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Designer particles stand in for layers of subsurface mineralsSeptember 2012
Results: To understand how underground pollutants react with magnetite and other minerals, scientists need an easy-to-use mineral stand-in. An international team led by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory created analogous particles with precisely tuned amounts of relatively reactive iron, or Fe(II), and less reactive iron, Fe(III), to match natural conditions. Tuning this Fe(II)/Fe(III) ratio dials in the desired amount of iron reactivity. To test their process, the team created tiny iron oxide spheres similar to magnetite, except with titanium added to control the Fe(II)/Fe(III) ratio directly.
Project Won to Lead Black Carbon Research in Russian Arctic
Selection based on expertise in greenhouse gas emissions assessment, mitigation techniquesSeptember 2012
Battelle, which operates Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, has won a $1M contract to assess levels of black carbon in the Arctic and test techniques to reduce these greenhouse gas sources. As part of the cooperative agreement with Environmental Protection Agency, over the next 3 years researchers working at the Joint Global Change Research Institute (JGCRI) will provide technical expertise and project management for baseline emissions inventories of black carbon from diesel burning.
- Steven Ghan Editor-in-Chief for JGR-Atmospheres
September 2012 - Bill Morgan Authored Three Top 50 Radiation Research Articles
September 2012 - A-Tiskit, A-Tasket, The Greenhouse Gas Basket
Ranking methane's impact on future climate changeSeptember 2012 - Caught in the Act: Atmospheric Organic Particles' MO Revealed
Elusive atmospheric compound revealed in the laboratorySeptember 2012 - Moving Mountains: Electrons Hop through Iron Oxide Minerals in a Type of Semiconduction
Research helps clarify how minerals grow and disintegrateSeptember 2012 - Mohamad Hejazi, Editor of Journal of Irrigation & Drainage Systems Engineering
September 2012 - Lung Imaging Research Gets Its Second Wind
Bytes versus breathsSeptember 2012 - Dust Achieves Lofty Aspirations
Disposition to form ice crystals is measured and modeled for a new-fangled frameworkSeptember 2012 - Mass Spec Makes the Clinical Grade
Protein assays matching sensitivity and accuracy of antibody-based clinical tests might speed drug discovery, basic biology researchSeptember 2012 - L. Ruby Leung Appointed Editor of Journal of Hydrometeorology
August 2012 - DuBois Receives National Inorganic Chemistry Award
August 2012 - Charles Long Receives 2012 World Meteorological Organization Väisälä Award for Research on Fractional Cloudiness
August 2012 - The Path a Proton Takes
Scenic route preferred to more direct path in alternative fuel cell membraneAugust 2012 - How to Catch Aerosols in the Act
Scientists use satellites to measure how pollution particles affect cloudsAugust 2012 - A Chemistry Tale of Two Carbons
Comprehensive field study of urban and natural emissions interacting to affect climate changeAugust 2012 - New Protein Discovered Gives Insights to Iron's Fate Underground
Scientists identify molecule that steals electrons, leaving iron stuck in the mudAugust 2012 - Fresh Water Feeds Hurricanes' Fury
Hurricanes and tropical cyclones become up to 50 percent more intense when passing over oceans inundated with fresh waterAugust 2012 - Team Wins 2012 Innovation Award
August 2012 - Turning Down the Heat for Carbon
Unusual reaction eschews high temperatures and water to lock away climate-changing carbon dioxideAugust 2012 - Listening to Life
New chemical imaging method probes the communications of live microbial colonies July 2012 - Mother Nature as a Wire Manufacturer
With computational models, scientists see how microbe directs electronsJuly 2012 - Pollution Weakens Monsoon's Might
Local, global emissions suppress South Asian summer rainfall July 2012 - Chuck Peden and Morris Bullock Named American Chemical Society Fellows
July 2012 - Unique Protein Fold Flags Potentially Unique Function
Crystal structure of a cyanobacterial protein associated with nitrogen fixationJuly 2012 - Flexible Molecular Cages Expand to Pack in Multiple Metals
Solid metal frameworks retain shapes after unpacking, allowing detailed measurementsJuly 2012 - Iron Center and Pendant Nitrogen Needed to Achieve Catalyst's Goal
Scientists built catalysts that cleave bonds for platinum-free fuel cellsJuly 2012 - Johannes Lercher Selected for Prestigious Lectureship in China
July 2012 - Hibbard and Skaggs Contribute to the National Climate Assessment
July 2012