News tagged with emission line

China bans airlines from paying EU carbon charges

China said Monday it has banned its airlines from complying with an EU scheme to impose charges on carbon emissions opposed by more than two dozen countries including India, Russia and the United States.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

The first detection of abundant carbon in the early universe

(PhysOrg.com) -- A research team of astronomers, mainly from Ehime University and Kyoto University in Japan, has successfully detected a carbon emission line (CIVλ1549) in the most distant radio galaxy ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 11 | with audio podcast

'Look Mom No Electricity': Transmitting Information with Chemistry

(PhysOrg.com) -- While information technology is generally thought to require electrons or photons for transmitting information, scientists have recently demonstrated a third method of transmission: chemical ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Jun 19, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (14) | comments 19 feature




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Advanced power-grid model finds low-cost, low-carbon future in West

(PhysOrg.com) -- The least expensive way for the Western U.S. to reduce greenhouse gas emissions enough to help prevent the worst consequences of global warming is to replace coal with renewable and other ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (9) | comments 18 | with audio podcast

Black holes and star formation

(PhysOrg.com) -- It has long been recognized that galaxy mergers or even close interactions can play a vital role in shaping the morphology of galaxies. One way they can do so, it is thought, is by triggering ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Airline industry split widens over EU carbon 'tax' row

A split widened within the aviation industry Tuesday over EU charges for carbon emissions, as Europe's low-cost carriers accused Chinese and US rivals of "gunboat" diplomacy against the system.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Progress and promise in DIAL LIDAR

For climatologists and environmental policy makers who need to determine the flux of greenhouse gases (GHG), there are three paramount questions: Where is it, how much is there, and how is it moving? A new ...

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Remnant of an explosion with a powerful kick?

(PhysOrg.com) -- Vital clues about the devastating ends to the lives of massive stars can be found by studying the aftermath of their explosions. In its more than twelve years of science operations, NASA's ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Feb 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Colorful solar instrument treks east for a new career

(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the world's most colorful solar instruments is moving across country for a new life dissecting the chemistry of comets and stars.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

For businesses, going green brings in greenbacks

Nearly a third of companies now say that the adoption of sustainable practices has added to their profitability, according to a new MIT study — and manufacturing firms are in the vanguard. ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Many bodies make one coherent burst of light: Researchers see superfluorescence from solid-state material

In a flash, the world changed for Tim Noe – and for physicists who study what they call many-body problems. The Rice University graduate student was the first to see, in the summer of 2010, proof of a ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Broadcast study of ocean acidification to date helps scientists evaluate effects on marine life

Might a penguin's next meal be affected by the exhaust from your tailpipe? The answer may be yes, when you add your exhaust fumes to the total amount of carbon dioxide lofted into the atmosphere by humans ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 24 | with audio podcast

Energy efficiency paves way to a low-carbon future, but barriers persist

Former Secretary of Defense William Perry, now a Stanford University professor emeritus of management science and engineering, lists biomass, plug-in hybrid cars, nuclear power, more natural gas and energy ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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