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Duckweed as a Cost-Competitive Raw Material for Biofuel Production
March 7, 2013 — The search for a less-expensive, sustainable source of biomass, or plant material, for producing gasoline, diesel and jet fuel has led scientists to duckweed, that fast-growing floating plant that ... > full story -
New Method for Greenhouse Gas Predictions
March 5, 2013 — Pulp and paper producers are among Canada's most important industries and also one of the largest producers of wastewater. Researchers are now estimating the greenhouse gas emissions in this ... > full story -
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Chemists Develop Efficient Material for Carbon Capture
March 5, 2013 — Chemists have discovered a more efficient, less expensive and reusable material for carbon dioxide capture and ... > full story -
Synthetic Fuels from Natural Gas and Biomass? New Fischer-Tropsch Catalyst Invented
March 5, 2013 — Inspired by patents from the 1960s audio cassette recording industry, chemists now developed a new Fischer-Tropsch catalyst. It can be used for the making of synthetic fuels from natural gas and ... > full story -
Volcanic Aerosols, Not Pollutants, Tamped Down Recent Earth Warming
March 1, 2013 — Scientists looking for clues about why Earth did not warm as much as scientists expected between 2000 and 2010 now thinks the culprits are hiding in plain sight -- dozens of volcanoes spewing sulfur ... > full story -
U.S. May Face Inevitable Nuclear Power Exit
March 1, 2013 — In the third and final issue in a series focused on nuclear exits, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, published by SAGE, turns its attention to the United States and looks at whether the ... > full story -
Improving Climate Protection in the Agricultural Sector
February 28, 2013 — Agriculture is responsible for around 10 to 12 percent of all greenhouse gases attributable to human activities. This raises the question of how these emissions could be reduced. A recent study has ... > full story -
Computed Tomography Provides Real-Time 3D Pictures Showing How Oil and Water Flow in Porous Rock
February 27, 2013 — For the first time, experiments using computed tomography have allowed scientists to observe in 3-D the flow of oil and water in real rock on an unprecedented scale. The new approach trailed and the ... > full story -
New Tool for Measuring Frozen Gas in Ocean Floor Sediments
February 26, 2013 — Scientists have developed an instrument capable of simulating the high pressures and low temperatures needed to create hydrate in sediment ... > full story -
'Fat Worms' Inch Scientists Toward Better Biofuel Production
February 26, 2013 — Fat worms confirm that researchers have successfully engineered a plant with oily leaves -- a feat that could enhance biofuel production as well as lead to improved animal ... > full story
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