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Soil Microorganisms? Role Cited as a Missing Factor in Climate Change Equation

Space & Earth / Environment

created 3 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Those seeking to understand and predict climate change can now use an additional tool to calculate carbon dioxide exchanges on land, according to a scientific journal article co-authored by a University of ...


NIST Team Demystifies Utility of Power Factor Correction Devices

Physicists Demystify Utility of Power Factor Correction Devices

Technology / Energy

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- If you've seen an Internet ad for capacitor-type power factor correction devices, you might be led to believe that using one can save you money on your residential electricity bill. However, ...


NASA, Google offer more precise emissions tracking (AP)

NASA, Google offer more precise emissions tracking

Space & Earth / Environment

created 11 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The question is a potential deal-killer: If nations ever agree to slash greenhouse gas emissions, how will the world know if they live up to their pledges?


NASA Calculates a Carbon Budget for California

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (9) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- While world organizations struggle to find a benchmark and tracking standards for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, NASA has been supporting California’s new carbon emissions inventory report, using its satellite ...


Growing Europe's nanowires

Growing Europe's nanowires

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers have developed state-of-the-art nanowire 'growing' technology, opening the way for faster, smaller microchips and creating a promising new avenue of research and industrial ...


Clinton: US would help raise billions on climate (AP)

Clinton: US would help raise billions on climate

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created 12 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2

(AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought to put new life into flagging U.N. climate talks Thursday by announcing the U.S. would join others in raising $100 billion a year by 2020 to help ...