News tagged with inorganic carbon
Fish guts explain marine carbon cycle mystery
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 15, 2009 |
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Research published today reveals the major influence of fish on maintaining the delicate pH balance of our oceans, vital for the health of coral reefs and other marine life.
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Capturing CO2 in a bowl
Jul 15, 2009 |
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The accidental discovery of a bowl-shaped molecule that pulls carbon dioxide out of the air suggests exciting new possibilities for dealing with global warming, including genetically engineering microbes to manufacture those ...
Synthesis with a template: Carbon-free fullerene analogue
Apr 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A team led by Manfred Scheer at the University of Regensburg has now synthesized the first example of an inorganic, carbon-free C80 analogue.
'It might be life Jim...', physicists discover inorganic dust with life-like qualities
Aug 09, 2007 |
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Could extraterrestrial life be made of corkscrew-shaped particles of interstellar dust? Intriguing new evidence of life-like structures that form from inorganic substances in space are revealed today in the New Journal of ...
A new process for making much-sought iron nanospheres
Feb 19, 2007 |
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Using a process that creates bubbles as hot as the surface of the sun, chemists are reporting development of a new method for making hollow hematite (iron oxide) nanospheres. The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's ...
Water droplets shape graphene nanostructures
Dec 17, 2009 |
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A single-atom-thick sheet of carbon, like those seen in pencil marks -- offers great potential for new types of nanoscale devices, if a good way can be found to mold the material into desired shapes.
Research to spotlight carbon monoxide benefits
Jan 22, 2007 |
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Scientists at the University of York have won a grant of £110,000 to investigate potential uses of carbon monoxide in treating disease.
A water splitter with a double role
Mar 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- There is a lot of hope invested in hydrogen, but it also presents some problems. It is energy-rich, clean and, as a constituent of water, of almost unlimited availability. However, so far ...
Microbes turn electricity directly to methane
Mar 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A tiny microbe can take electricity and directly convert carbon dioxide and water to methane, producing a portable energy source with a potentially neutral carbon footprint, according to a ...
Acid test: Study reveals both losers and winners of CO2-induced ocean acidification
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- As the world’s seawater becomes more acidic due to rising atmospheric carbon dioxide, some shelled marine creatures may actually become bigger and stronger, according to a new study.
Scientist Creates Liquid Crystals with High Metal Content
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Apr 03, 2006 |
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Researchers at North Carolina State University have successfully engineered liquid crystals that contain very high concentrations of metals – potentially paving the way toward the creation of “magnetic liquids” ...
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