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Carbon dioxide forms polymeric materials under high pressure

Carbon dioxide is a molecular gas at ambient conditions and an important consitituent of the Earth’s atmosphere. It is also a likely component in the Earth’s mantle, and it plays an important role in the life ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0




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Putting the squeeze on planets outside our solar system

(PhysOrg.com) -- Using high-powered lasers, scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and collaborators discovered that molten magnesium silicate undergoes a phase change in the liquid state, abruptly ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Microbubbles provide new boost for biofuel production

The technique builds on previous research in which microbubbles were used to improve the way algae is cultivated.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

School lunches to have more veggies, whole grains

(AP) -- The first major nutritional overhaul of school meals in more than 15 years means most offerings - including the always popular pizza - will come with less sodium, more whole grains and a wider selection ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Watching a gas turn superfluid

Every time you boil water in a kettle, you witness a phenomenon known as a phase transition — water transforms from a liquid to a gas, as you can see from the bubbling water and hissing steam. MIT physicists ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Predicting Arctic sea ice loss

(PhysOrg.com) -- Arctic clouds are strongly tied to Arctic sea ice loss. To find the strength of those ties, a team led by scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory tested a prominent climate model ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (10) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Ironing out the details of the Earth's core

(PhysOrg.com) -- Identifying the composition of the earth's core is key to understanding how our planet formed and the current behavior of its interior. While it has been known for many years that iron is ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (11) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Hot cores in dark clouds

(PhysOrg.com) -- The earliest stages in the life of a star are among the most mysterious. This is primarily because stars form inside dark clouds of material that block optical light, and because they form ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New trials show land mine technology can give women fast, accurate breast cancer screening

A safe, low-cost system that would allow women of all ages to be screened for breast cancer in GP surgeries, or alternative high street locations, has come a step closer following a third clinical trial.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A study of strong ground motion may show need to modify building codes

New testing conducted in a steep, mountainous region of Utah, using mining induced events, is providing a new set of data necessary for better predictions.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Project begins injection of CO2 for storage at Illinois Basin

The Midwest Geological Sequestration Consortium (MGSC) has begun injecting carbon dioxide (CO2) for the first million-tonne demonstration of carbon sequestration in the U.S. The CO2 will be stored permanently in the Mt. Simon Sand ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 28, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 13


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