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Colorful solar instrument treks east for a new career

(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the world's most colorful solar instruments is moving across country for a new life dissecting the chemistry of comets and stars.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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STPSat-1 successfully completes extended mission

The STPSat-1, built for the Department of Defense (DoD) Space Test Program (STP) and operated by the DoD STP for the first year then transitioned to NRL for the last 16 months, was decommissioned on October ...

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Team finds buckyballs grow larger by 'eating' vaporized carbon

(Phys.org) -- Fullerenes were first discovered back in 1985 by a team of physicists vaporizing graphite in helium gas, one class of which, the buckminsterfullerene (C60) named after Buckminster Fuller and ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

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Satellite observes spatiotemporal variations in mid-upper tropospheric methane over China

As a principal greenhouse gas, atmospheric methane is important to atmospheric chemical processes and climate change. In Vol. 56 of the Chinese Science Bulletin, a paper identified spatiotemporal variations of methane in the ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

C60 SIMS FTICR MS raises bar for mass accuracy, resolving power

In biology, what molecules are located where dictates much about how any biological system functions.

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study confirms nature responsible for 90% of the Earth's atmospheric acidity

(PhysOrg.com) -- Satellites showing that nature is responsible for 90% of the earth’s atmospheric acidity shocked researchers from the Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy, whose findings have just been ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 11

AgriLife Research adds new instrumentation to measure greenhouse gases

As greenhouse gases become more of a concern, determining the actual rates of emissions through scientific data is a growing necessity, according to a Texas AgriLife Research scientist in Amarillo.

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created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nano-FTIR-nanoscale infrared spectroscopy with a thermal source

Researchers from the Basque nanoscience research center CIC nanoGUNE and Neaspec GmbH (Germany) have developed an instrument that allows for recording infrared spectra with a thermal source at a resolution ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Basic peptides take a different route to the same destination

Flouting expectations is what a small, slightly basic protein does when it comes to breaking up, according to scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and the University of Hong Kong. Using a specialized ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jan 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

JILA unveils improved 'molecular fingerprinting' for trace gas detection

Scientists at JILA and collaborators have demonstrated an improved laser-based "molecular fingerprinting" technique that picks out traces of key hydrogen-containing and other molecules from a billion other ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Oct 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Test finds E. coli in beef faster, could better trace outbreaks

Infrared spectroscopy can detect E. coli faster than current testing methods and can cut days off investigations of outbreaks, according to a study at Purdue University.

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Aug 31, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Greenhouse gas emissions study under way by AgriLife Research

Texas AgriLife Research scientists in Amarillo are embarking on a new study amid recent concerns over greenhouse gas emissions from crop fertilization, tillage and feed yard operations.

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created Apr 05, 2010 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1


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