Environment
Ethanol-fuelled racecars outrun conventional speedsters
10 Jul 2010
Argonne engineers found that ethanol-fueled engines outperforms traditional racecar engines with environmentally-unfriendly leaded fuel
Solar powered plane completes night long flight over Switzerland
10 Jul 2010
The Solar Impulse cruised at a height of 28,000 feet and a top speed of 78 mph, in a night long flight, in what, according to project coordinators was the longest test flight of a piloted, solar-powered aircraft
Oil spills raise arsenic levels in oceans: new research
02 Jul 2010
Oil spills can increase levels of toxic arsenic in the ocean and become more concentrated and poisonous the further it moves up the food chain
Climate change scientists turn up the heat in Alaska
28 Jun 2010
Scientists are planning a large-scale, long-term eco-system experiment to test the effects of global warming on the icy layers of arctic permafrost which cover a large land area around the world.
BP shares in free fall
26 Jun 2010
Can't let BP be destroyed, says Cameron
26 Jun 2010
While BP is accountable for the spill, Cameron said, it is also in the long-term interests of all that there is some clarity over the issue, "so that we don't at the same time see the destruction of a company that is important for all our interests."
Oil spill cost up at $2.35-billion: BP
25 Jun 2010
BP to raise $50 billion, sue partner Anadarko
22 Jun 2010
The London-based oil company has already spent nearly $2 billion in containing the oil spill, clean up operations and paying compensation to people whose livelihood were affected by the spill
Dow chief, Andrew Liveris, to skip Indo-US CEO forum meet
22 Jun 2010
Andrew Liveris, chairman and CEO of Dow Chemicals, will not attend the Indo-US CEO Business Forum meet which is set to see participation of a high-level Indian delegation, led by India’s finance minister.
Government to file fresh plea in Bhopal gas case
21 Jun 2010
The Group of Ministers (GoM) on the Bhopal gas disaster, at its fifth meeting on Monday, decided that the centre would file a new petition in the case
Israel to build world's biggest desalination plants
21 Jun 2010
The Israeli cabinet has approved a plan to build two of the biggest reverse osmosis desalination plants in the world slated to double desalinated water production in Israel.
Anadarko points finger at BP for spill
19 Jun 2010
India’s biggest solar plant in Kolar inaugurated
18 Jun 2010
Cong-BJP shed crocodile tears – Dow rules supreme
17 Jun 2010
Even as politicians shed crocodile tears about the victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy Dow Chemicals, the successor firm, carries out its business with no concerns or grief.
Cong-BJP shed crocodile tears – Dow rules supreme
17 Jun 2010
Even as politicians shed crocodile tears about the victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy Dow Chemicals, the successor firm, carries out its business with no concerns or grief.
Cong-BJP shed crocodile tears – Dow rules supreme
17 Jun 2010
Even as politicians shed crocodile tears about the victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy Dow Chemicals, the successor firm, carries out its business with no concerns or grief.