The problem of energetic resources is becoming more and more important, and many researchers are trying to create new ways of producing renewable energy and substitutes for petroleum. A group of scientists from Amyris Biotechnologies in Emeryville have managed to create organisms that turn sugar into oil.
Jack Newman, one of the founders of Amyris, modified [...]

Experts say that new high-efficiency nuclear fuel which is meant to burn longer and stronger may prove to be highly unstable.
The increase in power can be obtained by further enriching uranium, this leading to the possibility of extracting more electricity. This process has worked well in the pressurized water and boiling water reactors in the [...]