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New research builds upon carbon nanotubes to create a novel functional structure
Feb 07, 2020 (SPX)
We all know that as technology progresses, devices become ever smaller and more feature laden. Such advancements are possible due to the continued work of scien...
Monitoring intermediates in CO2 conversion to formate by metal catalyst
Jan 30, 2020 (SPX)
To realize such artificial photosynthesis, scientists have been studying catalytic systems composed of multiple components that work together to drive the trans...
Stress test reveals graphene won't crack under pressure
Jan 30, 2020 (SPX)
Graphene resembles a sheet of interlocking hexagonal rings, similar to the pattern you might see in bathroom flooring tiles. At each corner is a single carbon a...
How proximity affects the resistance of graphene
Jan 30, 2020 (SPX)
Contrary to previous assumptions, the new results show that the process known as the 'proximity effect' varies considerably at a nanometre scale. The results ha...
Increasing tropical land use is disrupting the carbon cycle
Jan 29, 2020 (SPX)
Vegetation fills a very important function in the carbon cycle, by absorbing 30 percent of human carbon dioxide emissions and therefore mitigating the effects o...
Rice lab turns trash into valuable graphene in a flash
Jan 28, 2020 (SPX)
A new process introduced by the Rice University lab of chemist James Tour can turn bulk quantities of just about any carbon source into valuable graphene flakes...
Deep diving scientists discover bubbling CO2 hotspot
Jan 24, 2020 (SPX)
Cardenas discovered the region - which he calls "Soda Springs" - while studying how groundwater from a nearby island could affect the ocean environment of the V...
Let the europium shine brighter
Jan 24, 2020 (SPX)
A unique molecular design developed by Hokkaido University researchers causes a europium complex to shine more than five times brighter than the best previous d...
Microsoft pledges to be 'carbon negative' by 2030
Jan 16, 2020 (AFP)
The company said the initiative would by 2050 remove from the environment all the carbon emissions it has created since it was founded in 1975. "The scientific ...
'Superdiamond' carbon-boron cages can trap and tap into different properties
Jan 13, 2020 (SPX)
Carbon is the fourth-most-abundant element in the universe and is fundamental to life as we know it. It is unrivaled in its ability to form stable structures, b...
Sublimation, not melting: Graphene surprises researchers again
Jan 08, 2020 (SPX)
Graphite is a material widely used in various industries - for example in heat shields for spacecraft - so accurate data on its behavior at ultrahigh temperatur...
If the world can capture carbon, there's capacity to store it
Dec 30, 2019 (SPX)
Yet less than two dozen CCS projects have been initiated globally, partly because of costs, but also because of uncertainty about the viability of the technolog...
Capturing CO2 from trucks and reducing their emissions by 90 percent
Dec 30, 2019 (SPX)
Researchers at EPFL have now come up with a novel solution: capturing CO2 directly in the trucks' exhaust system and liquefying it in a box on the vehicle's roo...
Better studying superconductivity in single-layer graphene
Dec 16, 2019 (SPX)
The mathematical techniques used to study these physical processes have proved useful so far, but they have had limited success in explaining graphene's 'critic...
Growing carbon nanotubes with the right twist
Dec 16, 2019 (SPX)
CNTs are incredibly strong and light nanomaterials made of carbon with superior current carrying capacity and very high thermal conductivity, making them ideal ...
Scrubbing carbon dioxide from smokestacks for cleaner industrial emissions
Dec 12, 2019 (SPX)
Published in Nature, the findings are important because atmospheric CO2 has increased 40 percent since the dawn of the industrial age, contributing heavily to a...
New material design tops carbon-capture from wet flue gases
Dec 12, 2019 (SPX)
One way to ameliorate the polluting impact of flue gases is to take the CO2 out of them and store it in geological formations or recycle it; there is, in fact, ...
Research shows ramping up carbon capture could be key to mitigating climate change
Dec 11, 2019 (SPX)
The study - from The University of Texas at Austin, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and the Equinor Research Centre - looks at the technology...
A sustainable new material for carbon dioxide capture
Dec 10, 2019 (SPX)
Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is a technology that attracts a lot of attention and debate. Large investments and initiatives are underway from politicians an...
Converting graphene into diamond film
Dec 10, 2019 (SPX)
This flexible, strong material is a wide-band gap semiconductor, and thus has potential for industrial applications in nano-optics, nanoelectronics, and can ser...
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