Unusual Microcrystals Discovered in Meteorite Dust
The strange carbon microcrystals have been studied by scientists from Chelyabinsk State University. On February 15, 2013, above Chelyabinsk in Russia’s Southern Urals, the biggest…
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Scientists Synthesize New Carbon Material: A Two-Dimensional Monolayer Polymeric Fullerene
Synthetic carbon allotropes are intriguing due to their exceptional properties and potential applications. Scientists have devoted decades to synthesizing new types of carbon materials. However,…
Russian Scientists Synthesize a New Ultra-Hard Material
Russian scientists have synthesized a new ultra-hard material containing scandium and carbon. It consists of polymerized fullerene molecules with scandium and carbon atoms inside. The…
Crucial Tool for Managing Global Warming Allows Scientists To Measure Carbon Without Disturbing Plants
Scientists develop a new way to take a census of carbon in the ground under our feet – a crucial tool for managing climate change…
Traces of Life Discovered Deep in the Earth’s Mantle
The rapid development of fauna 540 million years ago has permanently changed the Earth — deep into its lower mantle. A team led by ETH…
How and When Was Carbon Distributed in the Earth? New Experiment Raises Questions
It is generally accepted that planetary surfaces were covered with molten silicate, a “magma ocean,” during the formation of terrestrial planets. In a deep magma…
Impact of Large-Scale Tree Death on Carbon Storage Shown
Large-scale ‘disturbances’, including fires, harvesting, windstorms, and insect outbreaks, which kill large patches of forest, are responsible for more than a tenth of tree death…
Carbon Microthreads Could Link Machines & Human Brains
In order to link human brains to computers, the interface needs to be delicate enough not to damage nerve tissue, but resilient enough to last…
MIT Team Uses Carbon Nanotubes to Draw Gas Sensors
A team of MIT chemists revealed how they developed a method for drawing gas sensors on paper using a tailor-made, super-conductive carbon nanotube pencil. The…
LCLS Low-Energy Test Just Shy of the 284-Electronvolt Carbon Edge
A recent low-energy test with SLAC’s Linac Coherent Light Source proved that the X-ray laser could dip more deeply into the so-called “water window,” and…
Meteorite Shows Existence of Reduced Carbon on Mars
Scientists from the Carnegie Institution for Science discovered that a 4.5 billion-year-old meteorite, which is believed to be from Mars, contains reduced carbon molecules. While…
Fossil Fuel Emissions, Organic Carbon and Alaska’s Glaciers
While studying climate change and trying to decipher the carbon cycle puzzle, researchers have been studying the source and amount of carbon flowing into the…
Natural Gas Mining Could Leak Enough Methane, No Longer Considered as Clean
Natural gas, which is often perceived as a clean alternative to coal and oil, can be advantageous since it produces fewer greenhouse-gas emissions than other…