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Geoengineering approaches to reduce climate change unlikely to succeed
Experiment is first to simulate warming of Arctic permafrost
Although vegetation growth in the Arctic is boosted by global warming it's not enough to offset the carbon released by the thawing of the permafrost beneath the surface University of Florida researchers have found in ... - Read MoreTracking fracking pollution
As a result of the fracking revolution North America has overtaken Saudi Arabia as the world's largest producer of oil and gas This despite endless protests from environmentalists But does drilling for natural gas really ... - Read MoreDestroying greenhouse gases in environmentally-friendly way
Even if emissions stop, carbon dioxide could warm Earth for centuries
Rain as acidic as lemon juice may have contributed to ancient mass extinction
Methane emissions vastly surpass previous estimates
Government calculations of total U S methane emissions may underestimate the true values by 50 percent a new study finds The results are published the week of November 25 in the early online edition of ... - Read MoreGlobal warming in the Canadian arctic
Ph D student Karita Negandhi and professor Isabelle Laurion from INRS'Eau Terre Environnement Research Centre in collaboration with other Canadian U S and French researchers have been studying methane emissions produced by thawing permafrost in ... - Read MoreUnexpected properties of methane-producing microbe
Research reveals how farmers could mitigate nitrous oxide emissions
Farmers may be able to help reduce emissions of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide N2O by incorporating copper into crop fertilization processes according to new research from the University of East Anglia Global agricultural emissions ... - Read MoreMost Popular Articles
Released 3 11 2013 5 00 AM EDTSource Newsroom National University of Singapore more news from this source Mar 11 2013 A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore NUS led by Professor ...
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All chefs know that you have to break some eggs to make an omelet and that includes engineers at Iowa State University who are using high frequency sound waves to break down plant materials in ...
An old material gets a new name and with it topological insulators have another chance to shine Samarium hexaboride SmB6 has been around since the late 1960s but understanding its low temperature behavior has remained ...
All too often when a person takes a pill full of a potent and effective drug the drug passes straight through the body not reaching the organ where it is needed a waste of money ...
With the help of phylogenetic analysis scientists describe three new fungus species from New Zealand The new species belong to the widespread genus Gymnopus part of the Omphalotaceae family the most famous representative of which ...
More Atmospheric Chemistry’s Latest News
Global carbon emissions set to reach record 36 billion tons in 2013
Amber provides new insights into the evolution of Earth's atmosphere: Low oxygen levels for dinosaurs
Warming since 1950s partly caused by El Niño?
Warming since 1950s partly caused by El Niño
Methane-munching microorganisms meddle with metals
Molecular Biology
Researchers from CNRS Inserm and Université Joseph Fourier Grenoble have developed a particularly simple model that reproduces the swimming mechanism of amoebas They show that by changing shape these single cell organisms propel themselves forward ...
- Scientists stitch up photosynthetic megacomplex
- Researchers use nanoscale 'patches' to sensitize targeted cell receptors
- SlipChip counts molecules with chemistry and a cell phone
- Single-cell genome sequencing gets better
- RNA controls splicing during gene expression, further evidence of 'RNA world' origin in modern life
Chemical Thermodynamics
It is likely that at your next visit to the doctor a medical practitioner will start by taking your temperature This has been part of medical practice for so long that we may see it ...
Bioinorganic Chemistry
Nanorobot for transporting drugs in the bodyA nanorobot is a popular term for molecules with a unique property that enables them to be programmed to carry out a specific task In collaboration with colleagues in Italy and the USA researchers at ...
Carbohydrate Chemistry
Highly insulating triple pane windows keep a house snug and cozy but it takes two decades or more for the windows to pay off financially based on utility bill savings according to a report by ...
- Data centers can be cooled down in environmentally friendly, energy efficient ways
- Breathalyzers Could Test Blood Sugar
- Two for one in solar power: New process could revolutionize solar energy harvesting
- Waste could help fuel low carbon energy and transport
- High-energy physicists predict new family of four-quark objects
Environmental Chemistry
During her PhD project Olivia Carolina Narciso Pedro has studied the incidence of cyanobacteria and the production of microcystins toxic peptides in three different drinking water systems in Mozambique and established methods for monitoring cyanotoxins ...
- Geoengineering approaches to reduce climate change unlikely to succeed
- Experiment is first to simulate warming of Arctic permafrost
- New Jersey Shore likely faces unprecedented flooding by mid-century
- While the Arctic Ocean is largely a carbon sink, parts are also a source of atmospheric carbon dioxide
- Industrial age helps some coastal regions capture carbon dioxide, surprise finding shows
Chemical Physics
Quantum entanglement a perplexing phenomenon of quantum mechanics that Albert Einstein once referred to as spooky action at a distance could be even spookier than Einstein perceived Physicists at the University of Washington and Stony ...
Chemistry Education
Human interaction with robots is about to get a little more personal Meet Furhat the face of tomorrow's interactive technology An increasingly important and sometimes frustrating part of daily life is dealing with so called ...
Astrochemistry
Researchers now have stronger evidence of granite on Mars and a new theory for how the granite an igneous rock common on Earth could have formed there according to a new study The findings suggest ...
Scientific Communication
The University of Oklahoma Natural Products Discovery Group has taken an unconventional approach to finding new compounds with therapeutic relevance by launching a crowdsourcing initiative with citizen scientists from around the country With this approach ...
- 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Highlights the Cross-Disciplinary Nature of Today's Research Environment
- 'Celebrate Science' Events Next Sunday Open to the Public
- A close Bond: How the CIA exploited 007 for gadget ideas and public relations
- Scientists reveal structure of a supercooled liquid
- New generation soil property maps for Africa
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- Water pollution in Mozambique
- Thermoelectric materials nearing production scale
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- GRAPHENE: Growing Giants
- Geoengineering approaches to reduce climate change unlikely to succeed
- Experiment is first to simulate warming of Arctic permafrost
- New Jersey Shore likely faces unprecedented flooding by mid-century
- Ultrathin 'diagnostic skin' allows continuous patient monitoring
- Electricity from waste heat with more efficient materials
- Researchers create nonlinear light-generating zero-index metamaterial
- How water dissolves stone, molecule by molecule
- Carbon monoxide may help shrink tumors, amplify effectiveness of chemotherapy
- Better water purification with seeds from moringa trees
- DNA helicity, elasticity explained on nanoscale
- Silkworms spin colored silks while on a 'green' dyed-leaf diet
- While the Arctic Ocean is largely a carbon sink, parts are also a source of atmospheric carbon dioxide
- Turning waste into power with bacteria and loofahs
- Industrial age helps some coastal regions capture carbon dioxide, surprise finding shows
- Highly insulating windows are very energy efficient, though expensive
- Data centers can be cooled down in environmentally friendly, energy efficient ways
- Accelerated corrosion testing of silver provides clues about performance in atmospheric conditions
- Intense two-color double X-ray laser pulses: Powerful tool to study ultrafast processes
- The promise of nanotechnology
- Amoeboid swimming: Crawling in a fluid
- Molecular sensor detects early signs of multiple sclerosis, study finds
- Diagnostic imaging: New chip provides better all-round performance
- Living desert underground: In perpetual darkness of limestone cave, surprisingly diverse ecosystem of microbes
- Tracking fracking pollution
- New thermoelectronic generator: Heat energy efficiently converted to electricity
- Companies could make the switch to wood power
- Nanoscale shape-memory oxide discovered: Opens door to applications in medicine, energy and electronics
- 'Spooky action' builds a wormhole between 'entangled' quantum particles
- Optimizing carbon nanotube arrays for use in hot spots
- Face to face with Sweden's social robot
- Sorting Good Germs From Bad, in the Bacterial World
- Microplastics make marine worms sick
- Process holds promise for production of synthetic gasoline from carbon dioxide
- 'Nanosponge vaccine' fights MRSA toxins
- New light shed on solar water-splitting process
- Nanorobot for transporting drugs in the body
- Molecular imaging tracers help determine treatment plans for brain metastases
- Amplifying Our Vision of the Infinitely Small
- Mystery of neutron stars heats up: Previously unknown layers where rapid neutrino cooling occurs
- Snapshots differentiate molecules from their mirror image
- Destroying greenhouse gases in environmentally-friendly way
- New simulatable model displaying exotic quantum phenomena
- From cellulose to textile fiber
- Physicists study coldest objects in universe
- Pills of the future: Nanoparticles; Researchers design drug-carrying nanoparticles that can be taken orally
- Pushing limits of light microscopy
- Scientists stitch up photosynthetic megacomplex
- Iron-based process promises greener, cheaper, safer drug, perfume production
- Polymer gel, heal thyself: Engineering team proposes new composites that can regenerate when damaged
- Flexible, stretchable fire-ant rafts
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