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To clean air and beyond: Catching greenhouse gases with advanced membranes
Researchers in Japan have engineered a membrane with advanced features capable of removing harmful greenhouse gases from the atmosphere Their findings published in the British journal Nature Communications may one day contribute to lower greenhouse ... - Read MoreSouthwest U.S. may face 'megadrought' this century
Because of global warming scientists say the chances of the southwestern United States experiencing a decade long drought is at least 50 percent and the chances of a megadrought one that lasts over 30 years ... - Read MoreNanodiamonds are forever: Did comet collision leave layer of nanodiamonds across Earth?
Most of North America's megafauna mastodons short faced bears giant ground sloths saber toothed cats and American camels and horses disappeared close to 13 000 years ago at the end of the Pleistocene period The ... - Read MoreGlobal warming pioneer calls for carbon dioxide to be taken from atmosphere and stored underground
Wally Broeker the first person to alert the world to global warming has called for atmospheric CO2 to be captured and stored underground He says that carbon capture combined with limits on fossil fuel emissions ... - Read MoreSAR11, oceans' most abundant organism, has ability to create methane
The oxygen rich surface waters of the world's major oceans are supersaturated with methane a powerful greenhouse gas that is roughly 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide yet little is known about the source ... - Read MoreNASA launches carbon mission to watch Earth breathe
NASA successfully launched its first spacecraft dedicated to studying atmospheric carbon dioxide at 2 56 a m PDT 5 56 a m EDT Tuesday July 1 2014 The Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2 OCO 2 raced ... - Read MoreHigh carbon dioxide levels cause warming in tropics
The impact of the greenhouse gas CO2 on Earth's temperature is well established by climate models and temperature records over the past 100 years as well as coupled records of carbon dioxide concentration and temperature ... - Read MoreEmperor penguin in peril: Climate change threatens dramatic declines
An international team of scientists studying Emperor penguin populations across Antarctica finds the iconic animals in danger of dramatic declines by the end of the century due to climate change Their study published today in ... - Read MoreReigning in chaos in particle colliders yields big results
When beams with trillions of particles go zipping around at near light speed there's bound to be some chaos Limiting that chaos in particle colliders is crucial for the groundbreaking results such experiments are designed ... - Read MoreTo address climate change, nothing substitutes for reducing carbon dioxide emissions
The politically expedient way to mitigate climate change is essentially no way at all according to a comprehensive new study by University of Chicago climatologist Raymond Pierrehumbert Among the climate pollutants humans put into the ... - 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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High CO2 levels cause warming in tropics
no picThe impact of the greenhouse gas CO2 on Earth's temperature is well established by climate models and temperature records over the past 100 years as well as coupled records of carbon dioxide concentration and temperature ... - Read MoreEmperor penguin in peril
no picAn international team of scientists studying Emperor penguin populations across Antarctica finds the iconic animals in danger of dramatic declines by the end of the century due to climate change Their study published today in ... - Read MoreTeam develops a geothermometer for methane formation
no picMethane is a simple molecule consisting of just one carbon atom bound to four hydrogen atoms But that simplicity belies the complex role the molecule plays on Earth it is an important greenhouse gas is ... - Read MoreStanley Miller's Forgotten Experiments, Analyzed
no picReleased 6 25 2014 12 00 PM EDTSource Newsroom Georgia Institute of Technology more news from this source Contact Information Available for logged in reporters only Citations National Science Foundation NASA Astrobiology Program NSF CHE ... - Read MoreNo limits to human effects on clouds
no picUnderstanding how clouds affect the climate has been a difficult proposition What controls the makeup of the low clouds that cool the atmosphere or the high ones that trap heat underneath How does human activity ... - Read MoreMaterials Science
X-Rays Reveal Artistry in an Ancient Vaseshows certain standards of aesthetic excellence The artist invested more in his work than we had given him credit for Such collaborations spark scientific innovation as well Well conserved art objects allow researchers to look ...
Femtochemistry
Faster annotation system for prokaryotic genomes unveiledGeorgia Tech researchers working with colleagues in the National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI have released a new version of a genome annotation system capable of analyzing more than 2 000 prokaryotic genomes per day ...
- Mobile radio passive radar makes harbors safer
- Computers that teach by example: New computer system enables pattern-recognition systems to convey what they learn to humans
- Laser sniffs out toxic gases from afar: System can ID chemicals in atmosphere from a kilometer away
- High-speed 'label-free' imaging could reveal dangerous plaques
- Lord of the microrings: Breakthrough in microring laser cavities reported
Chemical Thermodynamics
Frankfurter Fraud: Finding Out What's in Your Hot DogSep 29 2016 Hot dogs are the perfect summer fare But knowing for sure what you're getting inside a bun can be difficult Now scientists have devised a method that could help prevent frankfurter fraud ...
- Supercondenser stores heat as electricity
- Hot find: Tightly spaced objects could exchange millions of times more heat
- Virtual vehicle testing: Modeling tires realistically
- Squeeze to remove heat: Elastocaloric materials enable more efficient, 'green' cooling
- From heat and cold comes image and mirror image
Polymer Chemistry
2015 Dreyfus Prize Chemist Realizes Vast Commercial Applications from His Polymerization InnovationHumria Remicade Rituxan Avastin and Herceptin ATRP is having a broad application interfacing with biology ATRP has enabled both the controlled synthesis of complex biomimetic polymers and the preparation of bio hybrids The fusion of ...
- Color-Changing Polymer May Signal Traumatic Brain Injuries in Soldiers, Athletes (Video)
- Wrapping carbon nanotubes in polymers enhances their performance
- Squid-inspired 'invisibility stickers' could help soldiers evade detection in the dark
- Molecule from plants could make our roads and roofs 'greener'
- 'Green' batteries made to last: Oxide/carbon composite outperforms expensive platinum composites
Chemical Physics
World's Most Sensitive Dark Matter Detector, What to Expect From the Coming Quantum Era and More in the Physics News Source Sponsored by AIPHubble Finds Planet Orbiting Pair of Stars Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope and a trick of nature have confirmed the existence of a planet orbiting two stars in the system OGLE 2007 BLG 349 ...
Chemical Kinetics
Making Catalysts Smarterin a paper published Monday Sept 19 in the journal Nature Chemistry Titled “Adsorbate mediated strong metal support interactions in oxide supported Rh catalysts ” the paper describes a new approach to dynamically tune how ...
Bioorganic Chemistry
3-D neural structure guided with biocompatible nanofiber scaffolds and hydrogelsDamage to neural tissue is typically permanent and causes lasting disability in patients but a new approach has recently been discovered that holds incredible potential to reconstruct neural tissue at high resolution in three dimensions ...
- Thin transparent flexible screens: Roll up your screen and stow it away?
- Super-resolution microscopes reveal link between genome packaging, cell pluripotency
- Mystery of the reverse-wired eyeball solved
- Arachnid Rapunzel: Researchers spin spider silk proteins into artificial silk
- Computer model enables design of complex DNA shapes
Mechanochemistry
There's a revolution brewing in the technology kitchen: Imagine technology that is good enough to wear, safe enough to eatTechnology innovation specialists at Lancaster University are working on a project to design a range of wide reaching sensing devices for people suffering with anxiety This follows work undertaken by the School of Computing and ...
Chemical Engineering
Flexible and transparent pressure sensorHealthcare practitioners may one day be able to physically screen for breast cancer using pressure sensitive rubber gloves to detect tumors owing to a transparent bendable and sensitive pressure sensor newly developed by Japanese and ...
- Queen's University Belfast Scores a World First with Invention of 'Porous Liquid'
- Optimising soft-optoelectronics materials through molecular engineering
- Engineering a multipurpose, environmentally friendly dam
- Fluid-filled pores separate materials with fine precision
- The better to see you with: Prosthetic leg would keep an eye on path ahead
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