Urbana IL (SPX) Apr 20, 2020 - Oil produced from biomass can provide a sustainable alternative to fossil fuels. But technological challenges make it difficult to scale up production and make it economically viable. One tech
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 20, 2020 - Engineers have developed a new electronic device that mimics the brain's synapses. The miniature technological tools, called memristors, send electric signals across protein nanowires with unprecedented efficiency.
Ottawa, Canada (SPX) Apr 20, 2020 - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday announced Can$1.7 billion (US$1.2 billion) to help Canada's oil sector, struggling with low prices, survive a pandemic-related downturn by cleaning up environ
New York (AFP) April 19, 2020 - On April 20, 2010, the explosion of BP's Deepwater Horizon drilling platform claimed the lives of 11 workers and unleashed a torrent of more than four million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.
Singapore (AFP) April 17, 2020 - US crude erased early gains to trade lower in Asia on Friday as China's first economic contraction in decades eclipsed President Donald Trump's plans to reopen the coronavirus-battered US economy.
Hong Kong (AFP) Apr 17, 2020 - Global oil demand will fall by a record amount this year as lockdown measures imposed to curb the coronavirus outbreak bring the economy to a virtual halt, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said
Chicago IL (SPX) Apr 17, 2020 - A research team led by Northwestern University has designed and synthesized new materials with ultrahigh porosity and surface area for the storage of hydrogen and methane for fuel cell-powered vehic
Stuttgart, Germany (SPX) Apr 17, 2020 - Energy researchers at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fur Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) have developed a new idea for climate protection as part of a study. The key element is a surcharge
Washington DC (AFP) Apr 16, 2020 - The coronavirus outbreak will slash global oil demand in 2020 to erase a decade of growth and set up the worst year in the history of the sector, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Wednesd
Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Apr 16, 2020 - A key issue for scientists seeking to bring the fusion that powers the sun and stars to Earth is forecasting the performance of the volatile plasma that fuels fusion reactions. Making such predictio
Evansville IN (UPI) Apr 16, 2020 - Ethanol plants across the country are shutting down due to greatly reduced demand for gasoline as Americans stay home to slow the spread of the coronavirus. At least 44 of the nation's 187 pla
Houston TX (SPX) Apr 16, 2020 - Rice University engineers have put to rest a long-held theory about the detection of oil and gas that hides inside the nanoscale pores of shale formations. The Rice researchers determined that
Paris (AFP) April 16, 2020 - Green investors welcomed Thursday's pledge from energy giant Shell that it will be carbon neutral by 2050, but environmental groups cautioned its commitment still fell short of the drastic emissions cuts required to avert climate breakdown.
Washington DC (UPI) Apr 16, 2020 - The Trump administration said Tuesday it's negotiating with nine oil companies to rent them space to store 23 million barrels of oil in the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve, due to expected surpluse
London (AFP) April 16, 2020 - Anglo-Dutch oil giant Royal Dutch Shell pledged Thursday to become carbon neutral by 2050, matching a commitment by rival BP as climate change looms large over the energy sector.
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Apr 16, 2020 - Wind, which generates less greenhouse gas emission than burning fossil fuels, is making up an increasing share of the energy production portfolio in the United States. But wind is not as efficient a
