Seattle (UPI) Jun 16, 2015 - Fourteen activists from Greenpeace were arrested by federal authorities during a protest against Shell's arctic Alaska program off the coast of Seattle.
Lemont IL (SPX) Jun 16, 2015 - For engine designers in the digital age, time is money. And that time is measured in computer cycles. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory are partnering with C
Binghamton NY (SPX) Jun 16, 2015 - Origami, the Japanese art of paper folding, can be used to create beautiful birds, frogs and other small sculptures. Now a Binghamton University engineer says the technique can be applied to buildin
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (AFP) June 16, 2015 - China will provide nearly $300 million in credit to help Kyrgyzstan build a strategic road for trade, the ex-Soviet state said Tuesday, as part of Beijing's grand vision to improve transport links across the region.
Calgary, Alberta (UPI) Jun 16, 2015 - More than 25,000 total jobs are expected to be lost in the Canadian exploration and production sector, a well drilling association said.
Helsinki, Finland (XNA) Jun 16, 2015 - Finland is going to export electricity to neighboring Russia in the coming weekend, the first time in the Nordic country's history, Finnish media reported on Saturday. The initial 13-hour feed
Lappeenranta, Finland (SPX) Jun 16, 2015 - A fully renewable energy system, including all energy consuming sectors, is not only a possible but a viable solution for Finland, according to a new research. Researchers from Lappeenranta Universi
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 16, 2015 - Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a fast, simple process for making platinum 'nano-raspberries' - microscopic clusters of nanoscale particles o
Hiroshima, Japan (SPX) Jun 16, 2015 - A Si quantum dot (QD)-based hybrid inorganic/organic light-emitting diode (LED) that exhibits white-blue electroluminescence has been fabricated by Professor Ken-ichi SAITOW (Natural Science Center
Bismarck, N.D. (UPI) Jun 16, 2015 - As the state's governor boasts of strong economic growth in 2014, North Dakota data show activity in the exploration and production sector is in decline.
Stanford CA (SPX) Jun 16, 2015 - One potential way to combat ongoing climate change, eliminate air pollution mortality, create jobs and stabilize energy prices involves converting the world's entire energy infrastructure to run on
Stavanger, Norway (UPI) Jun 16, 2015 - Norwegian energy company Statoil said it awarded a rig contract worth more than half a billion dollars for work in the giant Johan Sverdrup field.
Washington (UPI) Jun 16, 2015 - Retail gasoline prices in the United States are making a surprise surge as high demand and ongoing refinery issues crimp supplies, motor club AAA said.
Benghazi, Libya (AFP) June 15, 2015 - Al-Qaeda-linked jihadist Mokhtar Belmokhtar, who allegedly masterminded the siege of an Algerian gas plant in which 38 hostages died, has been killed in a US air strike, Libya's government said.
Houston (UPI) Jun 15, 2015 - Operations in the Gulf of Mexico are currently operating and normal, though BP said it was monitoring closely an unnamed tropical disturbance.
Preston, England (UPI) Jun 15, 2015 - A British county council at the center of the country's fledgling hydraulic fracturing sector gave partial support Monday to shale pioneer Caudrilla Resources.
