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BP to push ahead in Canadian oil sands
LONDON, April 16 (UPI) -- Shareholders for supermajor BP rejected a call for more transparency regarding Canadian oil sands development amid environmental complaints.
Kiev, Moscow gas talks strictly bilateral
KIEV, Ukraine, April 15 (UPI) -- No intermediaries are involved in discussions between Ukrainian state energy company Naftogaz and Russian gas monopoly Gazprom, officials in Kiev said.
Intel Plans New Intel Atom Processor-based System-on-Chip
Two Intel executives today outlined the latest Intel system-on-chip (SoC) products for embedded applications and described new research to allow homes and small businesses to better use and manage energy....
'Pavement power' may light up French city (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Authorities in Toulouse in the south-west of France are considering a proposal to install "pavement power" technology that would use the energy provided by pedestrians to generate electricity...
Stewart Brand: Nuke Energy is Green
Whole Earth Catalog Founder Says Environmentalists Need to Rethink Opposition to Nuclear Energy
U.S. Military Supply of Rare Earth Elements Not Secure
A government report finds that much of the U.S. military's high-tech arsenal relies upon rare earth elements, and that the U.S. might need 15 years to build its own independent...
Greenpeace irked by Russia's uranium
ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, April 14 (UPI) -- A ship from the environmental group Greenpeace arrived Wednesday in St. Petersburg, Russia, to protest nuclear fuel waste shipments from France.
Groups push for NG hybrid vehicles
WASHINGTON, April 14 (UPI) -- Natural gas advocates and automotive engine companies launched a collaborative effort to promote natural gas-powered vehicles in the United States.
Laser physics turned upside down: New way to generate tunable wavelengths using quantum-dot technology
Physicists in Germany have developed a new method for generating tunable wavelengths, as well as more easily switching back and forth between two wavelengths, employing quantum-dot lasers. The finding could...
New super bacterium doubles hydrogen gas production
Hydrogen gas is today used primarily for manufacturing chemicals, but a bright future is predicted for it as a vehicle fuel in combination with fuel cells. In order to produce...
Toshiba's SCiB rechargeable battery selected for Ev-neo, Honda's new electric motorcycle
Toshiba Corporation today announced that its SCiB battery has been selected by Honda Motor as the power battery module for Honda's new commercial-use electric motorcycle, the "EV-neo."
Printed origami offers new technique for complex structures
The marriage of direct-printing and wet-folding origami techniques heralds a new method for creating complex three-dimensional structures for biocompatible devices, microscaffolding and other microsystems. Researchers use sheets printed with inks...
NXP to Demonstrate New Class of DSC Based on ARM Cortex-M4
NXP Semiconductors today announced that it will demonstrate working silicon of its newest microcontrollers based on the ARM Cortex-M4 processor at ESC Silicon Valley 2010.
Argonne's CARIBU charge breeder breaks world record for efficiency
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory have pushed the limits of charge breeding and broken a long-standing world record for ionisation efficiency of solids...
Scientists record yoctonewton forces
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists in Australia and the US have discovered that trapped ions are "exquisitely sensitive" force detectors, and have used them to record the tiniest forces ever measured.
New drug design technique could dramatically speed discovery process
Scientists here are taking the trial and error out of drug design by using powerful computers to identify molecular structures that have the highest potential to serve as the basis...
Stanford researchers find electrical current stemming from plants
In an electrifying first, Stanford scientists have plugged in to algae cells and harnessed a tiny electric current. They found it at the very source of energy production - photosynthesis,...
In The World: Better wound treatment for all
Nobody knows precisely why it works, but doctors have known for decades that the healing process for open wounds can be greatly speeded up by applying negative pressure — that is, suction...
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chairman Says SILEX Needs a Careful Look
As global leaders discuss ridding the world of nuclear weapons, the chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory (NRC) Commission has acknowledged that a new laser technology-- which could lead to even...
Lasers, Uranium, and Proliferation
National Public Radio looks at an emerging proliferation risk—a method of enriching uranium to...
New nano-tool synthesized
Two chemists at The Scripps Research Institute have synthesized a new nano-scale scientific tool -- a tiny molecular switch that turns itself on or off as it detects metallic ions...
MOFs for medicine
US scientists have produced metal organic frameworks that release NO in a controlled manner for use in biomedical applications
'Black hole' at atomic scale demonstrated
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., April 13 (UPI) -- U.S. physicists say they have discovered atoms spiral toward a charged carbon nanotube, displaying dramatic acceleration before splitting apart.
New York sees biomass as energy option
PRINCETON, N.J., April 13 (UPI) -- New Jersey company NRG Energy announced Tuesday it won a 10-year contract in New York to generate power using renewable biomass fuel at...
U.S. Tiger gas pipeline gets FERC approval
HOUSTON, April 13 (UPI) -- Texas energy company Energy Transfer Partners won U.S. federal approval for its planned Tiger Pipeline to transport natural gas from Louisiana and Texas.
Tullow Oil finds oil in Uganda
LONDON, April 13 (UPI) -- London's oil and gas exploration company Tullow Oil announced Tuesday the discovery of oil in the Kasamene field in Uganda.
Azerbaijan weighs gas transit options
BUCHAREST, Romania, April 13 (UPI) -- Liquefied and compressed natural gas are possible avenues for gas transit diversification to Europe from Azerbaijan, executives said Tuesday in Bucharest.
Siemens hits 2GW mark for wind in Britain
LONDON, April 13 (UPI) -- European conglomerate Siemens announced Tuesday it reached 2 gigawatts of wind energy capacity in Britain with installations at an Essex coast wind turbine.