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Rice-led study reveals monolayer amorphous carbon is significantly tougher than graphene
Feb 20, 2025 (SPX)
A newly synthesized material known as monolayer amorphous carbon (MAC), however, has demonstrated remarkable toughness-eight times greater than graphene-accordi...
New process accelerates rock-based carbon capture at low cost
Feb 20, 2025 (SPX)
The innovative approach leverages heat to transform common minerals into highly reactive materials that naturally extract and store CO2. These materials can be ...
The opportunity costs of carbon capture
Feb 18, 2025 (SPX)
These benefits, the authors say, could be realized at a fraction of the cost of implementing technologies that remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air and capt...
Graphite production gets a makeover
Feb 18, 2025 (SPX)
This almost $3 million three-year research project will convert petroleum coke to graphite for energy storage. The newer process uses a lower temperature and sh...
UK MPs warn billions spent on carbon capture may hit bills
Feb 07, 2025 (AFP)
The Labour government plans to invest nearly GBP 22 billion ($27 billion) to develop carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS), to help Britain reach net zero ca...
Physicists measure a key aspect of superconductivity in magic-angle graphene
Feb 06, 2025 (SPX)
But just as with carpools, how easily electron pairs can flow depends on a number of conditions, including the density of pairs that are moving through the mate...
Rethinking biochar to expand carbon removal potential
Feb 05, 2025 (SPX)
Published in Environmental Research Letters, the research draws on support from the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment's Environmental Ventures Progra...
Smart carbon dioxide removal yields economic and environmental benefits
Feb 03, 2025 (SPX)
Past analyses of the climate mitigation potential, costs, benefits, and drawbacks of different carbon dioxide removal (CDR) options have focused primarily on th...
Groundwater in the Arctic is delivering more carbon into the ocean than was previously known
Jan 31, 2025 (SPX)
Scientists discovered that while groundwater comprises only a fraction of the total water discharge to the ocean, it delivers an estimated 230 tons of organic c...
Coke oven gas offers best hydrogen source for calcium-looping carbon capture
Jan 27, 2025 (SPX)
The study, published in the journal Carbon Future on December 13, highlights calcium looping as a viable approach to reducing emissions from industries such as ...
Diamonds are forever-But not in nanodevices
Jan 26, 2025 (SPX)
Now, researchers at JILA, led by JILA Fellows and University of Colorado physics professors Margaret Murnane and Henry Kapteyn, along with graduate students Emm...
Microbial solutions could revolutionize seaweed farming for carbon capture
Jan 26, 2025 (SPX)
In a recent study published in Green Carbon, a journal by KeAi, researchers from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT) at the Ch...
Oxford report shows carbon storage can thrive without government billions
Jan 24, 2025 (SPX)
A report published this week tackles a pressing issue in UK climate policy: developing carbon storage infrastructure sustainably without burdening public budget...
Concrete as a carbon store
Jan 22, 2025 (SPX)
Building materials as a solution Using surplus renewable energy, CO2 can be converted into methane or methanol, which can then be further processed into polymer...
Indonesia launches international carbon exchange
Jan 20, 2025 (AFP)
The move opens the way for foreign investors to enter a market launched in September 2023 for domestic players. Carbon credits are generated by activities that ...
The ins and outs of quinone carbon capture
Jan 17, 2025 (SPX)
Researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) are pioneering a safer and more sustainable alternative. Using quin...
2024 saw fastest-ever annual rise in CO2 levels: UK weather service
Jan 17, 2025 (AFP)
The sharp rise in planet-warming CO2 was driven by fossil fuel burning, devastating wildfires and a weakening of Earth's natural carbon stores, the Met Office s...
Norwegian ship gets onboard carbon capture system
Jan 17, 2025 (AFP)
According to shipowner Solvang, the Clipper Eris should see its greenhouse gas emissions reduced by up to 70 percent. During a retrofit at a Singapore shipyard,...
Collaboration receives $11M to build a Southwest Regional Direct Air Capture Hub
Jan 16, 2025 (SPX)
In May of 2022, the Biden administration announced the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law's $3.5 billion DOE program to establish large-scale Direct Air Capture Hubs...
Innovative process removes carbon from air anywhere
Jan 14, 2025 (SPX)
But University of Cincinnati Professor Joo-Youp Lee said the Golden Fleece of carbon capture is drawing carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere, which is mu...
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