Zeolites are a class of natural or manufactured minerals with a sponge-like structure, riddled with tiny pores that make them useful as catalysts or ultrafine filters.
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Warming Impedes a Coral Defense, but Hungry Fish Enhance It
Corals create potions that fight bacterial attackers, but warming appears to tip the scales against the potions as they battle a bacterium common in coral bleaching, according to a new study.
Early Breeding Season for Some Arctic Seabirds Due Global Warming
The breeding season of some seabirds in Arctic regions takes place earlier as a result of the temperature rise caused by climate change, according to a science article with Francisco Ramírez, from the Faculty of Biology and the Biodiversity Research Institute (IRBio) of the University of Barcelona –as one of the main authors.
Saturn Surpasses Jupiter After The Discovery Of 20 New Moons And You Can Help Name Them!
A team led by Carnegie's Scott S. Sheppard has found 20 new moons orbiting Saturn.
Pressure May Be Key To Fighting Climate Change With Thermoelectric Generators
Pressure improves the ability of materials to turn heat into electricity and could potentially be used to create clean generators, according to new work from a team that includes Carnegie’s Alexander Goncharov and Viktor Struzhkin published in Nature Materials.
New Statistical Method Delivers First Comprehensive Global Picture of the Mutual Prediction of Atmosphere and Ocean
University of Maryland (UMD) scientists have carried out a novel statistical analysis to determine for the first time a global picture of how the ocean helps predict the low-level atmosphere and vice versa.