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Scrubbing sulfur: New process removes sulfur components, CO2 from power plant emissions (w/ Video)
Aug 18, 2009 |
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The Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has developed a reusable organic liquid that can pull harmful gases such as carbon dioxide or sulfur dioxide out of industrial emissions from ...
Netherlands to levy 'green' road tax by the kilometre
Nov 13, 2009 |
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The Dutch government said Friday it wants to introduce a "green" road tax by the kilometre from 2012 aimed at cutting carbon dioxide emissions by 10 percent and halving congestion.
Storage of carbon dioxide a vexed question
Sep 15, 2009 |
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In Sweden alone, 52 million tons of carbon dioxide is emitted every year. To mitigate the negative impacts of greenhouse gases, carbon dioxide sequestration has come to the fore as a hot new method. However, the process is ...
Researchers Discover Use for Carbon Dioxide in Conversion of Biomass Into Biofuel
Nov 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at Columbia University have successfully discovered a beneficial use for carbon dioxide in the conversion of organic materials, such as grass and bark, into fuel. Their findings ...
Improving China's acid rain control strategy
Oct 14, 2009 |
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Scientists are reporting the first evidence that China's sharp focus on reducing widespread damage to soil by acid rain by restricting sulfur dioxide air pollution may have an unexpected consequence: Gains ...
Carbonized TiO2 nanotubes with semimetallic properties increase the efficiency of methanol fuel cells
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Mention of nanotubes usually means carbon nanotubes. But not all tiny tubes are made of carbon. For example, layers made of nanoscopic titanium dioxide have proven to be useful materials for biotechnology, ...
Purchase Carbon Offsets at the Airport
Sep 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the activities that puts a great deal of carbon dioxide into the environment is air travel. Air travel is one of the ways that individuals contribute to an increase in pollution and ...
Ocean acidification may contribute to global shellfish decline
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 26, 2009 |
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Relatively minor increases in ocean acidity brought about by high levels of carbon dioxide have significant detrimental effects on the growth, development, and survival of hard clams, bay scallops, and Eastern ...
Last time carbon dioxide levels were this high: 15 million years ago, scientists report
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 08, 2009 |
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You would have to go back at least 15 million years to find carbon dioxide levels on Earth as high as they are today, a UCLA scientist and colleagues report Oct. 8 in the online edition of the journal Science.
Yeast in a shell: Coating individual living yeast cells with silicon dioxide
Nov 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Our breakfast egg is a peculiarity of nature: a single cell protected by a thin mineral layer. Apart from a number of tiny radiolaria and diatoms, individual cells normally do not have a hard shell. Korean ...
Researchers identify dominant chemical that attracts mosquitoes to humans
Oct 26, 2009 |
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Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have identified the dominant odor naturally produced in humans and birds that attracts the blood-feeding Culex mosquitoes, which transmit West Nile virus ...
Toward a nanomedicine for brain cancer
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Sep 09, 2009 |
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In an advance toward better treatments for the most serious form of brain cancer, scientists in Illinois are reporting development of the first nanoparticles that seek out and destroy brain cancer cells without ...
Cars running on ethanol can pollute too: Brazil study
Sep 17, 2009 |
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Cars running on sugarcane ethanol can produce as many harmful pollutants as those using ordinary petrol (gasoline), according a study published by Brazil's environment ministry.
Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles Catalyze Brain Tumor Death
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Sep 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago Medical Center’s Brain Tumor Center have developed a way to target brain cancer cells using ...
New low emission coal technology will provide double power, reduce costs and help the environment
Aug 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Queensland researcher has successfully completed a lab-scale test on a new technology which has the potential to revolutionise the way the world views and uses coal.
