Science and Technology Review December 2010 [electronic resource]

• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 662.6 Fuels
• Thông tin xuất bản: Livermore, Calif : Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ; Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy, 2010
• Mô tả vật lý: Size: PDF-file: 32 pages
• Bộ sưu tập: Metadata
• ID: 268552
• Chủ đề: 1. 01 coal, lignite, and peat; 2. 42 engineering; 3. 54 environmental sciences; 4. 71 classical and quantumm mechanics, general physics; 5. Accelerators

Tóm tắt

 This month's issue has the following articles: (1) More Insight to Better Understand Climate Change - Commentary by Tomas Diaz de la Rubia
  (2) Strengthening Our Understanding of Climate Change - Researchers at the Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry are working to better understand climate variation and sharpen the accuracy of predictive models
  (3) Precision Diagnostics Tell All - The National Ignition Facility relies on sophisticated diagnostic instruments for measuring the key physical processes that occur in high-energy-density experiments
  (4) Quick Detection of Pathogens by the Thousands - Livermore scientists have developed a device that can simultaneously identify thousands of viruses and bacteria within 24 hours
  and (5) Carbon Dioxide into the Briny Deep - A proposed technique for burying carbon dioxide underground could help mitigate the effects of this greenhouse gas while producing freshwater.