While analyzing some of the world's oldest colored gemstones, researchers from the University of Waterloo discovered carbon residue that was once ancient life, encased in a 2.5 billion-year-old ruby.
Earth Sciences
Oct 21, 2021
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Soil microorganisms are important components of the soil ecosystem, they play critical roles in biogeochemical and nutrient cycling processes. The distribution pattern of bacterial community along the elevational gradient ...
Ecology
Oct 19, 2021
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A team of scientists has discovered microscopic dissolution seams that dissolve about 10 percent of the carbon in ancient deep-sea limestones where most of the world's carbon is stored.
Earth Sciences
Aug 27, 2021
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International drilling efforts over the last decades into the seafloor have provided increasing evidence for the existence of an extensive deep biosphere below the seafloor. There, circulating fluids in the sub-seafloor deliver ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 27, 2021
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Scientists have recreated the reaction by which carbon isotopes made their way into different organic compounds, challenging the notion that organic compounds, such as amino acids, were formed by isotopically enriched substrates. ...
Astrobiology
Apr 29, 2021
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Recycling of composite materials could be up to 70 percent cheaper and lead to a 90-95 percent reduction in CO2 emissions compared to standard manufacturing.
Materials Science
Mar 8, 2021
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Exposure to air pollution causes around 1.1 million deaths per year across India—this problem is thought to be most severe in Delhi. The steady upswing in India's population and energy consumption is a significant factor ...
Environment
Feb 17, 2021
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NUST MISIS scientists found a way to reduce the cost of industrial and electronics heatsinks production up to 10 times. Consequently, the product itself would also cost less. The proposed methods presume the use of rubber ...
Polymers
Dec 21, 2020
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A team of researchers at The University of Manchester has demonstrated that the surface properties of graphene can be used to control the structure of organic crystals obtained from solution.
Nanomaterials
Sep 1, 2020
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Polymers reinforced with ultra-fine strands of carbon fibers epitomize composite materials that are "light as a feather and strong as steel," earning them versatile applications across several industries. Adding materials ...
Nanomaterials
Aug 12, 2020
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