Los Alamos NM (SPX) Nov 13, 2020 - A new hydrocarbon study contradicts conventional wisdom about how methane is trapped in rock, revealing a new strategy to more easily access the valuable energy resource. The most challenging
Hamburg, Germany (SPX) Nov 13, 2020 - When you cool down liquid water, it crystallizes into ice. Consider a bucket filled with water, for example. When the water is liquid, the water molecules can be anywhere inside the bucket. In
Groningen, Netherlands (SPX) Nov 12, 2020 - Thermoelectric materials can turn a temperature difference into electricity. Organic thermoelectric materials could be used to power wearable electronics or sensors; however, the power output is sti
Valencia, Spain (SPX) Nov 12, 2020 - A team of researchers from the Universitat Politecnica de Valencia and the Spanish National Research Council has discovered a new method that makes it possible to transform electricity into hydrogen
Boston MA (SPX) Nov 12, 2020 - Camels have evolved a seemingly counterintuitive approach to keeping cool while conserving water in a scorching desert environment: They have a thick coat of insulating fur. Applying essentially the
Berkeley CA (SPX) Nov 11, 2020 - Researchers from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have achieved unprecedented success in modifying a microbe to efficiently produce a compound of interest using a computational m
Paris, France (SPX) Nov 11, 2020 - Framatome, an EDF Group company, recently signed a contract with moBiel GmbH to build a hydrogen refueling station for a pilot hydrogen-powered bus fleet in Bielefeld, Germany. Framatome's Cov
London (AFP) Nov 11, 2020 - British bank Barclays has increased its financing of fossil fuel firms this year, despite vowing to tackle climate change, data from NGO network Fund our Future showed Wednesday.
Washington DC (SPX) Nov 11, 2020 - Lithium-ion batteries are the major rechargeable power source for many portable devices as well as electric vehicles, but their use is limited, because they do not provide high power output while si
Aberdeen, United Kingdom (AFP) Nov 10, 2020 - The Scottish city of Aberdeen enjoyed a boom after the discovery of oil in the North Sea in the 1960s, propelling it to a central role in the industry.
Paris (AFP) Nov 10, 2020 - Rich nations are still providing more than half a trillion dollars annually to fossil fuel projects despite committing to slash greenhouse gas emissions in line with the Paris climate deal, research showed Tuesday.
Hefei, China (SPX) Nov 10, 2020 - Modern life relies closely on plastics, even though the petroleum-based production creates serious environmental challenges. The industry opts out to use sustainable materials due to their limited m
Geneva (AFP) Nov 9, 2020 - The Swiss financial sector still invests too much in the production of oil and coal despite progress towards more climate-friendly investments, an official report said Monday.
Boston MA (SPX) Nov 09, 2020 - At the age of between 12 and 15 I was drawing; I was making plans of fusion devices. David Fischer remembers growing up in Vienna, Austria, imagining how best to cool the furnace used to con
London (AFP) Nov 9, 2020 - Britain demanded Monday that companies reveal the impact of climate change as it unveiled its first ever sovereign green bond under measures to help it reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 09, 2020 - Superconductivity is a phenomenon where an electric circuit loses its resistance and becomes extremely efficient under certain conditions. There are different ways in which this can happen which wer
