Geochemistry News
June 2, 2024
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May 30, 2024 — Research has led to a new tool for forecasting coral disease that could help conservationists step in at the right times with key interventions. Ecological forecasts are critical tools for conserving and managing marine ecosystems, but few ...
May 30, 2024 — Engineers have helped design a new method to make hydrogen gas from water using only solar power and agricultural waste such as manure or husks. The method reduces the energy needed to extract hydrogen from water by 600%, creating new opportunities ...
May 29, 2024 — Antibiotics prevent snails from forming new memories by disrupting their gut microbiome -- the community of beneficial bacteria found in their ...
May 29, 2024 — Research work on symbiosis -- a mutually beneficial relationship between living organisms -- is pushing back against the newer theory of a 'single-origin' of root nodule symbiosis (RNS) -- that all ...
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May 29, 2024 — Scientists have discovered that mycelium composites, biobased materials made from fungi and agricultural residues, can have a greater environmental ...
May 30, 2024 — Humans may be accelerating the rate at which organic matter decomposes in rivers and streams on a global scale, according to a new study. That could pose a threat to biodiversity in waterways around ...
May 15, 2024 — The optimal design of a novel zeolite catalyst enables tandem reaction that turns greenhouse gases into value-added chemicals, report scientists. By tuning the separation between different active ...
May 29, 2024 — Orchid plants nurture their seedlings via an underground fungal network, new research has ...
May 28, 2024 — New research looked at commonly available teabags made using three different compositions of polylactic acid (PLA), which is derived from sources ...
May 27, 2024 — While most organisms have biological clocks synchronized with the day-night cycle (circadian rhythms), marine animals in tidal areas have also developed circatidal rhythms to align with the tidal ...
May 23, 2024 — Researchers discovered that sulfur trioxide can form products other than sulfuric acid in the atmosphere by interacting with organic and inorganic acids. These previously uncharacterized acid ...
May 24, 2024 — Researchers have outlined a way to manipulate water molecules to make CO2R more efficient, with the ultimate goal of creating a clean energy loop. Through their new method, the team was able to ...
May 22, 2024 — To improve recycling rates a professor is working on new ways to separate and recycle mixed ...
May 22, 2024 — A new study shows that real-world ocean conditions make a huge difference in how viral infection affects host bacteria. The findings indicate it is very important to study cells and virocells under ...
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May 23, 2024 — Researchers have managed to analyze, simultaneously, several families of antibiotics in vegetables and earthworms. Sampling carried out in various locations has yielded data on the existence of ...
May 23, 2024 — From soil to sequestration, researchers have modeled what a supply chain for second-generation biofuels might look like in the midwestern United ...
May 23, 2024 — Chemistry researchers are hoping to spark a green battery revolution by showing that iron instead of cobalt and nickel can be used as a cathode material in lithium-ion ...
May 22, 2024 — Scientists have uncovered the properties of a rare earth element that was first discovered 80 years ago at the very same laboratory, opening a new pathway for the exploration of elements critical in ...
May 22, 2024 — In a new study, a team of researchers used research on fossilizing techniques to create a new method for sealing cracks and fractures in rocks and bedrock using a 'concretion-forming ...
May 22, 2024 — Engineers have modeled a new way to recycle polystyrene that could become the first viable way of making the material ...
May 22, 2024 — Many processes in the deep sea are not yet well understood, and the role of microbial communities in particular is often a big unknown. This includes, for example, how organic material that sinks ...
May 21, 2024 — Dozens of Alaska's rivers and streams are turning orange. The staining could be the result of minerals exposed by thawing permafrost and climate change, finds a new ...
May 21, 2024 — The past attempts of honey bee researchers to inventory the fungal diversity in honey bee colonies revealed that Aspergillus flavus is frequently found in hives. In a new study, researchers have ...
May 20, 2024 — A team of geologists analyzed 3,500 samples taken in and around coal mines in Utah and Colorado. Their findings open the possibility that these mines could see a secondary resource stream in the form ...
May 20, 2024 — A team delves into the spatiotemporal patterns of water volume and total organic carbon concentration of agricultural ...
May 20, 2024 — Researchers have unveiled that myriad, intricate factors influence the genesis and chemistry of bastnasite and rare earth carbonates, which are critically needed for today's tech industry and ...
May 17, 2024 — An international team of scientists has revealed high levels of toxic metals in global phosphate fertilizers using a isotopic variants of the element strontium as a tracer to uncover metals in soil, ...
May 17, 2024 — A new commentary paper puts forth a transformative solution to the unsustainable reliance on fossil resources by the chemical industry: catalysis to leverage sustainable waste resources, ushering the ...
May 17, 2024 — Marine microbes control the flux of matter and energy essential for life in the oceans. Among them, the bacterial group SAR11 accounts for about a third of all the bacteria found in surface ocean ...
May 16, 2024 — The treatment of animals rates higher than green issues when consumers choose meat and dairy products. That's according to a new study, which suggests that while consumers consider ...
May 16, 2024 — After spinning for under two years, a wind farm can offset the carbon emissions generated across its entire 30-year lifespan, when compared to thermal power ...
May 16, 2024 — Engineered nanoparticles (NPs), commonly utilized in environmental remediation, can pose significant toxicity risks upon ingestion by organisms. Researchers have now devised a solution to this ...
May 15, 2024 — Understanding how salt marsh grass stays healthy is of crucial ecological importance, and studying the ways bacteria interact with these plants is key. Thanks to recent advances in genomic ...
May 15, 2024 — Researchers are developing battery technologies to fight climate change in two ways, by expanding the use of renewable energy and capturing airborne carbon dioxide. Researchers recently created and ...
Thursday, May 23, 2024
- Developing Novel Methods to Detect Antibiotics in Vegetables and Earthworms
- Charting a Pathway to Next-Gen Biofuels
- Iron Could Be Key to Less Expensive, Greener Lithium-Ion Batteries, Research Finds
Wednesday, May 22, 2024
- Promethium Bound: Rare Earth Element's Secrets Exposed
- 'Fossilizing' Cracks in Infrastructure Creates Sealing That Can Even Survive Earthquakes
- New Polystyrene Recycling Process Could Be World's First to Be Both Economical and Energy-Efficient
- New Insights Into the Degradation Dynamics of Organic Material in the Seafloor
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
- Alaska's Rusting Waters: Pristine Rivers and Streams Turning Orange
- Researchers Find Unique Adaptations of Fungus Associated With Bee Bread
Monday, May 20, 2024
- Can Coal Mines Be Tapped for Rare Earth Elements?
- Unraveling the Drought Dilemma: Can Reservoirs Be a Carbon Source?
- Extreme Complexity in Formation of Rare Earth Mineral Vital for Tech Industry
Friday, May 17, 2024
- Scientists Develop New Geochemical 'fingerprint' To Trace Contaminants in Fertilizer
- Can We Revolutionize the Chemical Industry and Create a Circular Economy? Yes, With the Help of Catalysts
- Zombie Cells in the Sea: Viruses Keep the Most Common Marine Bacteria in Check
Thursday, May 16, 2024
- Study Reveals Consumers Value Animal Welfare More Than Environmental Sustainability When Buying Meat and Dairy Products
- Wind Farms Can Offset Their Emissions Within Two Years
- Polyglycerol Coating: A Breakthrough in Safer Nanoparticle Environmental Remediation
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
- From Roots to Resilience: Investigating the Vital Role of Microbes in Coastal Plant Health
- Carbon-Capture Batteries Developed to Store Renewable Energy, Help Climate
- Making Batteries Takes a Lot of Lithium: Some Could Come from Gas Well Wastewater
- Scientists Want to Know How the Smells of Nature Benefit Our Health
- Summers Warm Up Faster Than Winters, Fossil Shells from Antwerp Show
- Much More Than a World First Image of Radioactive Cesium Atoms
- Green Concrete Recycling Twice the Coal Ash Is Built to Last
- Next-Generation Sustainable Electronics Are Doped With Air
- Promising New Development in Solar Cell Technology
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
- Scientists Develop an Affordable Sensor for Lead Contamination
- Avocado Pruning Residues Used to Produce More Sustainable Food Packaging
- Mosaic Grassland Landscapes Are the Most Beneficial
- How Wildfires Change Soil Chemistry
- How to Make Ubiquitous Plastics Biodegradable
- Transforming Waste Carbon Dioxide Into High-Value Chemicals With a Cost Reduction of About 30%
Monday, May 13, 2024
Friday, May 10, 2024
- Research Explores Ways to Mitigate the Environmental Toxicity of Ubiquitous Silver Nanoparticles
- Clues from Deep Magma Reservoirs Could Improve Volcanic Eruption Forecasts
- Scientists Unlock Key to Breeding 'carbon Gobbling' Plants With a Major Appetite
- New Light Shed on Carboxysomes in Key Discovery That Could Boost Photosynthesis
Thursday, May 9, 2024
- New 'forever Chemical' Cleanup Strategy Discovered
- Improved Wildfire Smoke Model Identifies Areas for Public Health Intervention
- New Rhizobia-Diatom Symbiosis Solves Long-Standing Marine Mystery
- Getting Dirty to Clean Up the Chemical Industry's Environmental Impact
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
- Marine Bacteria Team Up to Produce a Vital Vitamin
- Limited Adaptability Makes Freshwater Bacteria Vulnerable to Climate Change
Tuesday, May 7, 2024
- Researchers Show That Slow-Moving Earthquakes Are Controlled by Rock Permeability
- From Fossils to Fuel: Mozambique's Maniamba Basin's Energy Potential
Monday, May 6, 2024
Friday, May 3, 2024
- Quantifying U.S. Health Impacts from Gas Stoves
- Did a Magnetic Field Collapse Trigger the Emergence of Animals?
Thursday, May 2, 2024
- New Nevada Experiments Will Improve Monitoring of Nuclear Explosions
- New Eco-Friendly Lubricant Additives Protect Turbine Equipment, Waterways
- For Microscopic Organisms, Ocean Currents Act as 'expressway' To Deeper Depths
- Human Activity Is Causing Toxic Thallium to Enter the Baltic Sea, According to New Study
- Sugar-Based Catalyst Upcycles Carbon Dioxide
Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
- Missing Link in Species Conservation: Pharmacists, Chemists Could Turn Tide on Plant, Animal Extinction
- Researchers Develop an AI Model to Reduce Uncertainty in Evapotranspiration Prediction
- Climate Change and Mercury Pollution Stressed Plants for Millions of Years
- Methane Emissions from Landfill Could Be Turned Into Sustainable Jet Fuel in Plasma Chemistry Leap
- Biodegradable 'living Plastic' Houses Bacterial Spores That Help It Break Down
- A Virus Could Help Save Billions of Gallons of Wastewater Produced by Fracking
- Discovery of Mechanism Plants Use to Change Seed Oil Could Impact Industrial, Food Oils
- Unlocking the Genetic Mysteries Behind Plant Adaptation: New Insights Into the Evolution of a Water-Saving Trait in the Pineapple Family (Bromeliaceae)
Friday, April 26, 2024
Thursday, April 25, 2024
- Scientists Released Long-Term Data of Ground Solar-Induced Fluorescence to Improve Understanding of Canopy-Level Photosynthesis
- The Longer Spilled Oil Lingers in Freshwater, the More Persistent Compounds It Produces
- Warming Arctic Reduces Dust Levels in Parts of the Planet
- Key to Efficient and Stable Organic Solar Cells
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
- Human Activities Have an Intense Impact on Earth's Deep Subsurface Fluid Flow
- Nanofibers Rid Water of Hazardous Dyes
- Researchers Find Oldest Undisputed Evidence of Earth's Magnetic Field
- A Chemical Mystery Solved -- The Reaction Explaining Large Carbon Sinks
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
- Asian Monsoon Lofts Ozone-Depleting Substances to Stratosphere
- 'Sunny Day Flooding' Increases Fecal Contamination of Coastal Waters
- Laser-Treated Cork Absorbs Oil for Carbon-Neutral Ocean Cleanup
Friday, April 19, 2024
- 'Itinerant Breeding' In East Coast Shorebird Species
- The Italian Central Apennines as a Source of CO2
- Weather Prediction Models Can Also Forecast Satellite Displacements
- Toxic Chemicals from Microplastics Can Be Absorbed Through Skin
- Warming of Antarctic Deep-Sea Waters Contribute to Sea Level Rise in North Atlantic, Study Finds
- Energy Scientists Unravel the Mystery of Gold's Glow
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
- Global Study Reveals Health Impacts of Airborne Trace Elements
- Ice Age Climate Analysis Reduces Worst-Case Warming Expected from Rising CO2
- New Class of Antimicrobials Discovered in Soil Bacteria
- Understanding Climate Warming Impacts on Carbon Release from the Tundra
- Plant Sensors Could Act as an Early Warning System for Farmers
- How Soil Microbes Survive in Harsh Desert Environments
- Paradox of Extreme Cold Events in a Warming World
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
- Coral Reef Microbes Point to New Way to Assess Ecosystem Health
- Researchers Shine Light on Rapid Changes in Arctic and Boreal Ecosystems
- Trash to Treasure -- Researchers Turn Metal Waste Into Catalyst for Hydrogen
- CO2 Worsens Wildfires by Helping Plants Grow
- Huge Database Gives Insight Into Salmon Patterns at Sea
Monday, April 15, 2024
- How Blue-Green Algae Manipulate Microorganisms
- Switch to Green Wastewater Infrastructure Could Reduce Emissions and Provide Huge Savings According to New Research
- Researchers Resolve Old Mystery of How Phages Disarm Pathogenic Bacteria