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12-11-2006 · EurekAlert!Scientists at the University of Leicester are to gain a greater insight into the workings of the human mind…through the study of a snail's brain.
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09-30-2006 · ScienceDaily
With the VISIR instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope, astronomers have mapped the disc around a star more massive than the sun. The very extended and flared disc most likely contains enough gas and dust to spawn planets. It provides the rare opportunity to witness the conditions prevailing prior to or during planet formation.
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- The topsy-turvy galaxy
11-25-2006 · EurekAlert!
ESO's VLT has taken an image of the starburst galaxy NGC 1313, whose captivating appearance belies its inner turmoil. The dense clustering of bright stars and gas in its arms, a sign of an ongoing boom of star births, shows a mere glimpse of the rough times it has seen. Probing ever deeper into the heart of the galaxy, astronomers have revealed many enigmas that continue to defy our understanding.
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- Storage of greenhouse gasses in Siberian peat moor
01-30-2007 · EurekAlert!
Wet peat moorlands form a sustainable storage place for the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide but are also a source of the much stronger greenhouse gas methane. According to Dutch researcher Wiebe Borren, peat moorlands will counteract the greenhouse effect under the present climatic conditions. If the climate becomes warmer, the greenhouse effect can temporarily be enhanced. Borren investigated the carbon exchange between West-Siberian peat moorlands and the atmosphere.
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- MIT reactor aids study of potential energy source
02-13-2007 · EurekAlert!
For about six months of the year, bursts of a hot, electrically charged gas, or plasma, swirl around a donut-shaped tube in a special MIT reactor, helping scientists learn more about a potential future energy source: nuclear fusion.
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- First greenhouse gas animations produced using Envisat SCIAMACHY data
03-20-2007 · European Space Agency (ESA)
Based on three years of observations from the SCIAMACHY instrument aboard ESA's Envisat, scientists have produced the first movies showing the global distribution of the most important greenhouse gases – carbon dioxide and methane – that contribute to global warming.
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- Mechanoluminescence event yields novel emissions, reactions
05-08-2007 · EurekAlert!
Researchers at the University of Illinois report that a new study of mechanoluminescence revealed extensive atomic and molecular spectral emission not previously seen in a mechanoluminescence event. The findings, which appear online this month in the Journal of the American Chemical Society, also include the first report of gas phase chemical reactions resulting from a mechanoluminescence event.
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- Reduced greenhouse gas emissions required to avoid dangerous increases in heat stress
06-14-2007 · EurekAlert!
A study projects a 200 percent to 500 percent increase in the number of dangerously hot days in the Mediterranean by the end of the 21st century if the current rate of greenhouse gas emissions continues. The study found France would be subjected to the largest projected increase of high-temperature extremes. A reduction in greenhouse gas emissions could reduce the dangerously hot days projected in the scenario by up to 50 percent.
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- Berkeley Lab's ultraclean combustion technology for electricity generation
08-02-2007 · EurekAlert!
An experimental gas turbine simulator equipped with an ultralow-emissions combustion technology called LSI has been tested successfully using pure hydrogen as a fuel -- a milestone that indicates a potential to help eliminate millions of tons of carbon dioxide and thousands of tons of NOx from power plants each year.
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09-21-2007 · EurekAlert!
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- Baker Institute finds increased domestic production won't make US self-sufficient in natural gas
11-19-2007 · EurekAlert!
A new report by the Energy Forum at Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy finds that the United States will continue to rely on imported natural gas even if areas that are currently restricted are opened up to drilling.
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