Researchers have unraveled the complex structure of the carbon-12 nucleus, revealing that its lower energy states consist of clusters forming triangular shapes. This discovery by…
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Recent research highlights the growing threat of lightning-induced wildfires in boreal forests due to climate change. The study, involving global collaboration and utilizing machine learning,…
New research finds that accounting for the long-term impacts of tropical cyclones increases the global Social Cost of Carbon by over 20%. This elevation is…
New research reveals that lightning ignitions are a major cause of wildfires in intact extratropical forests. Utilizing machine learning, the study found that 77% of…
In a NASA-led study, scientists mapped almost 10 billion individual trees in semi-arid regions of Africa, such as the one shown here. Credit: Courtesy of…
The white line shows the RRLs of ions of C and/or O detected by TMRT. The green areas are the modeled emission of ion RRLs.…
The research is a small step towards harnessing excess carbon dioxide for practical purposes. A joint effort in chemistry has resulted in an innovative method…
Chemist Dave Heldebrant, a recently selected fellow of the American Chemical Society who holds a joint appointment with Washington State University, has helped design several…
A schematic depiction of the burial and deep subduction of organic carbon. Credit: R. Dasgupta/Rice University Rising global temperatures are leading to a decrease in…
Logging extraction in the Bornean rainforest. Credit: Zoe G Davies According to a new study, tropical forests recovering from logging are sources of carbon for…
Left: the solution is confined by graphene. Right: the solution is confined by stishovite (SiO2). The white, grey, red, and pink balls are the hydrogen,…
PFAS are a large, complex category of manufactured chemicals that are found in many commonplace products. A new method beheads PFAS, causing it to break…
An investigation employing X-ray crystallography and Raman spectroscopy revealed that the carbon crystals were indeed unusually formed varieties of graphite. The strange carbon microcrystals have…
Illustration of the structure of monolayer polymeric C60. Credit: Ella Maru Studio Synthetic carbon allotropes are intriguing due to their exceptional properties and potential applications.…
The rapid development of fauna 540 million years ago has permanently changed the Earth — deep into its lower mantle. A team led by ETH…