Items tagged with oil

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Warning Over Global Oil 'Decline' Friday, October 9th, 2009 - 16:45:08 - Anuradha Menon There is a "significant risk" that global production of conventional oil could "peak" and decline by 2020, a report has warned. The UK Energy... read more

Why Opposites Do Not Always Attract Thursday, September 17th, 2009 - 10:34:32 - Anuradha Menon It's a natural fact that opposites attract — or so scientists thought. But a new study of fluid droplets shows that opposites can sometimes bounce... read more

Big Oil Turns to Algae Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009 - 10:35:08 - Anuradha Menon Two of Craig Venter's recent passions have been combing the Earth for microbes and other minute critters that reveal the diversity of life, and... read more

Reducing Risk Of Heart Failure Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 - 17:52:48 - Ehud Rattner Eating fatty fish and marine omega-3 fatty acids, which are found in fish oil, seems to protect men from heart failure, according to one of the... read more

Ultimate Sponge for Cleaning Up Oil Spills Tuesday, February 17th, 2009 - 18:20:12 - Ehud Rattner Scientists in Arizona and New Jersey are reporting that aerogels, a super-lightweight solid sometimes called "frozen smoke," may serve as the... read more

Easier Way to Find Underground Oil Reserves Saturday, January 17th, 2009 - 10:37:04 - Anuradha Menon Picture this: an accurate map of a large underground oil reservoir that can guide engineers' efforts to coax the oil from the vast rocky subsurface... read more

Corn Ethanol Increases Global Warming Wednesday, December 10th, 2008 - 14:10:06 - Anuradha Menon A new study shows that switching from corn ethanol to grass may have great benefits. The ethanol business is a booming market, buoyed by several... read more

Using Solar Power to Derive Hydrogen Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 - 12:34:44 - Anuradha Menon The acidic gas hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is an environmental pollutant because of its toxic, malodorous, and corrosive nature. Every year, millions of... read more

Consuming Flaxseed Linked to Premature Birth Wednesday, October 29th, 2008 - 12:06:22 - Anuradha Menon A study has found that the risks of a premature birth quadruple if flaxseed oil is consumed in the last two trimesters of pregnancy. The research was... read more

90 Billion Barrels of Oil Found in Arctic Friday, July 25th, 2008 - 20:05:41 - Anuradha Menon The Arctic may hold far more oil than previously thought; as much as 90 billion undiscovered barrels according to a new study released today by the... read more

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