Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new catalyst that improves the efficiency of converting butane, a component of natural gas, into butadienea building block in synthetic… [+3151 chars]
The manipulation and use of gas in water have broad applications in energy utilization, chemical manufacturing, environmental protection, agricultural breeding, microfluidic chips, and health care. T… [+7929 chars]
Research shows that coral reefs’ diversity of fish results from a relatively recent innovation among bony fish: biting prey from surfaces. Although jawed fish appear in the fossil record almost 500 … [+2677 chars]
Powerful storms around the north pole of Jupiter swirl in stunning new images captured by NASA's Juno probe during its close approach to the giant planet on July 5. The storms reach depths of over … [+2483 chars]
Scotty the world’s largest T.rex at the T. rex Discovery Centre (TRDC) is getting a new friend a Tylosaur. Located in Eastend, Sask. the centre is putting finishing touches on the new Tylosaur exhib… [+2269 chars]
A Chinese cargo spacecraft that serviced the country's permanent orbiting space station has largely burned up on reentering the atmosphere, amid separate concerns over China's decision to allow a mas… [+2893 chars]
Noctilucent clouds are rare high-altitude clouds that can only be seen under specific conditions. They appear during the summer months, after sunset, as thin wispy blue/silver streaks 'dancing' acros… [+10841 chars]
Mobile phones from a few decades ago look like antiquated plastic toys today. That's an example of the dramatic miniaturization of modern electronics, as well as added functionality. Unfortunately, t… [+3374 chars]
By combining atomic force probes with microfluidics, this research proposes a method of "localized electrodeposition micro-additive manufacturing of atomic force servo pulse microjets". Following wit… [+5292 chars]
Adrián Martínez Fernández, the technician in charge of the Digital Mapping and 3D Analysis Laboratory at the Centro Nacional de Investigación sobre la Evolución Humana (CENIEH), is the lead author of… [+2694 chars]
National University of Singapore chemists have discovered how acetate esters could be electro-synthesized from water and carbon monoxide in an environmentally sustainable way. The electrocatalytic r… [+2710 chars]
Extreme rainfall as a driver of volcanic hazards. (a) Pleistocene volcanic sector collapses of Volcán de Colima, Nevado de Toluca, Citlaltépetl and Cofre de Perote (Mexico), reproduced after Capra et… [+4144 chars]
