogen at ambient pressure. The new study, published on F
Kuwait City (AFP) Feb 17, 2022 - Kuwait said Thursday the interior and defence ministers had resigned, after they protested the manner of parliamentary questioning of ministers in the oil-rich Gulf emirate.
Princeton NJ (SPX) Feb 17, 2022 - Scientists have achieved a remarkable breakthrough in the conceptual design of twisty stellarators, experimental magnetic facilities that could reproduce on Earth the fusion energy that powers the s
Riverside CA (SPX) Feb 17, 2022 - University of California, Riverside scientists will join a first-of-its-kind effort to map out California's so-called Lithium Valley, and learn whether it can meet America's urgent demand for lith
Berkeley CA (SPX) Feb 17, 2022 - The Salton Sea geothermal field in California potentially holds enough lithium to meet all of America's domestic battery needs, with even enough left over to export some of it. But how much of that
Madison WI (SPX) Feb 17, 2022 - Transportation is responsible for a larger share of greenhouse gas emissions than any other sector of the U.S. economy, making biofuels a promising strategy to mitigate human-driven climate change.
Arbil, Iraq (AFP) Feb 16, 2022 - Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region has rejected a ruling by the country's top court ordering it to cede control over all of its oil output to the federal government in Baghdad.
Cleveland OH (SPX) Feb 16, 2022 - NASA is inviting students to participate in an essay contest to explore how it powers some of its most famous missions. The contest also encourages participants to learn something about themselves i
Dubai (AFP) Feb 16, 2022 - For years, a rusty oil tanker has been moored off war-torn Yemen - abandoned and threatening to break up or explode in what would be an ecological and humanitarian catastrophe.
Baghdad (AFP) Feb 15, 2022 - Iraq's top court on Tuesday ordered the autonomous Kurdistan region to deliver all oil produced there to the federal government in Baghdad - a move that could reignite long-standing tensions.
United Nations, United States (AFP) Feb 15, 2022 - An 'agreement in principle' has been reached to transfer the toxic cargo from a rusting oil tanker abandoned off the coast of war-torn Yemen to another ship, the UN said Tuesday.
London (AFP) Feb 14, 2022 - European banks, while pledging to tackle carbon emissions, are heavily financing companies involved in the expansion of oil and gas production, activist group ShareAction said on Monday.
