Manchester to spearhead 8.3 million particle physics project
...that beams of protons or heavier particles such as carbon ions can deposit much more radiation directly in the cancer, while losing much less energy in the surrounding healthy tissue. He continued: "NS-FFAGs could be used for many other purposes. They could be used to help generate electricity without sig...Protein enables discovery of quantum effect in photosynthesis
...t in a cascade. Photosynthesis transforms light, carbon dioxide and water into chemical energy in plants and some bacteria. The wavelike characteristic of this energy transfer process can explain its extreme efficiency, in that vast areas of phase space can be sampled effectively to find the most efficien...ACS News Service Weekly PressPac -- April 25, 2007
...ine for hepatitis B Seeking new ways of using carbon dioxide in fuels and other products Journalist...ves large-scale manufacture of fullerenes (C 60 ), carbon nanotubes and other substances. "Using C 60 as a model, we provide the first report on the impact ...Arctic ice retreating more quickly than computer models project
...s may fail to capture the full impact of increased carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Whereas the models indicate that about half of the ice loss from 1979 to 2006 was due to increased greenhouse gases, and the other half due to natural variations in the climate system, the new stu...Seeing the trees for the forest: WHRC scientists creating national biomass and carbon dataset
...luable baseline data set for the assessment of the carbon stock in U.S. forest vegetation and will improve current methods of determining carbon flux between vegetation and the atmosphere. Work on the remaining 61 mapping zones will be completed...Puzzling plankton yield secrets to role in evolution/global photosynthesis
...on the communitys emerging understanding about how carbon fixation is carried out by picoplankton," said Bri...tive absorption of hundreds of millions of tons of carbon per day is essential for maintaining the control of the planets climate by counteracting greenhouse ...Breathing easy: When it comes to oxygen, a bug's life is full of it
...resting insects stop taking in air as they release carbon dioxide, according to research by Stefan K. Hetz o...rlin, Germany. This allows them to keep oxygen and carbon dioxide levels in balance. Too great a concentration of oxygen is toxic, causing oxidative damage to......ts were grown in a facility containing atmospheric carbon dioxide almost exclusively with a heavy form of carbon (13C). This makes the carbon released from the plants relatively easy to detect. Thus, if plants are...Satellites shed light on global warming
...huge numbers and play a leading role in the global carbon cycle and the primary production of nutrients. Current research is investigating these relationships by exploiting the powerful union of multiple views of the ocean made possible by different instruments like those in the Envisat suite, such as th...Ocean's 'twilight zone' may be a key to understanding climate change
A major study sheds new light on the role of carbon dioxide once it's transported to the oceans' depth...s. The research indicates that instead of sinking, carbon dioxide is often consumed by animals and bacteria and recycled in the "twilight zone," a dimly lit a...Volcanic eruptions, ancient global warming linked
... the release of large amounts of greenhouse gases carbon dioxide and methane into the atmosphere, and defi...peculate that massive release of greenhouse gases carbon dioxide and methane from the "out-gassing" of the lava flows and heating of organic-rich sediments ...Researchers 'look into' plant cells to increase ethanol yields
...ago and through time created our current supply of carbon fuels, namely coal and oil. This is why plant biomass is often labeled as renewable, since it can be grown each year, and why petroleum is referred to as non-renewable - once it's gone, it cannot be replaced. Mosier and Ladisch are currently at wor...Florida Tech explores microalgae for biofuel
... such as salinity, nutrient concentrations, pH and carbon dioxide to test optimum conditions for growth. "Alternative energy is desperately needed for sustaining the economy, national security and to respond to environmental concerns. Microalgae cultivation is an attractive alternative and the warm Florida ...Satellites play vital role in understanding the carbon cycle
The global carbon cycle plays a vital role in climate change and is ...better this complex process. The total number of carbon atoms on Earth is fixed they are exchanged between the ocean, atmosphere, land and biosphere. The f...UC researchers shatter world records with length of latest carbon nanotube arrays
...d the world in synthesis of extremely long aligned carbon nanotube arrays. UC's carbon nanotube arrays stack up. Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are of great interest because of their outstand...Researchers find ways to reduce side effects in the treatment of damaging protein plaques
...use of carboranes, which are clusters of boron and carbon atoms, to prevent such side effects. These boron-r...ates for known COX inhibitors based exclusively on carbon chemistry greatly strengthens the concept that carboranes can be substituted for carbon-rich portion...Envisat Symposium 2007 kicks off in Switzerland
... surface that we can now relate to climate models, carbon models and a lot of new uses such as ecosystem health, he said. Advances in tectonics and volcanology were highlighted by Prof. Barry Parsons of Oxford University. Parsons spoke of the role a technique called Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Interfe...Scientists track impact of Asian dust and pollution on clouds, climate change
... from reaching Earth, some particles such as black carbon absorb sunlight as well and therefore may amplify the effects of global warming. PACDEX will help scientists refine computer models of greenhouse gas emissions and improve forecasts of future climate change, both for the entire globe and for specific...Renewable hydrogen energy -- an answer to the energy crisis
Harvesting solar energy to produce renewable, carbon free and cost effective hydrogen as an alternative...n renewable hydrogen could transform the supply of carbon free fuel and make an enormous impact on the viability of hydrogen as an energy carrier. In addition...2007 Communicator Award goes to glaciologists from Bremerhaven
...n the two main greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, carbon dioxide and methane. The team has also been involved in deep core drilling projects in Greenland, by the German Climate Research Programme (DEKLIM) and the Klima in historischer Zeit (The Climate in Historical Time) programme, which aims to reconstru...