Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory, Stony Brook University (SBU), and other collaborating institutions have uncovered dynamic, atomic-level details of how an important platinum-based catalyst works in the water gas shift reaction.
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Overfishing, hunting and intensive agriculture and forestry can sometimes contribute to plants and animals becoming endangered.
International Research Team Begins Uncovering Arctic Mystery
Something lurks beneath the Arctic Ocean. While it’s not a monster, it has largely remained a mystery.
Rapid Ice Retreat During Last Deglaciation Parallels Current Melt Rates
10,000 km2 of ice disappeared in a blink of an eye from an ice sheet in the Storfjorden Through offshore Svalbard, a new study shows.
Research Shows Emissions of Banned Ozone-Depleting Substance Are Back on the Decline
Global emissions of a potent substance notorious for depleting the Earth’s ozone layer – the protective barrier which absorbs the Sun’s harmful UV rays – have fallen rapidly and are now back on the decline, according to new research.


