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Scientists find solution to two long-standing mysteries of cuprate superconductivity
May 14, 2014 (SPX)
Scientists seeking to understand the intricacies of high-temperature superconductivity-the ability of certain materials to carry electrical current with no ener...
Flexible supercapacitor raises bar for volumetric energy density
May 14, 2014 (SPX)
Scientists have taken a large step toward making a fiber-like energy storage device that can be woven into clothing and power wearable medical monitors, communi...
Breaking up water: Controlling molecular vibrations to produce hydrogen
May 14, 2014 (SPX)
Natural gas (methane) can be converted into hydrogen (H2), which is used in clean energy, synthetic fertilizers, and many other chemicals. The reaction requires...
Energy device for flexible electronics packs a lot of power
May 09, 2014 (SPX)
While flexible gadgets such as "electronic skin" and roll-up touch screens are moving ever closer to reality, their would-be power sources are either too wimpy ...
China and US battle for influence in Angola
May 07, 2014 (AFP)
Africa's second biggest oil producer and one of its fastest growing economies, Angola is at the centre of a race for influence between China and the United Stat...
Sweden's Vattenfall abandons research on CO2 storage
May 06, 2014 (AFP)
Swedish energy giant Vattenfall said Tuesday that it had given up its research on CO2 capture and storage, intended to make the company's coal power plants gree...
Iraq oil exports rebound but sales hit by attacks
May 04, 2014 (AFP)
Iraq's oil exports rebounded last month, government figures released on Sunday showed, despite militant attacks that forced the authorities to stop pumping crud...
Solving a mystery of thermoelectrics
May 01, 2014 (SPX)
Materials that can be used for thermoelectric devices - those that turn a temperature difference into an electric voltage - have been known for decades. But unt...
UEA research shows bacteria can combat dangerous gas leaks
Apr 30, 2014 (SPX)
Bacteria could mop up naturally-occurring and man-made leaks of natural gases before they are released into the atmosphere and cause global warming - according ...
Wetlands Likely to Blame for Greenhouse Gas Increases: Study
Apr 30, 2014 (SPX)
A surprising recent rise in atmospheric methane likely stems from wetland emissions, suggesting that much more of the potent greenhouse gas will be pumped into ...
Australia leases world's biggest coal port for $1.6 bn
Apr 30, 2014 (AFP)
An Australian and Chinese consortium on Wednesday won a 98-year lease on the world's biggest coal export port for Aus$1.75 billion dollars (US$1.62 billion), th...
Flexible battery, no lithium required
Apr 30, 2014 (SPX)
A Rice University laboratory has flexible, portable and wearable electronics in its sights with the creation of a thin film for energy storage. Rice chemist Jam...
US Senate leader open to Keystone pipeline vote
Apr 29, 2014 (AFP)
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Tuesday he would consider legislation forcing construction of a controversial US-to-Canada oil pipeline, setting up a pos...
Russian gas giant's profits slip for second year
Apr 29, 2014 (AFP)
Russia's natural gas giant Gazprom posted a second successive drop in annual profits on Tuesday and warned that the escalating crisis in Ukraine could disrupt i...
Nigerian community fights Shell in UK court hearing
Apr 29, 2014 (AFP)
Legal arguments begin in court on Tuesday in a compensation claim brought by about 15,000 members of Nigeria's Bodo community against oil giant Shell for the da...
Saudi ends 'largest' manuevers in its history
Apr 29, 2014 (AFP)
Saudi Arabia ended military excercises Tuesday along the borders of Iraq and Kuwait, as well as other regions, in what the media described as the largest in the...
Ahead of Iraq polls, oil still fuelling economic hopes
Apr 28, 2014 (AFP)
With a budget languishing in parliament, crucial reforms on the back burner and a hamstrung private sector, prospects for Iraq's economy after Wednesday's elect...
Greenpeace sends new protest ship as first Russian Arctic oil arrives
Apr 28, 2014 (AFP)
Greenpeace on Monday sent a protest ship to meet a Russian tanker carrying the first oil drilled offshore in the environmentally fragile Arctic. The ship, Rainb...
'Double-duty' electrolyte enables new chemistry for longer-lived batteries
Apr 28, 2014 (SPX)
Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a new and unconventional battery chemistry aimed at producing batteries t...
AllCell Working on ARPA-E Grant for Advanced EV Battery
Apr 27, 2014 (SPX)
AllCell Technologies is working on a program led by Stanford University to develop advanced electric vehicle (EV) batteries through an ARPA-E grant. The program...
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