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Iran to use mines, missiles to shut Hormuz
Jul 03, 2012 (UPI)
Iranian lawmakers call for closing the strategic Strait of Hormuz amid a sharpening confrontation in the Persian Gulf while Revolutionary Guards display their m...
New spin on old method to develop more efficient electronics
Jul 03, 2012 (SPX)
With the advent of semiconductor transistors-invented in 1947 as a replacement for bulky and inefficient vacuum tubes-has come the consistent demand for faster,...
The Increasing Threats to Global Energy Supplies
Jul 02, 2012 (SPX)
As global energy supplies come under increasing attack by non-state actors and private energy holdings become key targets of political maneuverings and criminal...
Auriga Laser: Innovative Combination of FIB/SEM Technology with Laser Ablation for Fast Sample Preparation
Jul 02, 2012 (SPX)
Carl Zeiss has launched the AURIGA Laser, a new advanced system combining the specific advantages of the AURIGA CrossBeam (FIB-SEM) workstation with the capabil...
Iran MPs seek to shut Hormuz for EU-bound tankers
Jul 02, 2012 (AFP)
Iranian MPs have signed a draft law aimed at banning Europe-bound oil tankers from using the Strait of Hormuz to punish EU nations that slapped sanctions on the...
Marine energy doubled by predicting wave power
Jul 02, 2012 (SPX)
The energy generated from our oceans could be doubled using new methods for predicting wave power. Research led by the University of Exeter, published in the jo...
Philippines says may ask US for air surveillance
Jul 02, 2012 (AFP)
The Philippines may ask the United States to send spy planes to help it monitor a disputed area in the South China Sea, a presidential spokesman said Monday, in...
Crude down in Asia on profit-taking, weak China PMI
Jul 02, 2012 (AFP)
Crude prices fell in Asia Monday as traders pulled back following a massive rally at the end of last week spurred by a eurozone deal, and after weak manufacturi...
Iran: EU oil embargo easily manageable
Jul 02, 2012 (UPI)
Iran said over the weekend it can easily replace the European Union as a customer for its oil as EU sanctions over its nuclear program took effect. Ahmad Qaleba...
Shell, BASF ordered to pay $500 mln in Brazil pollution case
Jul 02, 2012 (AFP)
A Brazilian judge has ordered oil giant Shell and chemical behemoth BASF to pay $500 million in compensation for hundreds of ex-workers suing for damages in a s...
US hails EU embargo on Iran oil
Jul 01, 2012 (AFP)
The White House welcomed Sunday's implementation of an EU embargo on Iranian oil, calling it "an essential part" of an international response to Tehran's nuclea...
EU oil embargo on Iran comes into effect
Jul 01, 2012 (AFP)
A European Union embargo on Iranian oil went into effect on Sunday, provoking anger in Tehran which says the measure will hurt talks with world powers over its ...
China sends patrol ships to disputed waters: Xinhua
Jul 01, 2012 (AFP)
China has deployed four patrol ships to a disputed area of the South China Sea, state media said Sunday, amid a deepening row with Vietnam over competing territ...
Nigeria arrests suspected oil pipeline bomber
Jun 30, 2012 (AFP)
Nigeria's military on Saturday said it had arrested the leader of a gang responsible for a series of attacks on oil installations in the Niger Delta region. Sei...
Petronas buys Canadian gas producer for $5.3bn
Jun 29, 2012 (AFP)
Malaysian state energy firm Petronas has agreed to buy Canada's Progress Energy Resources for $5.3 billion to secure stable supplies of liquefied natural gas (L...
Faster, cheaper gas and liquid separation using custom designed and built mesoscopic structures
Jun 29, 2012 (SPX)
In what may prove to be a significant boon for industry, separating mixtures of liquids or gasses has just become considerably easier. Using a new process they ...
Sanctions put the squeeze on Iranians
Jun 29, 2012 (AFP)
Leila is getting pretty good at playing Angry Birds on her imported iPhone. Sitting behind her desk in an idle travel agency in central Tehran, she often has no...
Political turmoil could hurt Iraq oil plan
Jun 29, 2012 (UPI)
Iraq is pressing ahead with its ambitious drive to boost oil production to some 12 million barrels per day and challenge Saudi Arabia as the world's top produce...
China's Yancoal floats on Australian exchange
Jun 28, 2012 (AFP)
Yancoal Australia, a new firm created by the merger of Gloucester Coal and China's Yancoal, listed on the Australian Stock Exchange Thursday in the bourse's big...
Stanford scientists spark new interest in the century-old Edison battery
Jun 28, 2012 (SPX)
Stanford University scientists have breathed new life into the nickel-iron battery, a rechargeable technology developed by Thomas Edison more than a century ago...
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