The world's deserts may be storing some of the climate-changing carbon dioxide emitted by human activities, a new study suggests. Massive aquifers underneath deserts could hold more carbon than all the plants on land, according ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 28, 2015
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Fossil fuel emissions could soon make it impossible for radiocarbon dating to distinguish new materials from artefacts that are hundreds of years old.
Environment
Jul 20, 2015
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Sandia National Laboratories researchers are the first to directly measure hydroperoxyalkyl radicals—a class of reactive molecules denoted as "QOOH"—that are key in the chain of reactions that controls the early stages ...
Materials Science
Feb 5, 2015
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A University of Delaware research team is considering the important question of what it will take to create an affordable emissions-free car.
Materials Science
Jan 8, 2015
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Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne and Sandia National Laboratories have demonstrated, for the first time, a method to successfully predict pressure-dependent chemical reaction rates, an important breakthrough ...
Materials Science
Jan 7, 2015
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Toyota will give away thousands of patents for its fuel-cell cars, it said Tuesday, in an effort to encourage other automakers into the new industry.
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 6, 2015
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Researchers at Sandia and Argonne national laboratories have demonstrated, for the first time, a method to successfully predict pressure-dependent chemical reaction rates. It's an important breakthrough in combustion and ...
Materials Science
Dec 23, 2014
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(Phys.org) —In 1952, the famous Urey-Miller experiment mixed together chemicals that were present early in Earth's history, then approximately replicated the environmental conditions on the planet at that time to see if ...
Materials Science
Nov 18, 2014
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A team of international researchers has discovered a new type of cool burning flames that could lead to cleaner, more efficient engines for cars. The discovery was made during a series of experiments on the International ...
Engineering
Jul 28, 2014
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(Phys.org) —The one-cylinder test engine in the basement of a University of Wisconsin-Madison lab is connected to a life-support system of pipes, tubes, ducts and cables. You might think that the engine resembles a patient ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 16, 2014
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