A dash of lime -- a new twist that may cut CO2 levels back to pre-industrial levels July 21, 2008 | User rating: 3.8 / 5 after 134 vote(s)
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Scientists say they have found a workable way of reducing CO2 levels in the atmosphere by adding lime to seawater. And they think it has the potential to dramatically reverse CO2 accumulation in the atmosphere, reports Cath ... | |
No evidence to support 'organic is best' 9 hours ago | User rating: 3.3 / 5 after 18 vote(s)
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New research in the latest issue of the Society of Chemical Industry's (SCI) Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture shows there is no evidence to support the argument that organic food is better than food grown ... | |
 Super atoms turn the periodic table upside down July 01, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 100 vote(s)
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Researchers at Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands have developed a technique for generating atom clusters made from silver and other metals. Surprisingly enough, these so-called super atoms ... | |
Hydrogen Storage for Cars? December 21, 2007 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 36 vote(s)
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Hydrogen is the fuel of the future. Unfortunately, one problem remains: Hydrogen is a gas and cannot easily be pumped into a tank like gasoline. Storage in the form of solid hydrides, chemical compounds of hydrogen and a ... | |
Genetic 'telepathy'? A bizarre new property of DNA January 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 97 vote(s)
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Scientists are reporting evidence that intact, double-stranded DNA has the “amazing” ability to recognize similarities in other DNA strands from a distance. And then like friends with similar interests, the bits of genetic ... | |
 Meteorites delivered the 'seeds' of Earth's left-hand life April 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 92 vote(s)
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Flash back three or four billion years — Earth is a hot, dry and lifeless place. All is still. Without warning, a meteor slams into the desert plains at over ten thousand miles per hour. With it, this violent ... | |
 Cow stomach holds key to turning corn into biofuel April 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.1 / 5 after 30 vote(s)
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An enzyme from a microbe that lives inside a cow’s stomach is the key to turning corn plants into fuel, according to Michigan State University scientists. | |
 Clean, carbon-neutral hydrogen on the horizon November 12, 2007 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 67 vote(s)
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Hydrogen as an everyday, environmentally friendly fuel source may be closer than we think, according to Penn State researchers. | |
Weird water: Discovery challenges long-held beliefs about water's special properties January 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 75 vote(s)
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Beyond its role as the elixir of all life, water is a very unusual substance: Scientists have long marveled over counter-intuitive properties that set water apart from other solids and liquids commonly found in nature. | |
 How sweet it is: 'Revolutionary' process points to sugar-fueled cars April 09, 2008 | User rating: 3.9 / 5 after 29 vote(s)
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Chemists are describing development of a “revolutionary” process for converting plant sugars into hydrogen, which could be used to cheaply and efficiently power vehicles equipped with hydrogen fuel cells without ... | |
Solar cell directly splits water for hydrogen February 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.2 / 5 after 85 vote(s)
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Plants trees and algae do it. Even some bacteria and moss do it, but scientists have had a difficult time developing methods to turn sunlight into useful fuel. Now, Penn State researchers have a proof-of-concept device that ... | |
 Put the Trees in the Ground: A solution for the global carbon dioxide problem? May 13, 2008 | User rating: 2.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Of the current global environmental problems, the excessive release of carbon dioxide from the combustion of fossil fuels and the related global warming is one of the most pressing. | |
 Marine worm's jaws say 'cutting-edge new aerospace materials' July 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 30 vote(s)
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Researchers in California and New Hampshire report the first detailed characterization of the protein composition of the hard, fang-like jaws of a common marine worm. Their work could lead to the design of ... | |
 Money doesn't grow on trees, but gasoline might April 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 32 vote(s)
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Researchers have made a breakthrough in the development of "green gasoline," a liquid identical to standard gasoline yet created from sustainable biomass sources like switchgrass and poplar trees. | |
'Green' potato health risk can be eliminated by cutting away affected area July 25, 2008 | User rating: 3.7 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Potatoes that have turned 'green' can potentially contain a naturally occurring toxin called Glycoalkaloids (GA) and pose a risk to public health according to a review paper published in the latest online issue of SCI's Journal ... | |
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