Plainsboro NJ (SPX) Jul 25, 2017 - Turbulence, the violently unruly disturbance of plasma, can prevent plasma from growing hot enough to fuel fusion reactions. Long a puzzling concern of researchers has been the impact on turbulence
Washington (UPI) Jul 25, 2017 - Though third quarter prospects are improving, the Norwegian government said industrial managers, led by the petroleum industry, are facing short-term pressures.
Washington (UPI) Jul 25, 2017 - A militant attack on a crude oil pipeline in Nigeria has sidelined more than 100,000 barrels of oil per day, the head of a state oil company announced.
Pullman WA (SPX) Jul 25, 2017 - Washington State University researchers have developed a way to grow algae more efficiently - in days instead of weeks - and make the algae more viable for several industries, including biofuels.
University Park PA (SPX) Jul 25, 2017 - While most climate scientists, including the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, implicitly define pre-industrial to be in the late 1800's, a true non-industrially influenced baseline is pr
College Park MD (SPX) Jul 25, 2017 - Engineers at the University of Maryland have invented an entirely new kind of battery. It is bio-compatible because it produces the same kind of ion-based electrical energy used by humans and other
Amherst MA (SPX) Jul 25, 2017 - Twenty years ago, microbiologist Barry Goodell, now a professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and colleagues discovered a unique system that some microorganisms use to digest and recyc
Washington (UPI) Jul 25, 2017 - Low imports of crude oil from Saudi Arabia, coupled with firm domestic petroleum demand, will likely reduce U.S. oil inventories, analysts said Tuesday.
Washington (UPI) Jul 25, 2017 - Supply and seasonal demand pressures are catching up with U.S. travelers, pushing gas prices up in all but 11 states, motor club AAA reported.
Raleigh NC (SPX) Jul 25, 2017 - Researchers at North Carolina State University have significantly increased the temperature at which carbon-based materials act as superconductors, using a novel, boron-doped Q-carbon material.
Jerusalem (SPX) Jul 24, 2017 - Researchers have made the first direct visual observation and measurement of ultra-fast vortex dynamics in superconductors. Their technique, detailed in the journal Nature Communications, could cont
University Park PA (SPX) Jul 24, 2017 - Vast swaths of Pennsylvania forests were clear-cut circa 1900 and regrowth has largely been from local native plant communities, but a team of researchers in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sci
Washington (UPI) Jul 24, 2017 - The growth forecasts for Middle East and North African economies are under pressure from lower crude oil prices, the International Monetary Fund reported.
Nashville TN (SPX) Jul 24, 2017 - Imagine slipping into a jacket, shirt or skirt that powers your cell phone, fitness tracker and other personal electronic devices as you walk, wave and even when you are sitting. A new, ultrat
Washington (UPI) Jul 24, 2017 - Hundreds of millions of barrels of crude oil are lacking from the global energy market because of joint efforts with OPEC, Russia's oil minister said Monday.
Houston TX (SPX) Jul 24, 2017 - Although it has not been widely successful to date in the former Soviet zone, Russia's use of the energy weapon against Western European countries in various forms still constitutes a strategic th
