Tag: carbon

They are as tall as 500 meters.

Protecting the environment is easiest when it makes economic sense.

AM-III also works as a semiconductor, allowing it to transfer electrical current.

This technique is currently our key to the past.

Students could see a 50% decline in cognitive capacity by 2100 if CO2 emissions don't drop.

A business-as-usual scenario is no longer viable, according to the EU's Science Advisory Council.

Unecessary e-mails are responsible for as much CO2 as thousands of cars.

This is not good news.

Saving money and saving the environment are my two favorite things.

Yet another problem associated with pollution.

It might pave the way for molecular-sized transistors.

I'll admit it -- I did not expect this.

"We are incredibly excited about this first discovery on the road to realizing the goals of the Harnessing Plants Initiative," ...

Please, tell me again how this has nothing to do with emissions.

It's not the best solution, but it could help.

Feasible or not, it's still an interesting idea.

Oh, how the waters have turned.

Pixar left this part out of Ice Age.

"Poetic justice" comes to mind.

The change can only come from civil society, researchers urge.

Soils can store a lot of carbon, but not if temperatures continue to rise.

Still no aliens. But this is definitely a cool find!

I like trees.

If it ain't broken, don't replace it with a powerplant.

But this doesn't mean we should stop focusing on forests -- on the contrary.

The universe is stickier than scientists used to think.

Ancient volcanism offers a glimpse into the future effects of climate change.

Fighting climate change is as easy as growing some food!

It's a damn shame.

Astronauts' waste will not be wasted.

A team of researchers forced bacteria to create carbon-silicon bonds, and their experiment showcases why life on our planet chose ...

Carbon nanotubes are one of the most promising materials humanity is looking into today -- problem is, they tend to ...

Instead, they now release around 8% of global emissions.

This molecule doesn't play by the rules.

Blinging hard!

Cutting down on meat could drastically reduce global warming.

Silly bacteria, carbon-based life is best life!

NASA is preparing for a potentially game-changing mission: intercepting an asteroid and bringing a sample back home.

Basically, it's because coal is done and gone.

That adds up to a lot of money.

A forest's trees capture carbon not only for themselves, but also engage in an active "trade" of sorts with their ...

When the MESSENGER spacecraft found carbon rich material on Mercury, researchers were surprised and couldn't quite explain the source. Now, ...

To make diamonds, the industry typically resorts to subjecting graphite to immense pressure and temperature, which makes production volumes low ...

Chinese researchers ran simulations and found that a pentagon-containing version of graphene is theoretically stable. The 2D allotrope of carbon is made up ...

Lawrence Livermore scientists have devised tiny capsules made up of a highly permeable polymer shell and a sodium carbonate solution ...

It's official - graphene is the wonder material of the millennium. A team of researchers at the Max Planck Institute ...

Flying a radio-controlled replica of the historic WWII P-51 Mustang red-tail aircraft—of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen—NRL researchers (l to r) ...

In an inspiring breakthrough, Stanford researchers have created the first ever working computer made entirely out of carbon nanotubes. The ...

To the right is a honeycomb of graphene atoms. To the left is a double strand of DNA. The white ...

We all know that CO2 dumped in the atmosphere (consequences in the ocean, where the most carbon winds up actually ...