Items tagged with gas

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New MIT Rocket Runs on Inexpensive Gases Thursday, February 26th, 2009 - 12:48:52 - Anuradha Menon Satellites orbiting the Earth must occasionally be nudged to stay on the correct path. MIT scientists are developing a new rocket that could make... read more

Biofuel Carbon Footprint Not So Big Monday, January 19th, 2009 - 18:07:24 - Ehud Rattner Publications ranging from the journal Science to Time magazine have blasted biofuels for significantly contributing to greenhouse gas emissions... read more

Carbon Cost of Googling Revealed Monday, January 12th, 2009 - 12:04:47 - Ehud Rattner Two search requests on the internet website Google produce as much carbon dioxide as boiling a kettle, according to a Harvard University academic. US... read more

Humans, Oceans Shaped N. America Climate Monday, December 29th, 2008 - 11:56:53 - Ehud Rattner Greenhouse gases play an important role in North American climate, but differences in regional ocean temperatures may hold a key to predicting future... read more

Carbon Dioxide Found on Extrasolar Planet Thursday, December 11th, 2008 - 10:29:18 - Anuradha Menon NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has discovered carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting another star. This breakthrough is an important... read more

Turbulent Star-Forming Region Captured Wednesday, December 10th, 2008 - 10:06:17 - Anuradha Menon A new image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope shows a turbulent star-forming region, where rivers of gas and stellar winds are eroding thickets of... read more

Mineral Gas Pump Has No Moving Parts Saturday, November 29th, 2008 - 16:06:56 - Anuradha Menon Scientists have discovered that a type of hard mineral called zeolite can provide a high rate of gas flow in a micro-scale gas pump. Because the pump... read more

Using Solar Power to Derive Hydrogen Wednesday, November 19th, 2008 - 12:34:44 - Anuradha Menon The acidic gas hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is an environmental pollutant because of its toxic, malodorous, and corrosive nature. Every year, millions of... read more

Nano-Scale Electromechanical Sensors Wednesday, November 12th, 2008 - 18:05:08 - Anuradha Menon Clemson physics professor Apparao Rao and his team are researching nano-scale cantilevers that have the potential to read and alert us to toxic... read more

'Bad Egg' Gas Controls Blood Flow Tuesday, October 28th, 2008 - 13:55:46 - Ehud Rattner As the smell of rotten eggs wafts past your nostrils, you're more likely to be revulsed than relaxed. Yet researchers have now shown that the 'bad... read more

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