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Full-annual-cycle models track migratory bird populations throughout the year
Ignoring the wintering ranges of migratory birds when studying their populations is like doing a puzzle with half of the pieces missing In a new Review published this week in The Auk Ornithological Advances Jeffrey ... - Read MoreSnffing out origins of methane: instrument identifies methane's origins in mines, deep-sea vents, and cows
Methane is a potent greenhouse gas second only to carbon dioxide in its capacity to trap heat in Earth's atmosphere for a long time The gas can originate from lakes and swamps natural gas pipelines ... - Read MoreNASA Ames reproduces the building blocks of life in laboratory
NASA scientists studying the origin of life have reproduced uracil cytosine and thymine three key components of our hereditary material in the laboratory They discovered that an ice sample containing pyrimidine exposed to ultraviolet radiation ... - Read MoreReducing greenhouse gas emissions with a more effective carbon capture method
Trapping carbon dioxide CO2 emissions from power plants and various industries could play a significant role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the future But current materials that can collect CO2 from smokestacks for example ... - Read MoreNew models yield clearer picture of emissions' true costs
When its environmental and human health toll is factored in a gallon of gasoline costs us about $3.80 more than the pump price a new Duke University study finds The social cost of a gallon ... - Read MoreMethane oxidation fuelled by algal oxygen production
Methane emissions are strongly reduced in lakes with anoxic bottom waters But here contrary to what has previously been assumed methane removal is not due to archaea or anaerobic bacteria A new study on Lake ... - Read MoreLasting severe weather impact found in feathers of young birds
While studying a ground nesting bird population near El Reno Okla a University of Oklahoma led research team found that stress during a severe weather outbreak of May 31 2013 had manifested itself into malformations ... - Read MoreNew tech could significantly cut carbon dioxide emissions
A new provisionally patented technology from a New Mexico State University researcher could revolutionize carbon dioxide capture and have a significant impact on reducing pollution worldwide With support from NMSU faculty members Abbas Ghassemi Reza ... - Read MoreMunching bugs thwart eager trees, reducing the carbon sink
In a high carbon dioxide world the trees would come out ahead Except for the munching bugs A new study published in Nature Plants shows that hungry plant eating insects may limit the ability of ... - Read MoreFirst direct observation of carbon dioxide's increasing greenhouse effect at Earth's surface
Scientists have observed an increase in carbon dioxide's greenhouse effect at Earth's surface for the first time The researchers led by scientists from the US Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Berkeley Lab measured ... - 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 ...
In the EU funded project MicroMilk European SMEs together with the University of Hohenheim and the Fraunhofer IGB have developed a novel method for pasteurization of milk with microwaves The system preserves the valuable components ...
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 ...
Released 10 11 2013 9 35 AM EDTEmbargo expired 10 13 2013 1 00 PM EDTSource Newsroom McMaster University more news from this source Oct 15 2013 Hamilton ON Oct 13 2013 Researchers at McMaster ...
A natural shift to stronger warm El Niño events in the Pacific Ocean might be responsible for a substantial portion of the global warming recorded during the past 50 years according to new research at ...
Geochemistry analysis conducted by the U S Naval Research Laboratory of fossil sediment injection structures off the New Zealand coast in February and March reveal no presence of modern day expulsions of methane gas a ...
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Lake Tahoe research provides new insights on global change
no picA Scripps Institution of Oceanography led study on how natural and human made sources of nitrogen are recycled through the Lake Tahoe ecosystem provides new information on how global change may affect the iconic blue ... - Read MoreNew ozone-destroying gases on the rise; not controlled by treaty
no picScientists report that chemicals that are not controlled by a United Nations treaty designed to protect the Ozone Layer are contributing to ozone depletion In the new study published today in Nature Geoscience the scientists ... - Read MoreAncient rocks show life could have flourished on Earth 3.2 billion years ago
no picA spark from a lightning bolt interstellar dust or a subsea volcano could have triggered the very first life on Earth But what happened next Life can exist without oxygen but without plentiful nitrogen to ... - Read MoreGoing negative with carbon
no picTo combat climate change President Obama has called for an 80 percent reduction in carbon dioxide CO2 emissions by 2050. To help achieve this goal the President has encouraged big investments in wind solar and ... - Read MoreGeoengineering report: Scientists urge more research on climate intervention
no picDeep cuts in greenhouse gas emissions while necessary may not happen soon enough to stave off climate catastrophe So in addition the world may need to resort to so called geoengineering approaches that aim to ... - Read MoreGeochemistry
Freeze! Watching alloys change from liquid to solid could lead to better metalsIf you put a camera in the ice machine and watched water turn into ice the process would look simple But the mechanism behind liquids turning to solids is actually quite complex and understanding it ...
- Submarine data used to investigate turbulence beneath Arctic ice
- How carbonates behave in Earth's interior
- Global sea ice diminishing, despite Antarctic gains
- Bacterial armor holds clues for self-assembling nanostructures
- Fossils survive volcanic eruption to tell us about the origin of the Canary Islands
Chemical Industry
Big Box Stores Could Ditch the Grid, Use Natural Gas Fuel Cells InsteadReleased 4 Mar 2015 4 30 PM ESTSource Newsroom Pacific Northwest National Laboratory more news from this source Contact Information Available for logged in reporters only Citations Fuel CellsMar 6 2015 RICHLAND Wash – Large ...
- Methane leaks from three large US natural gas fields in line with federal estimates
- Combination of imaging methods improves diagnostics
- Boston's leaky pipes release high levels of heat-trapping methane
- Study fuels hope for natural gas cars: Metal organic framework candidates for methane storage identified
- Detecting gases wirelessly, cheaply
Acid-base Chemistry
Simple way to make and reconfigure complex emulsionsMIT researchers have devised a new way to make complex liquid mixtures known as emulsions that could have many applications in drug delivery sensing cleaning up pollutants and performing chemical reactions Many drugs vaccines cosmetics ...
- 'Seeing' hydrogen atoms to unveil enzyme catalysis that may play key role in cancer drug development
- "Seeing" Hydrogen Atoms to Unveil Enzyme Catalysis
- Chemists identify role of soil in pollution control
- New material makes water and oil roll off
- Single-atom gold catalysts may offer path to low-cost production of fuel and chemicals
Chemical Thermodynamics
Supersonic electrons could produce future solar fuelResearchers from institutions including Lund University have taken a step closer to producing solar fuel using artificial photosynthesis In a new study they have successfully tracked the electrons' rapid transit through a light converting molecule ...
- Seeing through sparklers: What happens to heat-treated diamonds
- How iron feels the heat
- Nanotubes self-organize and wiggle: Evolution of a nonequilibrium system demonstrates MEPP
- Hot showers, lower power bills with heat pump water heaters: How water heaters are installed impacts total home energy use
- Breakthrough in predictions of pressure-dependent combustion chemical reactions
Biophysical Chemistry
X-ray imaging of a single virus in 3-DSince the determination of the molecular structure of myoglobin in 1957 X ray crystallography has been the defining tool of structural biology allowing researchers to determine the structure and hence the function of tens of ...
- Giant virus revealed in 3-D using X-ray laser
- New x-ray microscope for nanoscale imaging
- Watching protein crystal nucleation in real time
- New research paves the way for nano-movies of biomolecules
- New research paves the way for nano-movies of biomolecules; Scientists use X-ray laser as ultra slow-motion camera
Bioinorganic Chemistry
Novel pretreatment could cut biofuel costs by 30 percent or moreResearchers at the University of California Riverside have invented a novel pretreatment technology that could cut the cost of biofuels production by about 30 percent or more by dramatically reducing the amount of enzymes needed ...
- Solving a case of intercellular entrapment
- That smartphone is giving your thumbs superpowers
- Optogenetics: Identifying new targets for intervention
- Complementary light switchable proteins and superresolution reveal moving protein complexes in live cells at single molecule level
- Quantum mechanical calculations reveal the hidden states of enzyme active sites
Environmental Chemistry
Full-annual-cycle models track migratory bird populations throughout the yearIgnoring the wintering ranges of migratory birds when studying their populations is like doing a puzzle with half of the pieces missing In a new Review published this week in The Auk Ornithological Advances Jeffrey ...
- Snffing out origins of methane: instrument identifies methane's origins in mines, deep-sea vents, and cows
- NASA Ames reproduces the building blocks of life in laboratory
- Reducing greenhouse gas emissions with a more effective carbon capture method
- New models yield clearer picture of emissions' true costs
- Methane oxidation fuelled by algal oxygen production
Chemical Engineering
The better to see you with: Prosthetic leg would keep an eye on path aheadMo Rastgaar is poised to take a giant step forward in the development of a better prosthetic ankle The Michigan Technological University mechanical engineer and his team have already developed a prototype that can provide ...
- Researchers identify materials to improve biofuel, petroleum processing
- Scientists 'bend' elastic waves with new metamaterials that could have commercial applications
- A new step towards using graphene in electronic applications
- Engineer applies robot control theory to improve prosthetic legs
- More Hispanics earning bachelor’s degrees in physical sciences and engineering
Neurochemistry
New high-speed 3-D microscope -- SCAPE -- gives deeper view of living thingsOpening new doors for biomedical and neuroscience research Elizabeth Hillman associate professor of biomedical engineering at Columbia Engineering and of radiology at Columbia University Medical Center CUMC has developed a new microscope that can image ...
- Wireless brain sensor could unchain neuroscience from cables
- Small molecule acts as on-off switch for nature's antibiotic factory: Tells Streptomyces to either veg out or get busy
- Fluorescent sensor developed for detecting nitric oxide, a molecule related to many diseases
- Ketamine acts as antidepressant by boosting serotonin
- Scientists decode serotonin receptor at room temperature
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- Full-annual-cycle models track migratory bird populations throughout the year
- Hidden hazards found in 'green' products
- Nutrient pollution damages streams in ways previously unknown, ecologists find
- Snffing out origins of methane: instrument identifies methane's origins in mines, deep-sea vents, and cows
- Researchers discover new material to produce clean energy
- Lightning plus volcanic ash make glass
- Solar cells to get growth boost, price cut
- Democratizing synthetic biology
- NASA Ames reproduces the building blocks of life in laboratory
- X-ray imaging of a single virus in 3-D
- Basis for cadmium toxicity uncovered
- Reducing greenhouse gas emissions with a more effective carbon capture method
- Energy-generating cloth could replace batteries in wearable devices
- New models yield clearer picture of emissions' true costs
- Metabolic path to improved biofuel production
- Breakthrough in energy harvesting could power 'life on Mars'
- Medical nanoparticles: local treatment of lung cancer
- Semi-artificial chloroplasts to manufacture biotechnologically relevant products
- Protecting crops from radiation-contaminated soil
- Chemists develop 'looking glass' for spotting sound molecular structures
- Biomolecular force generation based on principle of a gas spring
- The Making of a Geochemist: Q&A with Andrew Stack
- Big Box Stores Could Ditch the Grid, Use Natural Gas Fuel Cells Instead
- NYU Chemists Develop "Looking Glass" for Spotting Sound Molecular Structures
- American Chemical Society Presidential Symposia: Nanoscience, International Chemistry
- Methane oxidation fuelled by algal oxygen production
- Lasting severe weather impact found in feathers of young birds
- Mystery solved: Why seashells' mineral forms differently in seawater
- New tech could significantly cut carbon dioxide emissions
- Flower-like magnetic nanoparticles target difficult tumors
- Graphene Research: Electrons Moving along Defined Snake States
- Giant virus revealed in 3-D using X-ray laser
- The rub with friction: News rules of friction at the microscopic level
- Step change for screening could boost biofuels
- Enhancing high-temperature tolerance in plants: Effective on rice and tomatoes
- Munching bugs thwart eager trees, reducing the carbon sink
- Breakthrough in organic light emitting diodes technology
- Freeze! Watching alloys change from liquid to solid could lead to better metals
- First detailed microscopy evidence of bacteria at the lower size limit of life
- Preventing spread of cancer with copper molecules
- Supersonic electrons could produce future solar fuel
- Aerogel catalyst shows promise for fuel cells: Unzipped nanotubes turned into possible alternative for platinum
- Scientists trick the light fantastic
- Lab-on-paper developed for rapid, inexpensive medical diagnostics
- Blend of polymers could one day make solar power lighter, cheaper and more efficient
- Smart crystallization
- Swarmies shuffle through field tests
- Forbidden atomic transitions: Controlling matter 1,000 times more precisely using high-resolution spectroscopy
- Pens filled with high-tech inks for do-it-yourself sensors
- Quantum radar to detect objects which are invisible to conventional systems
- Predicting human crowds with statistical physics
- Submarine data used to investigate turbulence beneath Arctic ice
- The biobattery: Turning sewage sludge into electricity and engine oil
- World's challenges demand science changes -- and fast, experts say
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