A team from the University of Leicester has solved a long-standing problem in fossil research, and their novel approach will assist in the study of ancient specimens.

Kansas State University physicists and an international team of collaborators have made a breakthrough that improves understanding of matter-light interactions.

Much like a meteor impacting a planet, highly charged ions hit really hard and can do a lot of damage, albeit on a much smaller scale.

Separating carbon dioxide from its polluting source, such as the flue gas from a coal-fired power plant, may soon become cleaner and more efficient.

Separating carbon dioxide from its polluting source may soon be cleaner and more efficient, research at a California lab indicates. A Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory researcher developed a screening method that would use ionic liquids -- a type of molten salt that liquefies under the boiling point of water -- to separate carbon dioxide from its source, the Livermore, Calif., lab said Wednesday in a release. The method is cleaner, more viable and more stable than what is available now, and could enhance significantly the efficiency of the CO2 capture process, the research indicated. Coal plants with commercial CO2 capture capability use processes based on chemical absorption with a general-purpose solvent, monoethanolamine, which scientists said is non-selective and corrosive, requires using large equipment, and effective only under certain conditions.