New research at The University of Texas at Austin shows that injecting air and carbon dioxide into methane ice deposits buried beneath the Gulf of Mexico could unlock vast natural gas energy resources while helping fight climate change by trapping the carbon dioxide underground.
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Confining Cell-Killing Treatments to Tumors
Cytokines, small proteins released by immune cells to communicate with each other, have for some time been investigated as a potential cancer treatment.
Translating Proteins into Music, and Back
Want to create a brand new type of protein that might have useful properties? No problem. Just hum a few bars.
Safe, Low-Cost, Modular, Self-Programming Robots
Many work processes would be almost unthinkable today without robots. But robots operating in manufacturing facilities have often posed risks to workers because they are not responsive enough to their surroundings.
The Far–Future Ocean: Warm yet Oxygen-Rich
he oceans are losing oxygen. Numerous studies based on direct measurements in recent years have shown this. Since water can dissolve less gas as temperatures rise, these results were not surprising.
A New Way to Make Droplets Bounce Away
In many situations, engineers want to minimize the contact of droplets of water or other liquids with surfaces they fall onto.