Natural gas flaring, or burning, is commonly used in parts of the United States to dispose of the gas byproduct from oil extraction. The flare's combustion converts hydrocarbons to carbon dioxide and water, which lessens ...
Environment
Feb 7, 2024
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An international research team led by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has achieved a significant breakthrough by developing an artificial intelligence (AI) model that can help mitigate global ammonia ...
Agriculture
Feb 1, 2024
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Theoretical predictions have been confirmed with the discovery of an outflow of molecular gas from a quasar when the universe was less than a billion years old.
Astronomy
Feb 1, 2024
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A study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), focused on an intensive grassland-sunflower system in southwest France in order to quantify the ecological, agronomic, and net economic benefits ...
Ecology
Jan 31, 2024
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Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have concluded that the methane uptake in dry landscapes exceeds methane emissions from wet areas across the ice-free part of Greenland. The results of the new study contribute ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 31, 2024
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As sea levels rise due to global warming, ecosystems are being altered. One small silver lining, scientists have believed, is that the tidal wetlands found in estuaries might produce less methane—a potent greenhouse gas—as ...
Ecology
Jan 29, 2024
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A soap film with chemically distinct sides represents the latest breakthrough in research led by chemist Sylvestre Bonnet. This unique soap film, along with an innovative device capable of continuously producing new soap ...
Soft Matter
Jan 25, 2024
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Plasma is an ionized gas—that is, a gas containing electrons, ions, atoms, molecules, radicals, and photons. It is often called the fourth state of matter, and surprisingly, it permeates everything. Plasmas, which are artificially ...
Plasma Physics
Jan 24, 2024
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The fastest growing type of offset on the global carbon market subsidizes the distribution of efficient cookstoves in developing countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but a new study finds that the credits overestimate ...
Environment
Jan 23, 2024
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Northwestern University researchers have developed a novel method to host gas molecules as they are being analyzed in real time, using honeycomb structures found in nature as inspiration for an ultra-thin ceramic membrane ...
Nanomaterials
Jan 22, 2024
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