Reports that President Donald Trump could soon tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in a bid to lower gasoline prices have raised concerns the emergency stockpile is being compromised for political purposes.
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 20, 2018
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Wine and spirits are complex mixtures of flavor and aroma compounds, some of which arise during aging in wooden barrels. Among other compounds, oak wood releases coumarins, but how they affect wine's sensory properties is ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 15, 2020
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A Peruvian oil executive warned Wednesday of "catastrophe" after indigenous residents cut a major pipeline in a region of the Amazon, triggering the spill of 8,000 barrels of oil.
Environment
Nov 29, 2018
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Few beverages have as rich a heritage and as complicated a chemistry as bourbon whiskey, often called "America's spirit." Known for its deep amber hue and robust flavors, bourbon has captured the hearts of enthusiasts across ...
Biochemistry
Sep 14, 2023
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The CEO of French oil giant Total said Thursday he would not be surprised to see the price of a barrel of crude reach $100 later this year.
Energy & Green Tech
May 17, 2018
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Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. on Sunday announced a $45-billion ($38-billion-euro) investment to modify an existing facility into one of the world's largest integrated refining and petrochemicals plants.
Business
May 13, 2018
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The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument, called DESI, has an ambitious goal: to scan more than 35 million galaxies in the night sky to track the expansion of our universe and the growth of its large-scale structure over ...
General Physics
Nov 18, 2016
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Susanne Åkesson, a biologist at Lund University in Sweden, refutes the theory that zebras have striped fur to stay cool in the hot sun. That hypothesis is wrong, she and her colleagues show in a study recently published ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 6, 2018
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Researchers in Belgium have identified an additional inoculation source—the wooden casks or foeders—for producing lambic beers. Traditional lambic beer production takes place through wort inoculation with environmental ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 2, 2018
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Three months, 20 balloons, and one very successful campaign: The team for NASA's BARREL – short for Balloon Array for Radiation belt Relativistic Electron Losses—mission returned from Antarctica in March 2014. In a new ...
Space Exploration
Apr 25, 2014
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