Aberration-corrected HAADF/STEM images of as-synthesized Rh-ZSM-5. Single rhodium cations are circled in white with proposed ball-stick model of the structure.
Credit: Lawrence F. Allard, co-author and researcher at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
The direct oxidation of methane -- found in natural...
The tubeworm species Escarpia laminata.
Credit: Image courtesy of the Chemo III project, BOEM and NOAA OER
Large tubeworms living in the cold depths of the Gulf of Mexico may be among the longest living animals in the world. This is...
From left, geology graduate students Jiashun Hu and Quan Zhou and professor Lijun Liu challenge traditional theories about western US volcanism with new evidence from supercomputer modeling.
Credit: L. Brian Stauffer
Recent stories in the national media are magnifying fears of...
Brookhaven Lab scientists (from left) Ivan Bozovic, Xi He, Jie Wu, and Anthony Bollinger with the atomic layer-by-layer molecular beam epitaxy system used to synthesize the superconducting cuprate samples.
Credit: Brookhaven National Laboratory
The perfect performance of superconductors could revolutionize everything...
Models used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change may be underestimating future warming.
Credit: © f9photos / Fotolia
The climate models that project greater amounts of warming this century are the ones that best align with observations of the current...
Island peak( Imja Tse) climbing, Everest region, Nepal.
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Sherpas have evolved to become superhuman mountain climbers, extremely efficient at producing the energy to power their bodies even when oxygen is scarce, suggests new research published today...
This is a macroalgae dominated reef in the Seychelles.
Credit: Nicholas Graham
Researchers examining the impact of climate change on coral reefs have found a way to predict which reefs are likely to recover following bleaching episodes and which won't.
Coral...
Adams Flat, one of the two sites in Antarctica where microbes were collected.
Credit: Phil O'Brien
UNSW-Sydney led scientists have discovered that microbes in Antarctica have a previously unknown ability to scavenge hydrogen, carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide from the air...
Water (stock image). Researchers have used cobalt oxide nanoparticles to split water into hydrogen and oxygen.
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Researchers from the University of Houston have found a catalyst that can quickly generate hydrogen from water using sunlight, potentially...
A hidden or 'choked' jet (white) powering a radio-emitting 'cocoon' (pink) is the best explanation for the radio waves, gamma rays and X-rays the astronomers observed.
Credit: NRAO/AUI/NSF: D. Berr
Three months of observations with the National Science Foundation's Karl G....
Heliofungia actiniformis uses pulsed inflation to try to survive coral bleaching.
Credit: Brett Lewis, QUT
Coral researchers have for the first time captured the specific behaviour of a coral as it's bleaching.
The team from QUT in Australia used a clever combination...
