Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are not typically associated with water ways, like streams and rivers, but emerging research shows that water bodies play an important role in storing and releasing carbon dioxide.
Earth Sciences
Mar 14, 2024
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After carbon dioxide, methane is the second most common greenhouse gas caused by human activity. Moreover, over a 20-year period, its global warming potential is more than 80 times that of carbon dioxide. The largest known ...
Environment
Jul 18, 2023
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Perseverance is a NASA autonomous vehicle that arrived at the Jezero Crater (the bed of an ancient, now dried-up lake on Mars) on February 18, 2021. The rover is equipped with seven novel, complex scientific instruments dedicated ...
Space Exploration
Jan 18, 2023
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On one of the first mild days in February, Duke's Emily Bernhardt and her stream ecology team donned their hip waders and ventured out to the sycamore-lined banks of New Hope Creek.
Ecology
Feb 23, 2022
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Like many cities across the world, Glasgow—host to the UN climate conference COP26—has a target to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. This is a massive undertaking for any city. It means emissions from ...
Environment
Dec 20, 2021
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A new sensor for detecting carbon dioxide can be manufactured on a simple piece of paper, according to a new study by University of Alberta physicists.
Analytical Chemistry
Jun 2, 2020
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Research at Oregon State University has pushed science closer to developing an electronic nose for monitoring air quality, detecting safety threats and diagnosing diseases by measuring gases in a patient's breath.
Materials Science
Jan 30, 2020
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Hydrogen is considered as one of the promising alternative energy sources. Nevertheless, its application as an energy carrier is complicated due to its highly explosive nature when mixed with oxygen. These dangerous situations ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jan 14, 2020
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Air pollution is responsible for 550,000 premature deaths a year in Europe and 7 million worldwide, according to the WHO. Measuring it can be a challenge, however, as the equipment tends to be large and expensive. But soon, ...
Engineering
Jun 13, 2019
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Twin robotic arms work together as part of a project to construct what will be the largest, most complex object ever 3-D printed in titanium: a test version of the 3-m diameter 'optic bench' at the heart of ESA's Athena X-ray ...
Engineering
Apr 3, 2019
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