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Scientists determine Viking trade routes by the metal in their swords
Jan 05, 2009 |
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Scientists at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in Teddington have worked with the Wallace Collection to analyse the contents of Viking swords - and the results shed new light on trade routes in the middle ...
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Next-generation microcapsules deliver 'chemicals on demand'
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Oct 28, 2009 |
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Scientists in California are reporting development of a new generation of the microcapsules used in carbon-free copy paper, in which capsules burst and release ink with pressure from a pen. The new microcapsules ...
Galactic Dust Bunnies Found to Contain Carbon After All
Mar 12, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, researchers have found evidence suggesting that stars rich in carbon complex molecules may form at the center of our Milky Way galaxy.
Scientists discover networks of metal nanoparticles are culprits in alloy corrosion
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 04, 2008 |
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Oxide scales are supposed to protect alloys from extensive corrosion, but scientists at U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have discovered metal nanoparticle chinks in this armor.
Color analysis rapidly predicts carbon content of soil
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 12, 2007 |
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Scientists at Iowa Sate University recently discovered that simply looking at soil color is reasonably as accurate as time-consuming and expensive laboratory tests. Soil color can be used as a simple, inexpensive method to ...
Study: Tropical wetlands hold more carbon than temperate marshes
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 08, 2008 |
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In one of the first comparisons of its kind, researchers have demonstrated that wetlands in tropical areas are able to absorb and hold onto about 80 percent more carbon than can wetlands in temperate zones.
Blood Enzyme Could Help Realize Clean Coal
Dec 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- An enzyme in our blood that enables our lungs to exhale carbon dioxide could be the key to isolating carbon dioxide emissions from coal plants in order to store them safely underground. A ...
Toshiba to complete construction of carbon capture pilot plant
Sep 29, 2009 |
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Toshiba Corporation today announced that it has completed construction of a pilot plant to support development and validation of its carbon capture technology. Final commissioning testing prior to plant operation ...
Replicating Climate Change to Forecast its Effects
Dec 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are replicating the effects of climate change to see what the future holds for soybeans, wheat and the soils where they grow.
EU grants 1.5 billion euros for wind farms, carbon capture
Dec 09, 2009 |
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The EU commission on Wednesday granted 1.5 billion euros (2.2 billion dollars) to offshore wind farms and carbon capture and storage schemes to help relaunch Europe's economy and cut greenhouse gas emissions.
Novel carbon-trading scheme could stop large-scale extinctions
Dec 03, 2009 |
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A new strategy for saving tropical forest species was published in the leading journal Science on the eve of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Copenhagen, Denmark, by a team of researchers, includ ...
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