Tokyo (AFP) July 3, 2020 - Japan vowed Friday to study concrete ways of phasing out old, more carbon-emitting coal-fired power stations by 2030, following reports it plans to mothball around 100 ageing plants.
Bochum, Germany (SPX) Jul 03, 2020 - Better still: living algae can be used as biocatalysts for certain substances, and they bring the co-substrate along, producing it in an environmentally friendly manner through photosynthesis. The t
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 03, 2020 - The research team of Assistant Professor Masahiko Sato and Professor Yasushi Todo of the National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NINS) National Institute for Fusion Science (NIFS) has succeeded usi
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jul 03, 2020 - The group of associate professor Hitoshi Tamura and others of the National Institute of Natural Sciences (NINS) National Institute for Fusion Science (NIFS) first applied topology optimization techn
London (AFP) July 3, 2020 - A UK court on Friday fined Greenpeace Pounds 80,000 for breaching a ban to block a BP oil rig in the North Sea last year.
Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Jul 03, 2020 - A challenge to creating fusion energy on Earth is trapping the charged gas known as plasma that fuels fusion reactions within a strong magnetic field and keeping the plasma as hot and dense as possi
Berlin (AFP) July 2, 2020 - Turkey's foreign minister on Thursday said France should apologise for making false claims about a naval incident in the Mediterranean that has fuelled tensions between the NATO allies.
Washington DC (UPI) Jul 01, 2020 - The United Arab Emirates' Joint Aviation Command concluded joint exercises in the Arabian Gulf with U.S. forces, the U.S. Marines said on Wednesday.
Baghdad (AFP) July 1, 2020 - Iraq's oil exports sank further in June as it tries to abide by OPEC production cuts, its oil ministry said Wednesday, but revenues crept up thanks to recovering crude prices.
Riyadh (AFP) June 28, 2020 - Vacant religious sites. Abandoned pilgrim tents. Lifeless hotels. A stunning emptiness - and fears of economic ruin - haunt the usually bustling city of Mecca after Saudi authorities curtailed the hajj pilgrimage over coronavirus.
Bochum, Germany (SPX) Jun 26, 2020 - Researchers from Basel, Bochum and Copenhagen have gained new insights into the energy states of quantum dots. They are semiconductor nanostructures and promising building blocks for quantum communi
Solomons MD (SPX) Jun 26, 2020 - For the endangered Atlantic sturgeon and the commercially and recreationally important striped bass, the Delaware-Maryland-Virginia coastal shelf serves as an important spring and fall flyway.
Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Jun 25, 2020 - One way that scientists seek to bring to Earth the fusion process that powers the sun and stars is trapping hot, charged plasma gas within a twisting magnetic coil device shaped like a breakfast cru
Caracas (AFP) June 24, 2020 - Venezuela accused the United States on Wednesday of an act of provocation after a US warship steamed close to the South American country's territorial waters the day before.
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jun 24, 2020 - With the imminent threat of a climate crisis hanging over our heads, it has become crucial to develop efficient alternatives to fossil fuels. One option is to use clean sources of fuels called biofu
Shenzhen (XNA) Jun 24, 2020 - China's electric vehicle battery market is expected to embrace better-quality products with lower prices as the nation opens the industry to both domestic and international players, leading to fierc
