Japan researchers target 3D-printed body parts
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 16, 2015 -
Japanese scientists say they are on their way to being able to create custom-made skin, bone and joints using a 3D printer.
Several groups of researchers around the world have developed small masses of tissue for implants, but now they are looking to take the next step and make them functional.
Tsuyoshi Takato, a professor at the University of Tokyo Hospital, said his team had been worki ...
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Oil tries rally 2.0 in Friday session
New York (UPI) Jan 16, 2015 -
A positive demand outlook Friday from the International Energy Agency helped lift oil prices, which struggled to maintain a rally in the previous session.
The IEA said the price for crude oil might not have reached its floor yet, indicating the slump may continue for the short- to medium-term. The low price of crude oil is constricting production from North America, while unrest in the ...
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Gas exports down for Canada
Calgary, Alberta (UPI) Jan 16, 2015 -
The Canadian government said exports of natural gas to the United States were 5 percent lower year-on-year thanks in part to the U.S. shale boom.
Pipeline exports to the United States averaged 7.3 billion cubic feet per day during the first 10 months of last year, a 5 percent decline from the same period in 2013.
"Exports have declined steadily since 2008," the National Energy Bo ...
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Oil price slump puts at risk clean energy push: experts
Abu Dhabi (AFP) Jan 17, 2015 -
Falling oil prices could have a negative impact on global efforts to develop renewable energy sources, experts warned Saturday at a conference in Abu Dhabi.
Oil prices have fallen by almost 60 percent since June, crashing on worries over global oversupply and weak demand in a faltering world economy.
Participants at the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) conference that opened ...
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Repsol scraps oil probe off Canaries tourist islands
Madrid (AFP) Jan 16, 2015 -
Energy giant Repsol abandoned its controversial search for oil and gas off Spain's Canary Islands Friday, delighting locals and environmentalists but dashing Madrid's hopes that the project would ease its energy dependency.
The prospecting had outraged leaders on the islands, a Spanish archipelago off the coast of north Africa, whose beaches and volcanic landscapes are a major draw for touri ...
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Schlumberger latest casualty of oil price decline
Houston (UPI) Jan 16, 2015 -
Though fourth quarter revenue increased 6 percent from 2013, the world's largest oil services company, Schlumberger, said it was resizing.
"In this uncertain environment, we continue to focus on what we can control," Chief Executive Paal Kibsgaard said in a statement. "We have already taken a number of actions to restructure and resize our organization that has led us to record a number ...
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Abu Dhabi fund offers $57 mn loans for clean energy
Abu Dhabi (AFP) Jan 19, 2015 -
An Abu Dhabi fund said Sunday that it will provide $57 million worth of concessional loans for clean energy projects in five developing countries.
The projects were aimed at bringing "reliable and sustainable power to more than 280,000 people" in Argentina, Cuba, Iran, Mauritania and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, said the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development.
Abu Dhabi is the wealthiest of t ...
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