ENERGY TECH - NANO DAILY

Jun 28, 2012 (UPI)

Amid India's ongoing domestic coal shortage, Tata Power, the country's largest private power producer, said it is eyeing coal mines abroad for fuel security. "W...

Research team unveils spray-on battery

Jun 28, 2012 (AFP)

A cutting-edge battery that can be spray-painted on just about any surface was unveiled Thursday by a research team that tested it on everything from bathroom t...

Emirates, Saudis pump oil to bypass Hormuz

Jun 28, 2012 (UPI)

Amid Iranian threats to close the Strategic Strait of Hormuz, the only gateway to the Persian Gulf, the United Arab Emirates is ready to pump oil through a new ...

Amnesty slams arms imports fuelling SSudan conflict

Jun 28, 2012 (AFP)

Both South Sudan's army and rebel groups are using weapons imported from China, Ukraine and neighbouring Sudan in fighting that has claimed dozens of civilian l...

Bringing down the cost of fuel cells

Jun 28, 2012 (SPX)

Engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) have identified a catalyst that provides the same level of efficiency in microbial fuel cells (MFCs) as...

US sees momentum on South China Sea code

Jun 27, 2012 (AFP)

The United States said Wednesday it saw momentum in talks between China and Southeast Asia on agreeing to a code of conduct to ease deep friction over competing...

Sea waves as renewable resource in new energy converter design

Jun 27, 2012 (SPX)

Sea waves are a renewable and inexhaustible resource found in abundance across the planet. But efficiently converting sea wave motion into electrical energy has...

Situation calm in Strait of Hormuz: US Navy chief

Jun 27, 2012 (AFP)

The Strait of Hormuz has been relatively "quiet" in the past two months without major confrontations between American and Iranian warships, the US Navy's chief ...

BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill exacerbated existing environmental problems in Louisiana marshes

Jun 27, 2012 (SPX)

The BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill temporarily worsened existing manmade problems in Louisiana's salt marshes such as erosion, but there may be cause for optimi...

Vietnam says China offshore oil auction 'illegal'

Jun 27, 2012 (AFP)

Vietnam has denounced China's opening of offshore oil blocks to foreign companies in contested areas of the South China Sea as "illegal", as territorial tension...

Back-to-the-future battery spells good news for energy

Jun 27, 2012 (AFP)

Scientists have given a 21st-century makeover to the nickel-iron battery, a gadget conceived by Thomas Edison during the era of the steam engine and horse and b...

'No' exceptions to EU's July 1 oil sanctions on Iran

Jun 26, 2012 (AFP)

There will be "no" exceptions to the gamut of tough EU oil sanctions coming into effect against Iran on Sunday despite last-minute requests, a senior European U...

U.S. beefs up Persian Gulf forces

Jun 26, 2012 (UPI)

In the wake of Iran's refusal to rein in its contentious nuclear program at talks in Moscow, the U.S. military buildup in the Persian Gulf is gathering pace, wi...

Asymmetry may provide clue to superconductivity

Jun 25, 2012 (SPX)

Japanese and U.S. physicists are offering new details this week in the journal Nature regarding intriguing similarities between the quirky electronic properties...

Professors argue against fracking

Jun 25, 2012 (UPI)

Hydraulic fracturing to access natural gas should be slowed and eventually stopped, two Cornell University professors who have studied the technology said Monda...

Paraguay crisis threatens fuel shortages

Jun 25, 2012 (UPI)

Paraguay's political crisis threatens to exacerbate fuel shortages in the impoverished landlocked country after Venezuela cut off supplies in response to a Sena...

Australia to be ranked second for LNG?

Jun 25, 2012 (UPI)

Investment in Australia's liquefied natural gas sector will boost the country's gross domestic product growth by 2.2 percent by 2016, a new study indicates. The...

Waves of Berkeley Lab responders deploy omics to track Deepwater Horizon cleanup microbes

Jun 25, 2012 (SPX)

In the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico two years ago, various strategies were deployed to prevent 4.9 million barrels of ligh...

Chinese ship 'accidentally rams' Philippines boat

Jun 24, 2012 (AFP)

The Philippines alleged on Sunday that a Chinese vessel accidentally rammed a local fishing boat north of a disputed South China Sea shoal, killing one and leav...

Rotterdam shore-to-ship power switched on

Jun 22, 2012 (UPI)

The Netherlands this week introduced a new shore-to-ship power system at Rotterdam, part of an international push to reduce pollution from ocean-going ships. Th...