Hong Kong (AFP) May 1, 2020 - Oil prices rose Friday as massive output cuts began to kick in and top producers said they would turn the taps lower, while there were also hopes for a pick-up in demand as economies slowly reopen.
Upton NY (SPX) May 01, 2020 - Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and collaborators have revealed new details that explain how a highly selective catalyst converts methane, the main compo
Baghdad (AFP) May 1, 2020 - Iraq's oil revenues in April plummeted to under $1.5 billion, the oil ministry announced Friday, less than a fifth of hydrocarbon income earned in the same month last year.
Leioa, Spain (SPX) May 01, 2020 - The generation of energy on offshore wind turbine farms is much higher because heavy-duty wind turbines are deployed and wind regimes are much more stable than on land. There are two ways of
Princeton NJ (SPX) May 01, 2020 - A discovery that long eluded physicists has been detected in a laboratory at Princeton. A team of physicists detected superconducting currents - the flow of electrons without wasting energy - along
Paris (AFP) April 30, 2020 - COVID-19 is expected to cause global energy emissions to fall a record eight percent this year due to an unprecedented drop in demand for coal, oil and gas, the International Energy Agency said Thursday.
Hong Kong (AFP) April 30, 2020 - Asian markets rallied again and oil prices built on the previous day's surge as investors began to see a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel in the fight against coronavirus, following news of a possible breakthrough in the search for a treatment.
Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Apr 29, 2020 - A key challenge to capturing and controlling fusion energy on Earth is maintaining the stability of plasma - the electrically charged gas that fuels fusion reactions - and keeping it millions of deg
Richland WA (SPX) Apr 29, 2020 - The same material you'll find at the tip of a pencil - graphite - has long been a key component in today's lithium-ion batteries. As our reliance on these batteries increases, however, graphite-base
Adelphi MD (SPX) Apr 29, 2020 - In recent years, lithium-ion batteries have become better at supplying energy to Soldiers in the field, but the current generation of batteries never reaches its highest energy potential. Army resea
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 29, 2020 - A device which simulates borehole ballooning, a detrimental side effect of deep-water drilling operations, is expected to ensure safe and efficient operations. If not prevented, borehole ballooning
Tehran (AFP) April 29, 2020 - Iran's President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday told the United States it should not plot against the Iranian nation every day, amid fresh tensions between the arch foes in the Gulf.
Austin TX (SPX) Apr 29, 2020 - Lithium-sulfur batteries have been hailed as the next big step in battery technology, promising significantly longer use for everything from cellphones to electric vehicles on a single charge, while
Caracas, Venezuela (AFP) Apr 28, 2020 - The price of Venezuelan oil has fallen to below $10 a barrel - its lowest level in more than two decades, the government said on Friday. The oil ministry said the price between Monday and Frid
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Apr 28, 2020 - Researchers have found a way to convert heat energy into electricity with a nontoxic material. The material is mostly iron which is extremely cheap given its relative abundance. A generator based on
Corvallis OR (SPX) Apr 28, 2020 - An international research collaboration has taken an important step toward the commercially viable manufacture of biobutanol, an alcohol whose strong potential as a fuel for gasoline-powered engines
