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The Geophysicist's Guide to Striking It Rich
September 1, 2011 — Combining a number of surveying techniques for the first time, experts say their integrated surveying techniques can be applied to any region in the world to more accurately identify riches beneath ... > full story -
Cutting Soot Emissions: Fastest, Most Economical Way to Slow Global Warming?
August 31, 2011 — A new study of dust-like particles of soot in the air -- now emerging as the second most important, but previously overlooked, factor in global warming -- provides fresh evidence that reducing soot ... > full story -
Iron 'Veins' Are Secret of Promising New Hydrogen Storage Material
August 31, 2011 — Scientists have a new approach to the problem of safely storing hydrogen in future fuel-cell powered cars -- molecular scale 'veins' of iron permeating grains of magnesium like a network of ... > full story -
Hydrogen Powered Prototype Vessel for Inland Waterways: Canal Boat Runs on Fuel Cell Drive
August 31, 2011 — Researchers have been operating a canal boat with a fuel cell drive for three years now. In the world of shipbuilding, however, different rules apply than those in the automobile manufacturing ... > full story -
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Cracking Cellulose: A Step Into the Biofuels Future
August 31, 2011 — Scientists from the University of York have played a pivotal role in a discovery which could finally unlock the full potential of waste plant matter to replace oil as a fuel ... > full story -
Novel Alloy Could Produce Hydrogen Fuel from Sunlight
August 30, 2011 — Using state-of-the-art theoretical computations, a team of scientists has determined that an alloy formed by a 2 percent substitution of antimony in gallium nitride has the right electrical ... > full story -
New Cooling System Raises Efficiency of Oil and Gas Processing
August 30, 2011 — Mathematicians in Norway have devised a solution for making sub-sea oil and gas processing more efficient at substantially lower cost. Using their expertise in fluid mechanics they have developed a ... > full story -
Tackling Mysteries About Carbon, Possible Oil Formation and More Deep Inside Earth
August 28, 2011 — How do diamonds the size of potatoes shoot up at 40 miles per hour from their birthplace 100 miles below Earth's surface? Is there more oil and natural gas than anyone dreams from a source other than ... > full story -
Milky Way's Halo Raining Ionized Gas to Fuel Continued Star Formation
August 25, 2011 — Astrophysicists have concluded that the Milky Way will have the fuel to continue forming stars, thanks to massive clouds of ionized gas raining down from its halo and intergalactic space. The Milky ... > full story -
Math-Based Model for Deep-Water Oil Drilling
August 25, 2011 — A new mathematical model has applications to the study of gas kicks in deep-water oil wells, which in worst-case scenarios can lead to ... > full story
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