Juba (AFP) March 13, 2020 - The cattle rustlers were asleep, resting ahead of a raid, when automatic gunfire tore through their camp. Ambushed by rival herdsmen, encircled and outgunned, they were cut down, one by one.
Durham NC (SPX) Mar 13, 2020 - Tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz can decline for up to two years after a piracy attack, a new Duke University study finds, but the adverse effects of the slowdown are far greater on some
Juba (AFP) March 12, 2020 - President Salva Kiir unveiled a new cabinet Thursday, appointing key ministers to the latest power-sharing government formed with rival-turned-deputy Riek Machar in a bid to bring peace to South Sudan.
Arnhem, The Netherlands (SPX) Mar 12, 2020 - Seasonal storage technology has the potential to become cost-effective long-term electricity storage system. This is one of the key findings of DNV GL's latest research paper 'The promise of seasona
London (AFP) March 11, 2020 - The collapse in global oil prices may end up being bad news in the short term for the transition to green energy, as cheaper crude could see more use of cars and aircraft.
Washington DC (SPX) Mar 10, 2020 - The greater sage-grouse is an iconic bird that lives in the western United States, and its populations are in decline. A new study published in the Journal of Wildlife Management reveals that energy
Washington DC (UPI) Mar 10, 2020 - Researchers are currently working to find, develop and scale the production of possible synthetic replacements for palm oil, but the process could take years.
Houston TX (SPX) Mar 10, 2020 - Plastics are a victim of their own success, so inexpensive, easy to use and versatile that the world is awash in plastic waste. Now researchers from the University of Houston have reported a new met
Santa Barbara CA (SPX) Mar 10, 2020 - Though not as prevalent in the atmosphere as carbon dioxide, methane is a far more potent greenhouse gas. Occurring naturally as well as being manmade, methane is much shorter-lived than CO2, but it
Urbana IL (SPX) Mar 10, 2020 - Dried distiller's grains with solubles (DDGS), a co-product from corn ethanol processing, is commonly used as feed for cattle, swine and poultry. However, DDGS contains more phosphorus than the anim
Pullman WA (SPX) Mar 10, 2020 - A breakthrough into splitting water into its parts could help make renewable energy pay off, even when the sun isn't shining and the wind isn't blowing. Using solar and wind power when it is a
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Mar 10, 2020 - Cyanobacteria - colloquially also called blue-green algae - can produce oil from water and carbon dioxide with the help of light. This is shown by a recent study by the University of Bonn. The resul
Melbourne, Australia (SPX) Mar 10, 2020 - An international research team has pioneered and patented a new filtration technique that could one day slash lithium extraction times and change the way the future is powered. The world-first
London, UK (SPX) Mar 09, 2020 - Brexit is official and it will continue to change things in and out of the country. A lot will be more difficult, but the renewable energy industry will likely be impacted the most. Many sectors wil
Paris (AFP) March 6, 2020 - Oil giant ExxonMobil met European Commission officials just weeks before the EU announced its new climate plan, documents showed Friday, in what one monitor described as an attempt to influence the bloc's green agenda.
New Brunswick NJ (SPX) Mar 05, 2020 - Physicists have unraveled a mystery behind the strange behavior of electrons in a ferromagnet, a finding that could eventually help develop high temperature superconductivity. A Rutgers co-aut
