Osaka, Japan (SPX) Jul 01, 2019 - Researchers at Osaka University have been able to enhance the power factor of a promising thermoelectric material by more than 100% by varying the pressure, paving the way for new materials with imp
Austin TX (SPX) Jul 01, 2019 - New research at The University of Texas at Austin shows that injecting air and carbon dioxide into methane ice deposits buried beneath the Gulf of Mexico could unlock vast natural gas energy resourc
Bremen, Germany (SPX) Jul 01, 2019 - Plants use light energy from the sun for photosynthesis to turn carbon dioxide (CO2) into biomass. Animals can't do that. Therefore, some of them have teamed up with bacteria that carry out a proces
Caracas (AFP) June 30, 2019 - The United States and Venezuela's opposition on Sunday condemned the death under torture of a naval officer detained for alleged trying to oust President Nicolas Maduro.
Khartoum (AFP) June 29, 2019 - A top Sudanese general warned Saturday that he will not tolerate any vandalism at a planned mass protest, even as army rulers insisted they would hand over power to a civilian administration.
Vienna (AFP) June 28, 2019 - China said Friday it would import Iranian oil in defiance of US sanctions on Tehran, a day before US and Chinese leaders are to meet to try to resolve thorny trade disputes.
Moscow (AFP) June 27, 2019 - Russia rotated military technicians out of crisis-hit Venezuela on Wednesday, its embassy in Caracas said, as the regime declared that it thwarted an alleged coup plot.
Bonn (AFP) June 27, 2019 - Hours of discussions over whether the United Nations climate process needs protecting from big energy interests were scrubbed from official conclusions at a conference in Germany this week, AFP has learned.
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (AFP) June 24, 2019 - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo held talks Monday with Saudi leaders ahead of new sanctions on Tehran in a standoff sparked by Washington's withdrawal from a nuclear deal.
Lancaster UK (SPX) Jun 24, 2019 - The US military's carbon footprint is enormous and must be confronted in order to have a substantial effect on battling global warming. Research by social scientists from Durham University and
The Hague (AFP) June 24, 2019 - Dutch counter-terror officials on Monday highlighted extremist wind turbine protesters alongside Islamists and the far right in the country's latest terrorism threat report.
Hong Kong (AFP) June 24, 2019 - Oil prices extended gains Monday as rising US-Iran tensions fuelled supply concerns, while Asian equity traders moved cautiously ahead of a crunch meeting between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping this week.
Seoul, South Korea (SPX) Jun 24, 2019 - A hydrogen-natural gas blend (HNGB) can be a game changer only if it can be stored safely and used as a sustainable clean energy resource. A recent study has suggested a new strategy for stably stor
Paris (AFP) June 24, 2019 - Even modest climate change will increase global energy demand by up to a quarter before mid-century, and by nearly 60 percent if humanity fails to curb greenhouse gas emissions, researchers said Monday.
Seoul, South Korea (SPX) Jun 24, 2019 - Researchers have presented a new strategy for efficiently producing fatty acids and biofuels that can transform glucose and oleaginous microorganisms into microbial diesel fuel, with one-step direct
Khartoum (AFP) June 23, 2019 - Sudan's army rulers on Sunday appealed to the African Union and Ethiopia to unify their efforts in outlining a blueprint for a political transition in the crisis-hit country.
