Boston MA (SPX) Feb 03, 2022 - The second-largest driver of global warming is methane, a greenhouse gas 28 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Landfills are a major source of methane, which is created when organic material dec
Richland WA (SPX) Feb 03, 2022 - The holy grail of bio-fuel researchers is to develop a self-sustaining process that converts waste from sewage, food crops, algae and other renewable carbon sources into fuels, while keeping waste c
Amherst MA (SPX) Feb 03, 2022 - A team of researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently announced in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that they had engineered a new rubber-like solid substanc
Durham NC (SPX) Feb 03, 2022 - Remember flip-phones? Our smartphones may one day look just as obsolete thanks to spintronics, an incipient field of research promising to revolutionize the way our electronic devices send and recei
San Antonio TX (SPX) Feb 03, 2022 - Southwest Research Institute has upgraded its test equipment to allow for testing the effects of transporting natural gas and hydrogen blends in the same pipeline. The latest capability will help cl
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 02, 2022 - A future powered by sustainable energy sources could save the world from devastating climate change and reduce energy bills. But renewable energy has an intermittency problem - the sun provides no p
Santa Barbara CA (SPX) Feb 02, 2022 - John Harter, an assistant professor of materials at UC Santa Barbara, has received an Early CAREER award from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the highest honor given by the foundation to juni
Quito (AFP) Feb 2, 2022 - An oil spill caused by a ruptured pipeline in Ecuador's Amazon region leaked almost 6,300 barrels into an environmental reserve, according to information provided Wednesday by the company that owns the conduit.
Brussels (AFP) Feb 2, 2022 - The EU will face the fury of opponents to nuclear and gas energy on Wednesday when it proposes new criteria for a green label for investment projects intended to help fight climate change.
Busan, South Korea (SPX) Feb 02, 2022 - Lithium-ion batteries have taken the world by storm thanks to their remarkable properties. However, the scarcity and high cost of lithium has led researchers to look for alternative types of recharg
Kampala (AFP) Feb 1, 2022 - Chinese and French oil giants finally sealed a $10-billion deal Tuesday to unlock Uganda's energy resources and build a vast regional oil pipeline, a mega-project that has incensed environmental groups.
Mexico City (AFP) Feb 1, 2022 - Relations between the United States and Mexico are under strain as the Mexican government pushes ahead with planned energy sector reforms that have alarmed Washington and foreign investors.
Berlin (AFP) Jan 31, 2022 - Rising tensions with Moscow over Ukraine have exposed Germany's problematic dependence on Russian gas, inflaming an already heated debate over soaring energy prices.
Doha (AFP) Jan 29, 2022 - Europe's fears of losing Russian gas supplies in the Ukraine crisis will loom large when Qatar's emir meets the US president on Monday but the powerful Gulf ruler has no magic wand, analysts say.
Lima (AFP) Jan 29, 2022 - The oil spill off the coast of Peru sparked by a volcanic eruption thousands of miles away is twice as big as previously reported, the government said Friday.
Los Alamos NM (SPX) Jan 28, 2022 - For more than 60 years, scientists have sought to understand and control the process of fusion, a quest to harness the vast amounts of energy released when nuclei in fuel come together. A paper publ
