New York (AFP) Oct 17, 2019 - Charges that Exxon Mobil misled investors on the financial risks of climate change will be heard in court this month after a New York judge gave the green light for a trial.
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 17, 2019 - The Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), Fujitsu Limited, and the Tokyo Metropolitan University announced that they developed a highly sensitive rectifying element in the form of a nanowire ba
Aarhus, Denmark (SPX) Oct 17, 2019 - Researchers have modelled the fluid dynamics of multi-rotor wind turbines, and how they interact in wind farms. The research demonstrates a clear advantage for a turbine model with four rotors.
London (AFP) Oct 17, 2019 - Banks aiding a stock market float for Saudi oil giant Aramco will be devoid of all sincerity regarding environmental and social concerns, green and rights groups jointly said Thursday.
Zurich, Switzerland (SPX) Oct 17, 2019 - Today's electronics industry is increasingly focusing on computers or smartphones with screens that can be folded or rolled. Smart clothing items make use of wearable micro-devices or sensors to mon
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Oct 17, 2019 - For the first time researchers successfully used laser pulses to excite an iron-based compound into a superconducting state. This means it conducted electricity without resistance. The iron compound
Durham NC (SPX) Oct 17, 2019 - Electrical engineers at Duke University have harnessed the power of machine learning to design dielectric (non-metal) metamaterials that absorb and emit specific frequencies of terahertz radiation.
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 16, 2019 - Hydrogen-containing substances are important for many industries, but scientists have struggled to obtain detailed images to understand the element's behavior. In Review of Scientific Instruments, f
Berlin (AFP) Oct 16, 2019 - Germany said Wednesday it had called a special meeting of international partners this week to pressure Royal Dutch Shell to remove old rigs containing crude oil in the North Sea.
Menlo Park CA (SPX) Oct 15, 2019 - Researchers at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have shown for the first time that a cheap catalyst can split water and generate hydrogen gas f
Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Oct 15, 2019 - A huge oil spill off Brazil's northeastern coast may have involved a ghost ship carrying Venezuelan oil in breach of US sanctions, an expert close to the probe into the disaster said Tuesday.
Richland WA (SPX) Oct 15, 2019 - Scientists have uncovered a root cause of the growth of needle-like structures--known as dendrites and whiskers--that plague lithium batteries, sometimes causing a short circuit, failure, or even a
Bochum, Germany (SPX) Oct 14, 2019 - An international research team has used nanoparticles to convert carbon dioxide into valuable raw materials. Scientists at Ruhr-Universitat Bochum in Germany and the University of New South Wales in
Paris, France (SPX) Oct 14, 2019 - A unique new flexible and stretchable device, worn against the skin and capable of producing electrical energy by transforming the compounds present in sweat, was recently developed and patented by
Stanford CA (SPX) Oct 14, 2019 - Researchers at Stanford University and the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory say they have found the first, long-sought proof that a decades-old scientific model of materia
London (AFP) Oct 14, 2019 - Greenpeace campaigners have boarded two Royal Dutch Shell oil platforms in a protest against leaving parts of old rigs in the North Sea, the environmental group said Monday.
