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Covering All Bases: Probing the Spectrum of Land-Atmosphere Interactions

12.11.15 Mile-long fiber optic cables will soon stretch across a site on the Southern Great Plains to provide fine-resolution data that will help improve climate models, weather forecasts, and water resources management.
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The Catalyst's Choice

12.11.15 Scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory discovered that on large palladium particles, the abundance of active hydrogen atoms promotes the formation of methane from carbon dioxide, but on the smaller particles, less hydrogen is available and the reaction produces carbon monoxide.
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To Get More Oomph from an Electron Gun, Tip it With Diamondoids

12.10.15 Scientists at Stanford University and the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have discovered that a single layer of tiny diamonds increases electron emission 13,000-fold.
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Heat Radiates 10,000 Times Faster at the Nanoscale
In a unique ultra-low vibration lab at the University of Michigan, engineers have measured how heat radiates from one surface to another in a vacuum at distances down to 2 nanometers.
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Anatomy of a Microscopic Wood Chipper: New Observations Reveal How an Individual Cellulase Enzyme Operates
A team of scientists at Vanderbilt University, the National University of Singapore, Rutgers, and The State University of New Jersey are studying enzymes to efficiently transform ethanol made from cellulose into a major new renewable fuel source.
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Louisiana Company Licenses LSU Physicists’ Industry-Changing Discovery
LSU Physics Professor Shane Stadler and colleagues discovered a breakthrough material that may change the heating and cooling industry.
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