Washington DC (SPX) Sep 09, 2020 - Carbon dioxide (CO(2)) is not just an undesirable greenhouse gas, it is also an interesting source of raw materials that are valuable and can be recycled sustainably. In the journal Angewandte Chemi
College Station TX (SPX) Sep 09, 2020 - In a new study, researchers at Texas A and M University have described their novel plant-based energy storage device that could charge even electric cars within a few minutes in the near future. Fur
Houston TX (SPX) Sep 09, 2020 - Though the Summer Olympics were postponed, there's at least one place to see agile hurdlers go for the gold. You just need a way to view these electron games. Using a novel optical detection s
Jupiter, United States (AFP) Sept 8, 2020 - President Donald Trump, normally an enthusiastic proponent of the oil industry, on Tuesday announced he was extending a 10-year moratorium on drilling off the coast of Florida, a gesture aimed at bolstering his support in the battleground state ahead of November's election.
Colombo (AFP) Sept 7, 2020 - A massive fire that crippled an oil tanker off Sri Lanka has reignited in strong winds, the island nation's navy said Monday, just a day after the blaze was extinguished.
Caracas (AFP) Sept 7, 2020 - Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido called Monday on the armed forces to back a boycott of December's contested legislative polls and help escalate international pressure on President Nicolas Maduro.
Durham NC (SPX) Sep 07, 2020 - Materials scientists at Duke University have uncovered an atomic mechanism that makes certain thermoelectric materials incredibly efficient near high-temperature phase transitions. The information w
Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Sep 07, 2020 - New homes are increasingly being outfitted with solar panels, heat pumps, rechargeable batteries and other means of producing and storing heat, electricity and gas, all of which interconnect with th
Blacksburg VA (SPX) Sep 07, 2020 - The future economy based on renewable and sustainable energy sources might utilize battery-powered cars, large-scale solar and wind farms, and energy reserves stored in batteries and chemical fuels.
Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Sep 07, 2020 - Electric current is everywhere, from powering homes to controlling the plasma that fuels fusion reactions to possibly giving rise to vast cosmic magnetic fields. Now, scientists at the U.S. Departme
Istanbul (AFP) Sept 6, 2020 - Turkey's armed forces on Sunday began annual exercises in the breakaway republic of northern Cyprus - an entity recognised only by Ankara - as tensions brewed with Greece in the eastern Mediterranean.
Istanbul (AFP) Sept 5, 2020 - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday issued a threat to Greece over simmering tensions in the eastern Mediterranean, the day before his forces launch military drills in the region.
Khartoum (AFP) Sept 4, 2020 - Sudan and a key rebel group that had refused to join other opposition forces in a previous peace deal have signed their own agreement, officials on both sides said Friday.
Athens (AFP) Sept 4, 2020 - Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Friday said Turkey should drop threats against his country if talks on reducing tension in the eastern Mediterranean are to begin.
United Nations, United States (AFP) Sept 3, 2020 - The interim UN envoy for Libya, Stephanie Williams, on Wednesday denounced what she called blatant ongoing violations of the arms embargo in effect on the war-wracked country.
Colombo (AFP) Sept 3, 2020 - Indian warships on Thursday aided Sri Lanka's navy to extinguish a fire on a massive oil tanker off the island's eastern coast, officials said.
