News tagged with gas permeability

Purple light means go, ultraviolet light means stop

A new membrane developed at the University of Rochester's Laboratory for Laser Energetics blocks gas from flowing through it when one color of light is shined on its surface, and permits gas to flow through when another color ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Aug 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Predicting the fate of underground carbon

A team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has developed a new modeling methodology for determining the capacity and assessing the risks of leakage of potential underground carbon-dioxide reservoirs.

Physics / General Physics

created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Accidental discovery has potential for new applications in packaging

A recent discovery at Case Western Reserve University may help keep food and drugs safer and fresher longer and electronic equipment dryer and more secure than ever before - all at a lower cost.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Feb 06, 2009 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (11) | comments 2




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Scientists aboard Iberian coast ocean drilling expedition report early findings

(PhysOrg.com) -- Mediterranean bottom currents and the sediment deposits they leave behind offer new insights into global climate change, the opening and closing of ocean circulation gateways and locations ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

OU researchers to test 'quad porosity simulation' model for shale gas reservoirs

A University of Oklahoma interdisciplinary research team will field test a newly developed 'quad porosity model' for shale gas reservoirs in the next few months. The three-year, $1.5 million project was funded by the Research ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Stanford scientists subject rocks to hellish conditions to combat global warming

A team of Earth scientists at Stanford University is subjecting chunks of rock to hellish conditions in the laboratory – all in the name of curbing climate change.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 01, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 4

High-purity hydrogen generated from a single device

(PhysOrg.com) -- There are many ways to generate hydrogen, such as water electrolysis and steam reforming of gas, but the hydrogen produced by these methods tends to be combined with other byproduct and residual ...

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Oct 07, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (15) | comments 17 | with audio podcast feature

Extracting natural gas from shale can be done safely, says researcher

Natural gas currently provides more than a quarter of the energy used in the United States and that fraction is likely to continue growing.  New technologies are making it easier and more economical to ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

New technology could capture ammonia from liquid manure

Though it may not sound very glamorous, a new method of extracting ammonium from liquid animal manure could be exciting news for both confined animal operations and environmental groups, according to a Texas AgriLife Extension ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A look back as scientists raced to estimate oil flow from Deepwater Horizon macondo well

(PhysOrg.com) -- The first two weeks of June 2010 were a blur for six scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). As the world focused on the ongoing ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Recycling water in space

During the last space shuttle flight, astronauts will test a new method for recycling 'used' water. Water is essential for life, and having access to water beyond Earth will be a major obstacle for future ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jun 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Going with the flow: Researchers find compaction bands in sandstone are permeable

When geologists survey an area of land for the potential that gas or petroleum deposits could exist there, they must take into account the composition of rocks that lie below the surface. Take, for instance, ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Smooth operators: Teflon microfluidic chips

(PhysOrg.com) -- The growing number of research and development efforts focused on microfluidics speaks to the technology’s promise of a potentially broad range of applications, largely in highly-integrated ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created May 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast feature


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