Boston MA (SPX) Apr 06, 2020 - Polymers that are good conductors of electricity could be useful in biomedical devices, to help with sensing or electrostimulation, for example. But there has been a sticking point preventing their
Upton NY (SPX) Apr 06, 2020 - For years physicists have been trying to decipher the electronic details of high-temperature superconductors. These materials could revolutionize energy transmission and electronics because of their
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 06, 2020 - A major new study by an interdisciplinary team of researchers finds that it is possible - and critical - to bring industrial greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2070. Published Sunday in Applied
Berkeley CA (SPX) Apr 06, 2020 - Extreme weather events - such as severe drought, storms, heat waves and cold snaps - have been forecast to become more commonplace and are already starting to occur. What has been less studied is th
Paris (ESA) Apr 03, 2020 - Demand for oil has collapsed due to the coronavirus pandemic just as supply is about to strengthen because of a dispute between Russia and Saudi Arabia. As a result, oil prices have sunk to levels n
Uppsala, Sweden (SPX) Apr 03, 2020 - Sustainable energy storage is in great demand. Researchers at Uppsala University have therefore developed an all-organic proton battery that can be charged in a matter of seconds. The battery can be
Norwich UK (SPX) Apr 03, 2020 - Low-carbon technologies that are smaller scale, more affordable, and can be mass deployed are more likely to enable a faster transition to net-zero emissions, according to a new study by an internat
London (AFP) April 2, 2020 - Crude futures, ravaged by crushed global demand due to the coronavirus pandemic, surged Thursday on hopes of US help to end a Saudi-Russia price war that contributed to the slump.
Baghdad (AFP) April 2, 2020 - As crude prices plunge, Iraq's oil sector is facing a triple threat that has slashed revenues, risks denting production and may spell trouble for future exports.
Princeton NJ (SPX) Apr 01, 2020 - Scientists seeking to bring the fusion that powers the sun and stars to Earth must deal with sawtooth instabilities - up-and-down swings in the central pressure and temperature of the plasma that fu
Boston MA (SPX) Mar 31, 2020 - Any device that sends out a Wi-Fi signal also emits terahertz waves -electromagnetic waves with a frequency somewhere between microwaves and infrared light. These high-frequency radiation waves, kno
Washington DC (AFPO) Mar 31, 2020 - President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin discussed plunging oil prices and the coronavirus pandemic Monday, as Trump said Moscow is pressing for an end to US sanctions.
Caracas (AFP) March 28, 2020 - Venezuela's armed forces reaffirmed their support Friday for President Nicolas Maduro a day after the US Justice Department charged him with narco-terrorism and offered a $15 million reward for his capture.
Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 27, 2020 - Oil prices collapsed to their lowest levels in decades in March amid coronavirus concerns and OPEC+'s failure to reach a deal on production cuts, which prompted Riyadh and its allies to open the tap
Buliisa, Uganda (AFP) March 27, 2020 - It was the promise of oil - billions of barrels of black gold, discovered locked beneath Lake Albert - and the riches to follow that brought electricity to Buliisa.
N'Djamena (AFP) March 26, 2020 - The jihadist group Boko Haram this week killed almost 100 soldiers in Chad, badly denting the reputation of an army that President Idriss Deby Itno presents as a regional bulwark against terrorism.
