London (AFP) Aug 4, 2020 - BP plunged into a quarterly net loss of almost $16.85 billion as the coronavirus pandemic ravaged oil demand and prices, triggering huge asset writedowns, the British energy giant announced Tuesday.
London, UK (SPX) Aug 03, 2020 - The latest round of offshore wind farms to be built in the UK could reduce household energy bills by producing electricity very cheaply. Renewable energy projects, including onshore and offsho
Kiel, Germany (SPX) Aug 03, 2020 - During expeditions to oil and gas reservoirs in the central North Sea in 2012 and 2013, scientists of the GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel (Germany) became aware of a phenomenon that
Halle, Germany (SPX) Aug 03, 2020 - In future, paraffin wax could help to make underground thermal storage units more durable. Such systems are used, for example, to store solar energy over a longer period of time. In a new study, geo
Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Aug 03, 2020 - Lithium, the silvery metal that powers smart phones and helps treat bipolar disorders, could also play a significant role in the worldwide effort to harvest on Earth the safe, clean and virtually li
University Park PA (SPX) Aug 03, 2020 - The possibility of achieving room temperature superconductivity took a tiny step forward with a recent discovery by a team of Penn State physicists and materials scientists. The surprising dis
Baghdad (AFP) July 30, 2020 - Thirty years have passed since Iraqi tyrant Saddam Hussein invaded neighbouring Kuwait, but despite hints of a diplomatic rapprochement, people in both countries say the wounds have yet to heal.
Tehran (AFP) July 28, 2020 - Iran's Revolutionary Guards blasted a mock-up of a US aircraft carrier with missiles on Tuesday during military exercises in sensitive Gulf waters, state television reported.
Saint-Paul-Les-Durance, France (AFP) July 28, 2020 - Fourteen years after receiving the official go-ahead, scientists on Tuesday began assembling a giant machine in southern France designed to demonstrate that nuclear fusion, the process which powers the sun, can be a safe and viable energy source on Earth.
Washington DC (UPI) Jul 28, 2020 - Scientists have discovered a rare glassy metal that could help researchers build more efficient batteries, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Materials.
Moscow, Russia (SPX) Jul 27, 2020 - Skoltech researchers and their industry colleagues have created a data-driven model that can forecast the production from an oil well stimulated by multistage fracturing technology. This model has h
Seoul, South Korea (SPX) Jul 27, 2020 - A Korean research team has developed a key technology for the mass-production of bio-aviation fuels. The team, led by Dr. Jeong-Myeong Ha of the Clean Energy Research Center at the Korea Institute o
Paris (AFP) July 27, 2020 - Heated terraces at French bars and restaurants will be outlawed starting next year, as part of a package of measures aimed at reducing carbon emissions unveiled by the government Monday.
Washington DC (UPI) Jul 27, 2020 - Iran has towed its replica of a U.S. aircraft carrier into the strategic Strait of Hormuz, satellite photographs indicate.
New Brunswick NJ (SPX) Jul 27, 2020 - Imagine tiny crystals that blink like fireflies and can convert carbon dioxide, a key cause of climate change, into fuels. A Rutgers-led team has created ultra-small titanium dioxide crystal
Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Jul 27, 2020 - Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory used neutron scattering and supercomputing to better understand how an organic solvent and water work together to break down pl
