News tagged with ferric oxide
Mars Express zeroes in on erosion features
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Mars Express has uncovered geological evidence suggesting that some depositional process, revealed by erosion, has been at work on large scales in the equatorial regions of the planet. If ...
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Electronic heat trap grips deep Earth
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 12, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The key to understanding Earth's evolution, including how our atmosphere gained oxygen and how volcanoes and earthquakes form, is to look deep, really deep, into the lower mantle—a region ...
Synthetic protein mimics structure, function of metalloprotein in nature
Dec 10, 2009 |
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Scientists have designed a synthetic protein that is both a structural model and a functional model of a native protein, nitric-oxide reductase.
Deep-sea rocks point to early oxygen on Earth
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 24, 2009 |
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Red jasper cored from layers 3.46 billion years old suggests that not only did the oceans contain abundant oxygen then, but that the atmosphere was as oxygen rich as it is today, according to geologists.
Camera flash turns an insulating material into a conductor
Aug 12, 2009 |
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An insulator can now be transformed to conduct electricity by an ordinary camera flash.
New study shows nitrous oxide now top ozone-depleting emission
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 27, 2009 |
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Nitrous oxide has now become the largest ozone-depleting substance emitted through human activities, and is expected to remain the largest throughout the 21st century, NOAA scientists say in a new study.
Graphite oxide at high pressure opens a road to new amazing nano-materials
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Dec 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New results by scientists at Umeľ University, Sweden, show that not only water but also alcohol solvents can be inserted to expand the structure of graphite oxide under high pressure conditions. The ...
Researchers make progress in optimizing solid oxide fuel cells
Sep 17, 2009 |
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While our standard of life increases, so does the worldwide energy demand. In this vein, the application of technologies based on fuel cells is put forward as an alternative to the massive consumption of fossil fuels. One ...
Scientists uncover how superbug Staph aureus resists our natural defenses
Biology /
Mar 24, 2008 |
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Researchers at the University of Washington have uncovered how the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus, including the notorious MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staph aureus) “superbug” strains, resists our body's ...
Oxygen in place of chlorine: Towards a more environmentally friendly propylene oxide synthesis
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Oct 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Propylene oxide is an important bulk chemical that is used primarily in the production of polyurethane plastics. Currently, propylene oxide is usually made from propylene (propene) in a process that uses ...
A safe approach to nanotechnology: Boiling up zinc oxide nanorods without toxic solvents
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 19, 2009 |
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A non-toxic and environmentally friendly way to make tiny nanorods of zinc oxide has been developed for the first time by researchers in Saudi Arabia. The approach, described in the current issue of the International Journal of ...
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