Seoul, South Korea (SPX) Feb 18, 2021 - A research team in Korea has developed a ceramic fuel cell that offers both stability and high performance while reducing the required amount of catalyst by a factor of 20. The application range for
Incheon, South Korea (SPX) Feb 18, 2021 - A considerable portion of the efforts to realize a sustainable world has gone into developing hydrogen fuel cells so that a hydrogen economy can be achieved. Fuel cells have distinctive advantages:
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 18, 2021 - Wheat straw, the dried stalks left over from grain production, is a potential source of biofuels and commodity chemicals. But before straw can be converted to useful products by biorefineries, the p
Bogota (AFP) Feb 17, 2021 - Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro vowed Wednesday to respond forcefully to neighbor Colombia's creation of a commando unit to fight rebels and drug traffickers Bogota claims are seeking refuge in his country.
Berkeley CA (SPX) Feb 17, 2021 - The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee (FESAC) has adopted and endorsed a new report that lays out a strategic plan for fusion energy and plasma science resear
Copenhagen (AFP) Feb 17, 2021 - Danish shipping giant AP Moller-Maersk announced Wednesday it would launch the world's first carbon neutral vessel by 2023, seven years ahead of its initial target.
Austin (AFP) Feb 17, 2021 - Millions of Americans were struggling without electricity Wednesday as bitter cold from a deadly winter storm system held its grip across huge swathes of the United States, even pushing as far south as Mexico.
Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Feb 15, 2021 - A novel computer algorithm, or set of rules, that accurately predicts the orbits of planets in the solar system could be adapted to better predict and control the behavior of the plasma that fuels f
Hong Kong (AFP) Feb 15, 2021 - US oil prices rallied past $60 a barrel on Monday for the first time in more than a year, fuelled by concerns about supplies as Texas is hit by a severe cold snap that traders warn could slash output.
Eilat, Israel (AFP) Feb 15, 2021 - Israeli environmentalists are warning that a UAE-Israeli oil pipeline deal threatens unique Red Sea coral reefs and could lead to the next ecological disaster.
Uppsala, Sweden (SPX) Feb 15, 2021 - Hydrogen for energy use can be extracted in an environmentally friendly way from water and sunlight, using photocatalytic composite polymer nanoparticles developed by researchers at Uppsala Universi
Bochum, Germany (SPX) Feb 12, 2021 - A German-Chinese research team has found a new synthetic route to produce biofuel from biomass. The chemists converted the substance 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) produced from biomass into 2,5-dime
Washington DC (UPI) Feb 12, 2021 - A large-scale, two-week joint exercise of the U.S. Army's Task Force Spartan and the United Arab Emirates' Land Forces concluded successfully this week.
London (AFP) Feb 12, 2021 - Britain's Supreme Court ruled on Friday that more than 40,000 people in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria can make pollution claims against Anglo-Dutch energy giant Shell in English courts.
London (AFP) Feb 11, 2021 - Energy giant Royal Dutch Shell declared Thursday that its oil output is locked in decline after peaking in 2019 as it outlined green plans to switch away from fossil fuels.
Paris (AFP) Feb 11, 2021 - Oil and gas producing nations face up to nine trillion dollars in lost income as the world accelerates the transition to renewable energy, saddling poorer but resource-rich nations with higher risk of stranded assets, an analysis showed Thursday.
