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Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Jodhpur have reinvented the way bio-jet-fuel is made from plant-based biomass, aiding the aviation industry with cheaper, cleaner fuels that can transform the energy sector.The team ...

Jodhpur, July 7 (IANS) Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Jodhpur have reinvented the way bio-jet-fuel is made from plant-based biomass,

Gary Hanington is Professor Emeritus of physical science at Great Basin College and Chief Scientist at AHV. He can be reached at gary.hanington@gbcnv.edu.

Seven rocky planets orbit the nearby dwarf star TRAPPIST-1, providing a unique opportunity to search for atmospheres on small planets outside the Solar System1. Thanks to the recent launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), possible atmospheric constituents such as carbon dioxide (CO2) are now detectable2,3. Recent JWST observations of the innermost planet TRAPPIST-1 b showed that it is most probably a bare rock without any CO2 in its atmosphere4. Here we report the detection of the...

In a paper recently published in the open-access journal Materials, researchers devised a novel effective reduction technique for producing porous pellets to promote mass transfer in the production of magnesium. It was determined that this can enhance the reduction efficiency while improving the pellet reactivity.

Deep below Earth’s surface – 2,900 km deep, to be precise – is a mass of mostly molten iron forming the planet’s outer core. Could it rust as well?

If subduction carries hydrous minerals deep into Earth's mantle, they may "rust" the iron outer core, forming vast sinks of oxygen that can later be returned to the atmosphere. Iron on Earth's surface — whether in simple nails or mighty girders —...

If subduction carries hydrous minerals deep into Earth’s mantle, they may “rust” the iron outer core, forming vast sinks of oxygen that can later be returned to the atmosphere.

Long ago — 4.5 billion years ago, right after the Earth formed — our planet was hot. It formed by essentially getting slammed billions of times by asteroids, and all that energy of impact was enough to keep the Earth broiling. Eventually heavy elements like iron and nickel sank to the core, and lighter ones rose to the surface. This differentiation created the Earth we see today: An inner, solid nickel/iron core that's nearly as hot as the surface of the Sun; an outer, liquid iron core;...

In our early Solar System, a gigantic protoplanetary disk of dust, rock and gas swirled around the newly formed Sun. Some of that material eventually bound together through gravity to form the adolescent versions of the planets we know today – in