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- Team develops a geothermometer for methane formation
- Capturing carbon dioxide emissions needed to meet climate targets
- Packing hundreds of sensors into a single optical fiber for use in harsh environments
- Cheap and enviromentally friendly: Tofu ingredient could revolutionize solar panel manufacture
| Team develops a geothermometer for methane formation Posted: 26 Jun 2014 11:16 AM PDT A team of scientists has developed a new technique that can, for the first time, determine the temperature at which a natural methane sample formed. This determination can aid in figuring out how and where the gas formed.  |
| Capturing carbon dioxide emissions needed to meet climate targets Posted: 26 Jun 2014 09:20 AM PDT Technologies that are discussed controversially today may be needed to keep the future risks and costs of climate change in check. Combining the production of energy from fossil fuels and biomass with capturing and storing the carbon dioxide they emit can be key to achieving current climate policy objectives such as limiting the rise of the global mean temperature to below 2 degrees Celsius.  |
| Packing hundreds of sensors into a single optical fiber for use in harsh environments Posted: 26 Jun 2014 09:20 AM PDT By fusing together the concepts of active fiber sensors and high-temperature fiber sensors, a team of researchers has created an all-optical high-temperature sensor for gas flow measurements that operates at record-setting temperatures above 800 degrees Celsius. It's expected to find industrial sensing applications in harsh environments, such as deep geothermal drill cores or space missions.  |
| Cheap and enviromentally friendly: Tofu ingredient could revolutionize solar panel manufacture Posted: 26 Jun 2014 09:18 AM PDT The chemical used to make tofu and bath salts could also replace a highly toxic and expensive substance used to make solar cells, a new study has revealed. Cadmium chloride is currently a key ingredient in solar cell technology used in millions of solar panels around the world. This soluble compound is highly toxic and expensive to produce, requiring elaborate safety measures to protect workers during manufacture and then specialist disposal when panels are no longer needed.  |
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