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Ecology May 9, 2024

New rhizobia-diatom symbiosis solves long-standing marine mystery

Nitrogen is an essential component of all living organisms. It is also the key element controlling the growth of crops on land, as well as the microscopic oceanic plants that produce half the oxygen on our planet. Atmospheric ...

Environment May 9, 2024

Net zero plans show limited climate ambition on 'residual' emissions

New research by the University of East Anglia (UEA) reveals what countries think will be their most difficult to decarbonize sectors when they reach net zero, with agriculture expected to be responsible for the largest remaining ...

Analytical Chemistry May 9, 2024

Study finds activated carbon from palm kernel shells enhances methane storage

In a significant development for clean energy, researchers at Universiti Teknologi MARA have made an advance in the field of methane storage technology. Their study, recently published in the Journal of Bioresources and Bioproducts, ...

Environment May 8, 2024

High hopes for carbon capture, underground storage

Capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere to store underground "sounds too good to be true", a climate expert told AFP, yet the technology to increase its capacity tenfold is already being tested.

Astronomy May 8, 2024

Webb presents best evidence to date for rocky exoplanet atmosphere

Researchers using NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope may have detected an atmosphere surrounding 55 Cancri e, a rocky exoplanet 41 light-years from Earth. This is the best evidence to date for a rocky planet atmosphere ...

Earth Sciences May 8, 2024

Pore pressure diffusion led to microseismicity at Illinois basin carbon sequestration site, modeling study finds

Pore pressure diffusion generated by carbon dioxide injected underground at a carbon storage site in the Illinois Basin is the likely cause of hundreds of microearthquakes that took place at the site between 2011 and 2012, ...

Analytical Chemistry May 7, 2024

A photocatalyst for sustainable syngas production from greenhouse gases

Researchers have developed a novel photocatalyst, named Rh/InGaN1-xOx, which is a nanoarchitecture consisting of rhodium nanoparticles anchored on oxygen-modified indium gallium nitride nanowires grown on silicon substrates.

Biochemistry May 6, 2024

Geologists, biologists unearth the atomic fingerprints of cancer

Scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder and Princeton University have, for the first time, employed a tool often used in geology to detect the atomic fingerprints of cancer.

Nanomaterials May 6, 2024

Nanoparticle catalysts convert carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide to make useful compounds

As a greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide (CO2) contributes to climate change as it accumulates in the atmosphere. One way to reduce the amount of unwanted CO2 in the atmosphere is to convert the gas into a useful carbon product ...

Analytical Chemistry May 6, 2024

A leap toward carbon neutrality: New catalyst converts carbon dioxide to methanol

Researchers at the University of Michigan have developed a catalyst material known as cobalt phthalocyanine that converts carbon dioxide—a significant driver of climate change—into renewable fuels such as methanol.

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