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An overlooked source of carbon emissions
Nov 07, 2016 (SPX)
Nations that pledged to carry out the Paris climate agreement have moved forward to find practical ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including efforts to...
UAE to host region's first carbon capture plant
Nov 05, 2016 (AFP)
The Middle East's first factory to suck carbon dioxide out of the air has begun operating in the United Arab Emirates, developers and a minister said Saturday. ...
Defects in diamond: A unique platform for optical data storage in 3-D
Nov 02, 2016 (SPX)
In the world of big data, there are limitations on how to store large volumes of information. Typical home-computer hard disk drives consume a lot of power and ...
New, Space-Based View of Human-Made Carbon Dioxide
Nov 02, 2016 (JPL)
Scientists have produced the first global maps of human emissions of carbon dioxide ever made solely from satellite observations of the greenhouse gas. The maps...
Prototype device for measuring graphene-based electromagnetic radiation created
Nov 02, 2016 (SPX)
Bolometer is a device for measuring electromagnetic radiation energy flow based on measurement of variations of physical parameters of thermosensitive element a...
Enabling direct carbon capture
Nov 01, 2016 (SPX)
Carbon dioxide capture is a high-profile area of chemical research offering a direct approach to tackling the rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide. This greenhous...
Finding ideal materials for carbon capture
Oct 26, 2016 (SPX)
In recent years, a class of highly absorbent, nanoporous materials called metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have emerged as a promising material for carbon captur...
Study explains strength gap between graphene, carbon fiber
Oct 21, 2016 (SPX)
Carbon fiber, a pillar of strength in materials manufacturing for decades, isn't as good as it could be, but there are ways to improve it, according to Rice Uni...
UM researchers study vast carbon residue of ocean life
Oct 20, 2016 (SPX)
The oceans hold a vast reservoir - 700 billion tons - of carbon, dissolved in seawater as organic matter, often surviving for thousands of years after being pro...
Graphene cracks the glass corrosion problem
Oct 20, 2016 (SPX)
Researchers at the Center for Multidimensional Carbon Materials (CMCM), within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS) have demonstrated graphene coating protects...
Diamond micro-anvils with huge pressures will create new materials
Oct 19, 2016 (SPX)
University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers will use pressures greater than those found at the center of the Earth to potentially create as yet unknown new ...
Simulations show how to turn graphene's defects into assets
Oct 14, 2016 (SPX)
Researchers at Penn State, the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company have developed methods to control ...
Efficient low-cost method for hydrogenation of graphene with visible light
Oct 10, 2016 (SPX)
An environmentally friendly, efficient and low-cost method for hydrogenation of graphene with visible light has been developed by researchers at Uppsala Univers...
Taking stock of charcoal in the world's soil
Oct 10, 2016 (SPX)
Forest fires hit the Taking stock of charcoal in the world's soils all too regularly - in fact, fire affects about 4.64 million km2 of biomass per year, an area...
Carbon-nanotube tool for ultra-sensitive virus detection and identification
Oct 10, 2016 (SPX)
A new tool that uses a forest-like array of vertically-aligned carbon nanotubes that can be finely tuned to selectively trap viruses by their size can increase ...
Electrons in graphene behave like light, only better
Oct 07, 2016 (SPX)
A team led by Cory Dean, assistant professor of physics at Columbia University, Avik Ghosh, professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University o...
Bacteria could detect leaks at carbon capture sites
Oct 04, 2016 (SPX)
Bacteria and archaea could be used to monitor stored carbon dioxide (CO2) and convert it into useful products, such as ethanol and acetate, say researchers at t...
Diamond proves useful material for growing graphene
Oct 04, 2016 (SPX)
Graphene is the stuff of the future. For years, researchers and technologists have been predicting the utility of the one-atom-thick sheets of pure carbon in ev...
Lipid layers may allow graphene to be used in the human body
Sep 28, 2016 (UPI)
Graphene is extremely sensitive to its surroundings, making it an ideal source material for biosensors. However, graphene must be mounted on a stable substrate ...
How to power up graphene implants without frying cells
Sep 28, 2016 (SPX)
In the future, our health may be monitored and maintained by tiny sensors and drug dispensers, deployed within the body and made from graphene - one of the stro...
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