- Number 336 |
- May 2, 2011
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Hydrocarbons in the deep earth
A new computational study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals how hydrocarbons may be formed from methane in deep Earth at extreme pressures and temperatures.
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Berkeley Lab invents a new kind of superlens for the infrared
Superlenses have resolution far greater than diffraction-limited conventional optics, but most are made from hard-to-fabricate metamaterials. Now researchers with DOE’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have made superlenses from much simpler layered oxides known as perovskites.
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Carbon capture, sequestration processes patented
DOE's National Energy Technology Laboratory recently received patents for two carbon capture/sequestration processes. The first was for an enhanced version of amine-based scrubbing, which couples kinetic rate enhancements with phase separation of CO2 and chemical regeneration of the amine solution, to separate CO2 from flue gas.
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Oxygen atoms on the move
Scientists from DOE’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, University College London, and Tohoku University devised a way to excite oxygen atoms and cause them to flee thin films.