Old newspapers can be used to grow carbon nanotubes: Study

Melbourne researchers have uncovered important new information on how microbes absorb huge amounts of carbon monoxide (CO) and assist in reducing levels of this deadly gas.

Everyone experiences occasional episodes of forgetfulness, particularly as they age. It's not only that fresh material is hard for older folks to remember. Moreover, when new information becomes available, they find it more difficult to change those thoughts. Nevertheless, not much is understood about the processes that underlie memory updating and how they malfunction as we age.

Tuning this environment by controlling how the CoPc catalyst was distributed on the carbon nanotube surface allowed carbon dioxide to be as much as eight times more likely to produce methanol, a discovery that could increase the efficiency of other catalytic processes and have a widespread impact on other fields, said Robert Baker, co-author of the study and a professor in chemistry and biochemistry at The Ohio State University.

The University of Delaware and the Argonne National Laboratory have developed a chemical process that converts Styrofoam into the high-value conducting polymer PEDOT:PSS. The researchers show how improved plastic trash may be successfully integrated into functional electronic devices such as silicon-based hybrid solar cells and organic electrochemical transistors.

A recent study suggests that efforts to limit carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from motor vehicles, along with investments in electric vehicles and public transit, would reduce air pollution and have a significant impact on children's health. They'd also save money.

We know that greenhouse gas emissions, such as carbon dioxide, should increase rainfall. The emissions warm the atmosphere, resulting in a one-two punch: warmer oceans make it easier for water to evaporate, and warmer air can store more water vapour, allowing more moisture to fall as rain. However, for long of the twentieth century, the data did not clearly reveal a rise in precipitation.

Brazilian researchers described the case of a nine-year-old boy admitted to the hospital with multiple symptoms and overlapping conditions that made diagnosis difficult, including short stature, thin tooth enamel (dental enamel hypoplasia), moderate mental deficiency, speech delay, asthma, mildly altered blood sugar, and a history of recurring infections in infancy.

Global warming is causing sea levels to rise, which is altering ecosystems. Scientists assumed that the tidal wetlands present in estuaries could create less methane, a strong greenhouse gas because the increased influx of seawater renders these habitats less hospitable to methane-producing microorganisms.

Rice University researchers have developed a new method for producing high-purity boron nitride nanotubes. These hollow cylindrical structures can withstand temperatures up to 900 degrees Celsius (~1652 Fahrenheit) and are stronger than steel by weight.

A team of scientists led by a Tulane University oceanographer discovered that deposits deep beneath the ocean floor provide a means to estimate ocean oxygen levels and their relationship to carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere during the last ice age, which ended more than 11,000 years ago.