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High Carbon Dioxide Can Create “Shrinking Stems” in Marshes

Marshes Grow Shorter, Denser Stems Under High Carbon Dioxide, Which Can Help Them Resist Sea Level Rise by Kristen Minogue For most plants, carbon dioxide acts like a steroid: The more they can take ...
C&EN

Facile Formation of Durable SiO

CAS Key Laboratory of Bio-inspired Materials and Interfacial Science, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P.R. China School of Future Technology, ...
Engadget

Google announces deal with direct-air capture startup to remove carbon emissions

Google announced that it has entered a partnership with Holocene to support its direct-air capture technology for collecting and removing carbon dioxide emissions from the atmosphere. Under this $10 ...
insider.si.edu

Rising Carbon Dioxide May Be Diluting Plant Nutrients, Threatening Herbivores

A new study from researchers at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute (NZCBI) warns that as human activities increase carbon dioxide (CO2) levels in the atmosphere, they ...
PV Tech

Trina Solar meets desert challenges with smart PV and energy storage solutions

Trina Solar will take part in the 2024 edition of the World Future Energy Summit (WFES) in Abu Dhabi, showcasing its range of smart PV and energy storage solutions to combat the challenges presented ...
IEEE

Two-Step Ar/N₂ Plasma Treatment on SiO₂ Surface for Cu/SiO₂ Hybrid Bonding

Abstract: A surface pretreatment is a critical process in low-temperature Cu/SiO2 hybrid bonding, significantly improving the quality of bond for both the Cu–Cu and SiO2–SiO2 interfaces. Previously, ...
IEEE

First-principles study of dopant trap level and concentration in Si(110)/a-SiO 2 interface

Abstract: We investigate the dopant trap level and equilibrium concentration of Si(110)/a-SiO 2 2 interface with a wide variety of dopants (B, C, N, Br, Cl, F and H). The electronic and atomic ...
Phys.org

Team develops light-powered catalyst to make hydrogen

When platinum clusters are deposited on octahedral titanium dioxide nanoparticles, a photocatalyst is obtained that produces higher quantities of hydrogen and, more importantly, is much more stable ...
New Atlas

Another hydrogen transport powder emerges, promising double the density

Stir this silicon-based powder into water, and hydrogen will bubble out, ready for immediate use. Hong Kong company EPRO Advance Technology (EAT) says its Si+ powder offers an instant end to the ...
MIT Technology Review

Scientists advance cloud-seeding capabilities with nanotechnology

A decades old idea, with today’s innovation, might be the answer to help drought-stricken countries and to fight climate change. In partnership withUAE Pavilion Expo 2020 Dubai Since the 1940s, ...
C&EN

Si/TiO 2 /Ag Multistorey Structures with Interfacial Charge Transfer for a Recyclable Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Substrate

Fujian Provincial Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced High-Field Superconducting Materials and Engineering, Fuzhou 350117, China Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Manipulation and ...