Barnacles can be found in all marine environments and are a major problem for both small boats and large ships. Barnacles accumulate on the hulls and can reduce the fuel economy of a vessel by up to 40 per cent, increasing ...
Materials Science
Jul 4, 2013
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The search for ways to use megatons of carbon dioxide that may be removed from industrial smokestacks during efforts to curb global warming has led to a process for converting that major greenhouse gas back into the fuel ...
Environment
Apr 8, 2013
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More than one-quarter of all known pharmaceuticals contain the chemical group known as amides: carboxylic acid derivatives derived from ammonia or amines. Most methods for synthesizing amides, however, are inefficient and ...
Materials Science
Jan 30, 2013
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The strong binding of gold on electronically modified calcium oxide can now be understood in detail. In a computational study, researchers at the University of Jyväskylä Nanoscience Center have shown how redox chemistry ...
Materials Science
Jan 22, 2013
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(Phys.org) -- Diamond Light Source is being used to improve low cost methods for carbon capture. Scientists from the University of Leeds are using the UK's national synchrotron to investigate the efficiency of calcium oxide ...
Environment
Jul 31, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Bubbles are blocking the current path of one of the most promising high temperature superconducting materials, new research suggests.
Superconductivity
May 16, 2011
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new way to accelerate and remove oxygen atoms from thin films of calcium oxide has been discovered by a team of scientists from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, University College of London, and Tohoku ...
Nanophysics
Feb 7, 2011
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