Trump budget kills offshore oil revenue sharing for Louisiana, other Gulf states.
President Donald Trump's proposed fiscal year 2018 budget calls for repealing the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act, which Louisiana officials have counted on...
Electric car options only increasing in 2017.
BMW's i3 electric car plugs in to recharge its batteries. The exotic BMW i8 hybrid sports car also plugs in to charge up. And...
Graphene on silicon carbide can store energy
By introducing defects into the perfect surface of graphene on silicon carbide, researchers have increased the capacity of the material to store electrical charge....
Solar cells more efficient thanks to new material standing on edge
Researchers have designed a new structural organization using the promising solar cell material perovskite. The study shows that solar cells increase in efficiency thanks...
Weather patterns’ influence on frost timing
The frost-free season in North America is approximately 10 days longer now than it was a century ago. In a new study researchers parse...
Wolves need space to roam to control expanding coyote populations
Wolves and other top predators need large ranges to be able to control smaller predators whose populations have expanded, according to a new study....
Smoke from wildfires can have lasting climate impact
Researchers have found that carbon particles released into the air from burning trees and other organic matter are much more likely than previously thought...
Hottest lavas that erupted in past 2.5 billion years revealed
Deep portions of Earth's mantle might be as hot as it was more than 2.5 billion years ago, an international team of researchers has...
Rare tooth find reveals horned dinosaurs in eastern North America
A chance discovery in Mississippi provides the first evidence of an animal closely related to Triceratops in eastern North America. The fossil, a tooth...
This refugee camp in the Jordanian desert now has its own solar farm.
The two-megawatt solar plant, funded by a donation from the Ikea Foundation, sends power into Jordan’s national grid, helping offset the electric bill for...
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The extremely rare cave-dwelling albino fish with no eyes, the Mexican blindcat, has previously only been known to exist in Mexico.
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