News tagged with molecular gas

Hydrocarbons in the deep Earth?

The oil and gas that fuels our homes and cars started out as living organisms that died, were compressed, and heated under heavy layers of sediments in the Earth's crust. Scientists have debated for years ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 26, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (43) | comments 27

New hydrogen-storage method discovered

Scientists at the Carnegie Institution have found for the first time that high pressure can be used to make a unique hydrogen-storage material. The discovery paves the way for an entirely new way to approach ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Nov 22, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (44) | comments 15

Hydrogen from acidic water: Researchers develop potential low cost alternative to platinum for splitting water

A technique for creating a new molecule that structurally and chemically replicates the active part of the widely used industrial catalyst molybdenite has been developed by researchers with the Lawrence Berkeley ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (20) | comments 22 | with audio podcast

Galaxies are running out of gas: study

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study has shown why the lights are going out in the Universe.

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Aug 22, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (14) | comments 61 | with audio podcast

New CO2-removing catalyst can take the heat

(Phys.org) -- The current method of removing the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2) from the flues of coal-fired power plants uses so much energy that no one bothers to use it. So says Roger Aines, principal ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 19 | with audio podcast

Herschel views deep-space pearls on a cosmic string

(PhysOrg.com) -- Herschel has delivered spectacular vistas of cold gas clouds lying near the plane of the Milky Way, revealing intense, unexpected activity. The dark, cool region is dotted with stellar factories, ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Oct 02, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 5

The Helix Nebula in new colors

(PhysOrg.com) -- ESO's VISTA telescope, at the Paranal Observatory in Chile, has captured a striking new image of the Helix Nebula. This picture, taken in infrared light, reveals strands of cold nebular gas ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Reproductive problems, death in animals exposed to fracking

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new report has found dozens of cases of illness, death and reproductive issues in cows, horses, goats, llamas, chickens, dogs, cats, fish and other wildlife, and humans. It says these conditions could be ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 08, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 2

Magnetic fields set the stage for the birth of new stars

(PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy have, for the first time, measured the alignment of magnetic fields in gigantic clouds of gas and dust in a distant galaxy. Their results ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 11 | with audio podcast

Astronomers use gamma-ray burst to probe star formation in the early universe

(PhysOrg.com) -- The brilliant afterglow of a powerful gamma-ray burst (GRB) has enabled astronomers to probe the star-forming environment of a distant galaxy, resulting in the first detection of molecular ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jan 06, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Current view of soil-climate interaction too simplistic, warn scientists

(PhysOrg.com) -- Assumptions over the rate at which soil bacteria will break down carbon in the face of global warming must be re-addressed, according to some of the world’s leading experts.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Making molecular hydrogen more efficiently

(PhysOrg.com) -- When it comes to the industrial production of chemicals, often the most indispensable element is one that you can't see, smell, or even taste. It's hydrogen, the lightest element of all.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Raging storms sweep away galactic gas

(PhysOrg.com) -- ESA's Herschel infrared space observatory has detected raging winds of molecular gas streaming away from galaxies. Suspected for years, these outflows may have the power to strip galaxies ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created May 09, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

APEX turns its eye to dark clouds in Taurus

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new image from the APEX (Atacama Pathfinder Experiment) telescope in Chile shows a sinuous filament of cosmic dust more than ten light-years long. In it, newborn stars are hidden, and dense ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Feb 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

'Artificial leaf' eyed as holy grail in energy research

Turbo-charging photosynthesis -- by which plants and bacteria turn sunlight into food and energy -- in an "artificial leaf" could yield a vast commercial power source, scientists said.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1