Vienna, Austria (SPX) Jan 30, 2019 - Every standard cable, every wire, every electronic device has some electric resistance. There are, however, superconducting materials with the ability to conduct electrical current with a resistance
Washington (AFP) Jan 29, 2019 - Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan would not rule out Tuesday a US military deployment to Colombia, one day after National Security Advisor John Bolton displayed a note suggesting the move amid a political crisis in neighboring Venezuela.
Boston MA (SPX) Jan 29, 2019 - Imagine a world where smartphones, laptops, wearables, and other electronics are powered without batteries. Researchers from MIT and elsewhere have taken a step in that direction, with the first ful
Corvallis OR (SPX) Jan 29, 2019 - Researchers at Oregon State University have found that a chemical mechanism first described more than two centuries ago holds the potential to revolutionize energy storage for high-power application
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 29, 2019 - Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) developed a micro-electromechanical energy harvester that allows for more flexibility in design, which is crucial for future IoT applications
Beijing (AFP) Jan 29, 2019 - China warned on Tuesday that US sanctions against Venezuela's state oil company will hurt the livelihoods of ordinary people and complicate the situation in the crisis-hit country.
Washington (UPI) Jan 29, 2019 - Average fuel prices in the United States were as of the start of the week $2.26 per gallon showing little change compared with the previous month or week, and likely to remain nearly flat.
Washington (UPI) Jan 29, 2019 - Venezuela's President of the National Assembly, Juan Guaido, who last week swore in as interim president in defiance of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, will name new directors for the boards at state oil company PDVSA and its United States subsidiary Citgo.
Washington (UPI) Jan 29, 2019 - Crude oil prices were higher early Tuesday amid renewed concern about Venezuelan supplies but market worries about potential demand reduction in China kept prices from going up more, an analyst said.
Washington (AFP) Jan 28, 2019 - US National Security Advisor John Bolton was photographed Monday holding a notepad that included the handwritten line: 5,000 troops to Colombia.
Washington (UPI) Jan 28, 2019 - For decades, Texas has been known for big oil. Now, greener energy production is growing at such a fast rate that several major U.S. companies are lining up for the clean power.
Seoul, South Korea (SPX) Jan 28, 2019 - The importance of finding and improving renewable energy sources is becoming increasingly important. One strategy to generate energy is breaking water molecules (H2O) apart in an electrochemical rea
Washington (AFP) Jan 28, 2019 - The United States urged Venezuela's military Monday to accept a peaceful transfer of power as it ramped up the pressure on embattled leader Nicolas Maduro with a raft of sanctions on state oil company PDVSA.
Buffalo NY (SPX) Jan 28, 2019 - Unhappy with the life of your smartphone battery? Thought so. Help could be on the way from one of the most common, yet poorly understand, forms of power generation: static electricity. Nearl
Houston TX (SPX) Jan 28, 2019 - Researchers from the University of Houston have reported a new way to raise the transition temperature of superconducting materials, boosting the temperature at which the superconductors are able to
Washington (UPI) Jan 28, 2019 - Crude oil prices fell Monday, led lower by fading immediate concerns about Venezuela's production, and also as the number of rigs in the United States saw a weekly rise, analysts said.
