Harvard Business ReviewCreating a New Approach to Engineering and Innovation at Hitachi ...Harvard Business ReviewAs the new general manager of the Global Research & Innovative Technology Center (GRIT) at Hitachi Metals, Kenichi Inoue is tasked with cr …

Science DailyBiochemical understanding of how plants regulate oil synthesis could point to new strategies for producing renewable ...Science DailyEarlier work by Shanklin's group in 2012 revealed that when plant cells were fed a short-term excess of fa …

Science DailyWhat plants can teach us about oil spill clean-up, microfluidicsScience DailyChen explains that the method allowed the team to demonstrate the fabrication of a material with both super-hydrophobic and olephilic (oil-absorbing) properties that, …

Salt Lake TribuneFeds sells leases on archaeologically rich southern Utah lands for ...Salt Lake Tribune(Photo courtesy of Josh Ewing, Friends of Cedar Mesa) This prehistoric masonry structure, near southeast Utah's Recapture Canyon, is on one of many …

Investopedia (blog)E*TRADE: Crude Oil Price on Watch for BreakoutInvestopedia (blog)Crude oil is poised for a breakout from its tight trading range, which presents an opportunity for traders either way it goes, said E*TRADE in a recent blog post. According …

Curbed LAMapping the long history of oil drilling in LACurbed LALos Angeles has had always had a complicated relationship with oil. In 1892, what had been a small agricultural city popular with Midwestern tourists became a boomtown nearly overnight when oi …

Science DailyAsh from dinosaur-era volcanoes linked with shale oil, gasScience Daily"The deposits are in narrow bands that can only be accessed with horizontal drilling, and the oil and gas are locked in these little pockets and are only available wit …

Mexico's Vista Oil approves capital increaseReutersMEXICO CITY, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Shareholders in Mexico's Vista Oil & Gas approved a capital increase on Monday, the company disclosed to the country's stock exchange. The energy investment …

ReutersNigeria's acting president to return to restive oil heartlandsReutersABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's acting president will meet again with community leaders from the Niger Delta oil heartlands next week, his spokesman said on Tuesday, in a bid t …

Wall Street Journal (subscription)Wall Street Cash Pumps Up Oil Production Even as Prices Sag - WSJWall Street Journal (subscription)Easy Wall Street funding is leading American shale companies to expand drilling even as most lose money on every barrel of …