Two approaches using existing low cost and low energy technologies to accelerate carbonation have demonstrated significant carbon capture over a very short period and the formation of carbonate minerals.
Environment
Sep 11, 2020
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When it comes to places with the potential for habitability, Venus isn't usually on that list. The hot, greenhouse-effect-gone-mad neighboring planet with a crushing surface pressure and sulfuric acid clouds certainly isn't ...
Space Exploration
Aug 24, 2020
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Historically, coal-fired power plants were the largest source of reactive sulfur, a component of acid rain, to the biosphere. A new study recently publishing Aug. 10 in the journal Nature Geoscience shows that fertilizer ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 10, 2020
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Chemical reactions deep below ground affect water quality, but methods for "seeing" them are time-consuming, expensive and limited in scope. A Penn State-led research team found that seismic waves can help to identify these ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 27, 2020
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High loadings of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) during haze are mostly produced from the chemical reactions of reactive gas precursors, including sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx), ammonia (NH3), and volatile organic ...
Environment
Apr 13, 2020
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The recent rains across NSW have brought much needed relief.
Plants & Animals
Mar 16, 2020
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Germany's new Waste and Sewage Sludge Ordinance requires large sewage treatment plants to recover phosphates from sewage sludge or ashes as of 2032. Conventional recovery technologies are costly and chemical-laden. A new ...
Environment
Jan 3, 2020
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LMU researchers have discovered a novel type of chemical modification in bacterial RNAs. The modification is apparently attached to molecules only when cells are under stress, and is rapidly removed during recovery.
Cell & Microbiology
Dec 9, 2019
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Air-quality alerts often include the levels of particulate matter, small clumps of molecules in the lower atmosphere that can range in size from microscopic to visible. These particles can contribute to haze, clouds, and ...
Environment
Nov 25, 2019
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An international research team was able to experimentally show in the laboratory a completely new reaction path for the largest natural sulfur source in the atmosphere. The team from the Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric ...
Materials Science
Nov 18, 2019
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