ENERGY TECH - NANO DAILY

Charge Order competes with superconductivity

Dec 23, 2013 (SPX)

Superconductors are materials that can conduct electricity without any loss of energy. In order to exhibit this property, however, classical superconductors nee...

Lifeline oil fields under rebel threat in South Sudan

Dec 22, 2013 (AFP)

Rebel forces in South Sudan threaten the crucial oil fields key to the economy, experts warn, risking possible military intervention by old enemies Sudan should...

Roots of the Lithium Battery Problem

Dec 22, 2013 (SPX)

The lithium-ion batteries that power our laptops, smartphones and electric vehicles could have significantly higher energy density if their graphite anodes were...

SMUD Visualizes Smart Grid with Space-Time Insight's Situational Intelligence Software

Dec 22, 2013 (SPX)

Space-Time Insight has announced that the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) has implemented Space-Time Insight's geospatial and visual analytics soft...

Army commander in South Sudan oil-state 'joins rebels': army spokesman

Dec 21, 2013 (AFP)

A top South Sudan army commander based in the key oil-producing Unity state appears to have defected to rebel forces, the country's army spokesman said Friday. ...

Cameron vows to defend Falklands after 'momentous' year

Dec 20, 2013 (AFP)

Prime Minister David Cameron vowed Friday to defend the Falkland Islands after a "momentous" year in which residents voted to remain a British overseas territor...

Intelligence chief killed in Libya's Benghazi

Dec 20, 2013 (AFP)

The head of military intelligence in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi was shot dead on Friday during a visit to his family in nearby Derna, a security offici...

UTSA Institute for Economic Development researches oil, gas economic impact

Dec 20, 2013 (SPX)

Development of oil and natural gas in a 16-county region of West Texas added more than $14.5 billion in total economic impact during 2012, according to a study ...

Russia starts pumping oil at Arctic rig raided by Greenpeace

Dec 20, 2013 (AFP)

Russia's state-held energy giant Gazprom said Friday it had launched production at an Arctic oil rig raided in September by 30 Greenpeace activists whom the aut...

Japan researcher builds device to transmit 'force'

Dec 20, 2013 (AFP)

A Japanese researcher on Friday unveiled an invention that instantly and wirelessly transmits force between two devices, in a development that could allow physi...

Cyprus likely partner as Israel mulls gas exports, but Turkey beckons

Dec 20, 2013 (UPI)

Israel is studying its options for exporting its natural gas riches in the eastern Mediterranean, but instability in neighboring Egypt and friction with former ...

China state oil firm evacuating workers in South Sudan

Dec 20, 2013 (AFP)

A Chinese state oil company said Friday it was evacuating workers because of political violence in South Sudan that has left hundreds dead. "We are arranging th...

A Terahertz generator with the highest signal quality

Dec 20, 2013 (SPX)

Researchers at the Universidad Carlos III of Madrid (UC3M) and the firm Luz WaveLabs are developing an innovative Terahertz generator that improves signal quali...

Venezuela to raise domestic gas prices?

Dec 20, 2013 (UPI)

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro signaled he wants to raise gasoline prices, which are considered among the cheapest in the world at about 5 cents a gallon. ...

Study links BP oil spill to dolphin disease

Dec 19, 2013 (UPI)

A U.S. government study links the BP oil disaster to Gulf of Mexico dolphin disease, but a spokesman for the oil and gas giant said the study proved nothing. Th...

S.Africa suspends offshore oil, gas exploration

Dec 19, 2013 (AFP)

South Africa has suspended oil and gas exploration off the east coast following a complaint over the impact of underwater sound pollution on sea life, an offici...

Iraqi Kurds pump oil to Turkey amid fears of new clash

Dec 19, 2013 (UPI)

Iraq's semiautonomous Kurdish enclave has reportedly started pumping oil direct to neighboring Turkey via a new pipeline even though Baghdad has not approved th...

Canada oil pipeline to Pacific clears major hurdle

Dec 19, 2013 (AFP)

Canadian regulators recommended approval Thursday of a controversial Can$7.9 billion (US$7.4 billion) pipeline to move crude from Alberta's oil sands to the Pac...

BP engineer guilty of obstructing oil spill investigation

Dec 18, 2013 (AFP)

A drilling engineer for British oil giant BP was found guilty Wednesday of destroying text messages in his smartphone, obstructing the investigation into the 20...

Libya oil deadlock causes jitters in global energy market

Dec 18, 2013 (UPI)

Libya's deadlocked oil crisis, with rebel warlords refusing to reopen blockaded oil terminals along the Mediterranean coast, is causing jitters on international...