Climate risks of bioenergy underestimated
Energy from biomass presents underappreciated risks, new research published in Nature Climate Change shows.
Energy from biomass presents underappreciated risks, new research published in Nature Climate Change shows.
Environment
Mar 9, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A little bit of lubrication could make a big energy saving when manufacturing sustainable biofuels and bio-chemicals from timber, according to research published in the journal Green Chemistry this month.
Materials Science
Mar 9, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- This massive, young stellar grouping, called R136, is only a few million years old and resides in the 30 Doradus Nebula, a turbulent star-birth region in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy of ...
Astronomy
Mar 9, 2012
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Several times a year, the International Space Station needs to perform Debris Avoidance Maneuvers to dodge the ever-growing amount of space junk hurtling around in Earth orbit. Additionally, our increased dependence on satellites ...
Space Exploration
Mar 9, 2012
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Stars with disks of debris around them might be good targets to search for Earth-like planets, researchers say.
Astronomy
Mar 9, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Oregon State University have tapped into the extraordinary power of carbon nanotubes to increase the speed of biological sensors, a technology that might one day allow a doctor ...
Nanomaterials
Mar 9, 2012
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(AP) -- A solar storm shook the Earth's magnetic field early Friday, but scientists said they had no reports of any problems with electrical systems.
Space Exploration
Mar 9, 2012
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(AP) -- Police have arrested a man suspected of hacking into the website of a major British abortion provider, vandalizing it and stealing sensitive data, officials said Friday.
Internet
Mar 9, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Being a great dad can mean starving to protect the kids, putting up with a jealous spouse and often, dying young. At least, if youre a cardinalfish.
Plants & Animals
Mar 9, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Despite calls for finding alternatives to using corn to make biofuel, the United States currently has no such commercial biomass-to-sugar processing plants able to do so. That may soon change as Virdia has ...