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The measure comes after the International Maritime Organisation recommended its members to phase out such tankers and build double-hulled ones instead, WAM news agency said. A double-hulled tanker reduces the risk of a spill in case of a collision or...

South Korean atomic energy research institute and Daewoo Engineering have won an open bid to build Jordan's first research reactor, officials said Friday. The award will help open markets in the region for Korean firms, Yonhap news agency reported.

Reuters. "We hope to get hydrogen gas from small or mid-sized nuclear reactors, which are also under study by us." Currently, iron ore is melted in a furnace using super-heated air from burning coal. In addition to this fuel role,...

Helena restaurant Press, gone are the days when kitchen staff scraped leftovers into trash bags destined for the landfill. Instead, the restaurant has installed a state-of-the-art dehydrating system that takes wet food-waste along with other compostable materials and turns it...

South Korea's Hyundai Oilbank said on Tuesday Japan's Cosmo Oil Co Ltd will invest $600 million for a joint project to build a petrochemical plant in South Korea. Japan's fourth-biggest refiner and South Korea's smallest oil refiner will hold 50...

Service official Choi Kwan-muk says that rescuers have found the dead bodies of the helicopter's pilot and two deputy pilots. Choi says it is not immediately known what caused the Russian-made KA-32T helicopter to crash. Yonhap news agency reported the...

University and the Korean chemical company LG Chem, led by Professor Sang Yup Lee focused their research on Polylactic Acid (PLA), a bio-based polymer which holds the key to producing plastics through natural and renewable resources. �The polyesters and other...

With less than three weeks remaining before negotiators gather in Copenhagen to hammer out a global response to climate change , a rapid-fire succession of countries are unveiling national plans that serve as opening bids for reining in heat-trapping emissions....

Buried in the text of Tuesday's joint declaration between the President Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao was a significant climate announcement: The Obama administration will offer concrete emission reduction targets as part of next month's negotiations, as long as...