A new Electronic Dolphin robot can clean up oil spills using a sea urchin-inspired filter that pulls in oil while pushing water away.

Attacks by Iran have already nearly halted the flow of oil through the vital waterway as commercial ship crews fear being hit by missiles, drones or mines.

Energy prices won't ease up until the Strait of Hormuz is secure, experts say. Here's what it will take to get the oil flowing again.

Countries already walloped by a breakdown of the international trading order, war in Ukraine and chaotic U.S. policymaking ...

Iran has threatened to set oil and gas infrastructure in the Middle East “on fire” if its energy sites are attacked. Follow live updates.

The U.S. said it had destroyed 16 Iranian mine-laying ships amid fears Tehran could deploy hundreds of mines to effectively ...

In early March, what appeared to be an oil spill was detected off the coast of Pajapan, Veracruz, and has since spread along 230 kilometers of coastline between Veracruz and Tabasco.

The Electronic Dolphin is a small robot developed by engineers from RMIT University in Australia to test an innovative method for cleaning oil spills from the ocean. It is a remote-controlled ...

The 'Electronic Dolphin' minibot eats up oil spills using an innovative filtering system, inspired by sea urchins.

When it comes to systems for cleaning up marine oil spills, most of them simply float in place, waiting for the oil to come to them. A new robot, however, could proactively move through oil slicks – ...

Rachel Reeves is in talks with insurers and international counterparts to restart traffic through the Strait of Hormuz.

A remotely-operated minibot developed by Australian researchers can quickly clean up oil spills using a specialised filtering ...