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New study sheds light on evolutionary origin of oxygen-based cellular respiration

Researchers at the RIKEN SPring-8 Center in Harima, Japan, have clarified the crystal structure of quinol dependent nitric oxide reductase (qNOR), a bacterial enzyme that offers clues on the origins of our ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Jan 22, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

This heat pump can last 10 000 years

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers now are testing an entirely new heat pump. While those we use today last ten to twenty years, the new one will last almost forever.

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 27, 2011 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (13) | comments 16

Hydrogen distribution not an option in biomass gasification

When using fuel cells to generate electricity from biomass, the best approach is to do so centrally, in combination with a gas turbine. The production and subsequent distribution of hydrogen is an inefficient process. This ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jul 08, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Trees find the nitrogen they need, even in a super-size CO2 world

In the fast-food world of trees, let’s say carbon dioxide is like French fries, and nitrogen is like catsup. Suppose those trees suddenly had extra servings of French fries, but the catsup ration stayed ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New integrated building model may improve fish farming operations

Today's "locavore" movement with its emphasis on eating more locally-produced food is a natural fit for fruits and vegetables in nearly every region, but few entrepreneurs have dared to apply the concept to ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Building mountains in a bottle

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists are preparing to launch a 10-year project to study water resources, gas exchange and carbon cycling in three man-made landscapes built in a half-acre laboratory at the University ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Studying the chemistry as it happens in catalytic reactions

(PhysOrg.com) -- While retaining their speed, catalysts have lost some of their secrets, thanks to a new probe built by scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to help clarify the steps catalysts ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Computer simulations give insights into how carbon dioxide reacts with a sequestering liquid

(PhysOrg.com) -- Worse than toddlers on a sugar high, carbon dioxide molecules just don't like standing still. The tiny molecules, just three atoms, leap from place to place in less than a trillionth of a ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Project to pour water into volcano to make power

(AP) -- Geothermal energy developers plan to pump 24 million gallons of water into the side of a dormant volcano in Central Oregon this summer to demonstrate new technology they hope will give a boost to a ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 14, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (18) | comments 27

New portrait to mark Hooke’s place in history

Chroniclers of his time called him ‘despicable’, ‘mistrustful’ and ‘jealous’, and a rivalrous Isaac Newton might have had the only surviving portrait of him burnt, but, three ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 7

Helping hydrogen move back home

Millions of dollars are being spent on developing electric vehicles. Electric vehicles, powered by hydrogen fuel cells, provide the demanded driving range and low environmental impact. However, hydrogen fuel ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Detroit unsure over the future of green cars

The US auto industry remains unsold over the future of "green cars" such as electrics and hybrids, as carmakers struggle with the first steps in a market most agree shows promise over the long term.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 27

Ohio quakes probably triggered by waste disposal well, say seismologists

(PhysOrg.com) -- Earthquakes that have shaken an area just outside Youngstown, Ohio in the last nine months—including a substantial one on New Year’s Eve—are likely linked to a disposal well ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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