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Race to study mysterious marine ecosystem

March 8, 2018
News
A team of scientists, led by the British Antarctic Survey is bound for Antarctica to investigate a mysterious marine ecosystem that’s been hidden beneath an Antarctic ice shelf for up...
Earth & Environmental
Earth & Environmental Sciences
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Small particles lead to big storms

February 19, 2018
News
Even the tiniest of particles from human emissions can fuel powerful storms and influence weather and crops much more than previously thought, according to new research.The study, published in Science,...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental
Atmospheric Chemistry, Atmospheric Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences
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Time to go at full charge?

February 19, 2018
Feature
Li-ion batteries rule the world of mobile devices, however, they are far from perfect. To fully understand how to achieve higher capacity and longer lasting life needs nothing less than...
Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Energy, Environment, In Depth
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Exploding stars have a link to climate change

January 22, 2018
News
Cosmic rays from supernovae can influence Earth's cloud cover and thereby climate according to new research from a team from Denmark.The study reveals how atmospheric ions, produced by the energetic...
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Astrophysics, Atmospheric Chemistry, Atmospheric Sciences
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Plastic (not so) fantastic

January 11, 2018
Insight
Microplastic pollution of the oceans is a deadly ecological problem, yet oddly we cant find 99% of it. Can the “lost” plastic be found with a dye normally associated with...
Earth & Environmental, Materials, Physics & Engineering
Energy, Environment, Interviews, Materials, Materials Science
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Best of both worlds

January 11, 2018
Feature
As we spew increasingly varied chemicals into the environment, the ability to detect contaminants in water is becoming a task more vital than ever. But, as we move towards systems...
Earth & Environmental
Earth & Environmental, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environment, In Depth
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Giant volcanic eruption drove historic global warming event

December 8, 2017
News
New research by a group of international scientists suggests that an extreme global warming event 56 million years ago was caused by a huge volcanic eruption
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental
Atmospheric Chemistry, Atmospheric Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Geology, Geophysics, Volcanology
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Volcanic eruption linked to El Niño

December 5, 2017
News
Researchers at Rutgers University have discovered that large volcanic eruptions can prompt El Niño events.
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental
Atmospheric Chemistry, Atmospheric Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Volcanology
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Renewable energy branches out

December 4, 2017
News
A team from the US have found a way to convert one of the World’s most abundant polymer – lignin –into a renewable biomass source.
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Botany, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Energy, Environmental Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry
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Standing on SUCCESS

October 11, 2017
Insight
How to mitigate rising CO2 levels? The answer says Ehsan Jorat is right under our feet. Here he tells us about the EPSRC-funded project called SUCCESS and why soil could...
Earth & Environmental, Physics & Engineering
Chemical Engineering, Energy, Engineering, Environment, Interviews
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