New York (UPI) Feb 19, 2015 - Crude oil prices were down sharply in Thursday trading after U.S. data showed more crude oil held in inventories, putting pressure on the recent rally.
Aalto, Finland (SPX) Feb 19, 2015 - Researchers succeeded in creating an electrocatalyst that is needed for storing electric energy made of carbon and iron. A challenge that comes with the increased use of renewable energy is how to s
Washington (UPI) Feb 19, 2015 - A group of 21 U.S. senators called on the Commerce Department to liberalize trade relations and allow for greater crude oil trade with Mexico.
New York (AFP) Feb 19, 2015 - Apple has been sued by developers of an advanced automotive car battery for allegedly poaching key employees, providing evidence that the California tech giant is working on an electric vehicle.
Cockeysville, Md. (UPI) Feb 19, 2015 - Battery manufacturer Saft America has been contracted by Thales Australia to supply lithium-ion batteries for prototype Hawkei tactical vehicles.
Pittsburgh (UPI) Feb 19, 2015 - The United Steelworkers union said the fire at an Exxon Mobil refinery in California is a reminder of the lopsided policies in the downstream energy industry.
New York (UPI) Feb 18, 2015 - A string of weak figures from Western economies took some of the steam out of the growth momentum in crude oil prices during the Wednesday trading session.
London (UPI) Feb 18, 2015 - Regional conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa have left a historic amount of oil on the sidelines, an annual report from BP found.
Chicago IL (SPX) Feb 18, 2015 - Frequency combs are the rulers of light. By counting a wavelength's many oscillations, they measure distance and time with extraordinary precision and speed. Since the discovery of optical fre
Ottawa (AFP) Feb 18, 2015 - Canadian police warned in a leaked document Wednesday of growing threats to the country's oil industry by militant climate activists opposed to the use of fossil fuels.
Brasilia, Brazil (UPI) Feb 18, 2015 - The number of fatalities attributed to an explosion on an oil production facility off the coast of Brazil was raised by one, contractor BW Offshore said.
Trieste, Italy (SPX) Feb 18, 2015 - Imagine taking a fullerene (C60) and cutting it in half like a melon. What you get is a corannulene (C20H10), a molecule that, according to a just-published study conducted with SISSA's collaboratio
Houston (UPI) Feb 18, 2015 - Oil and gas services companies Baker Hughes and Halliburton unveiled plans to review stakeholder options for the planned Halliburton takeover.
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Feb 18, 2015 - Measurements at BESSY II have shown how spin filters forming within magnetic sandwiches influence tunnel magnetoresistance - results that can help in designing spintronic component. In doing
Munich, Germany (SPX) Feb 18, 2015 - Physics sometimes borders on light art. An international team headed by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light and Friedrich-Alexander-Universitaet Erlangen-Nuremberg (FA
Washington (UPI) Feb 18, 2015 - The derailment of a train carrying crude oil from North Dakota through West Virginia is another sign of the need to address safety, a federal regulator said.
