Alterations to seabed raise fears for future
The ocean floor as we know it is dissolving rapidly as a result of human activity.
Environment
Oct 29, 2018
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News tagged with calcite
Quantum mechanics work lets oil industry know promise of recovery experiments before they start
With their current approach, energy companies can extract about 35 percent of the oil in each well. Every 1 percent above that, compounded across thousands of wells, can mean billions of dollars in additional revenue for ...
Condensed Matter
Sep 28, 2018
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Tiny scales could serve as safe material in implants to reinforce bones and joints
Scales are the material of choice for animals from pangolins to fish: They're customizable, water-friendly, strong but flexible, and easy to fix when damaged.
Materials Science
Jan 26, 2018
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A bacterial powder for quickly stabilizing gravel surfaces
EPFL's Laboratory of Soil Mechanics has developed an easily reproducible technique using bacteria and urea to reinforce sandy or gravelly terrain. A series of chemical reactions lead to the rapid formation of mineral crystals ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 23, 2018
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New study of plankton shells overturns decades-old understanding of their formation and chemistry
The results of new international research into tiny marine plankton will allow scientists to more precisely estimate past ocean conditions and predict future changes, and suggests global warming may have a bigger impact on ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 3, 2017
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High-speed FM-AFM and simulation reveal atomistic dissolution processes of calcite in water
Calcite is one of the most abundant components of the Earth's crust, constituting the largest carbon reservoir in the global carbon cycle. Thus, large-scale dissolution of calcite would have enormous impact on the weather, ...
Materials Science
Jul 27, 2017
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Calcite tuned to be mollusk-tough
No self-respecting construction engineer would ever choose pure calcite – a weak, brittle mineral found in chalk – as a building material.
Materials Science
May 3, 2016
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Did the Vikings use crystal 'sunstones' to discover America?
Ancient records tell us that the intrepid Viking seafarers who discovered Iceland, Greenland and eventually North America navigated using landmarks, birds and whales, and little else. There's little doubt that Viking sailors ...
Archaeology
Feb 1, 2016
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A climatological treasure in Nevada opens up new perspectives
Devils Hole in the U.S. is a unique place. In this subaqueous cavern, conditions have remained stable for hundreds of thousands of years. In a project supported by the Austrian Science Fund FWF, researchers from Innsbruck ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 14, 2015
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Energetics of the adsorption of ethanol on calcite nanoparticles
(Phys.org)—Biomineralization, oil recovery, textiles, and catalysis all rely on organic-inorganic interactions with calcite, the most common polymorph of CaCO3. Over the last five years, there has been substantial research ...
