Latest Hydrocarbons Stories
Expedition to the Greenland Sea with Surprising Results Marine scientists from Kiel, together with colleagues from Bremen, Great Britain, Switzerland and Norway, spent four and a half weeks examining methane emanation from the sea bed off the coast of Spitsbergen with the German research vessel MARIA S. MERIAN. There they gained a very differentiated picture: Several of the gas outlets have been active for hundreds of years. Frequent storms and sub-zero temperatures – nature drove the...
Study examines the influence of antioxidants on the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease Forgetfulness, lack of orientation, cognitive decline… about 700, 000 Germans suffer from Alzheimer's disease (AD). Now researchers from the University of Ulm, among them the Epidemiologist Professor Gabriele Nagel and the Neurologist Professor Christine von Arnim, have discovered that the serum-concentration of the antioxidants vitamin C and beta-carotene are significantly lower in patients with mild...
April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online A recent study of the Antarctic Ice Sheet suggests that it could be a largely overlooked source of the potent greenhouse gas methane. An international team of scientists from the University of Bristol, the University of California, Santa Cruz, the University of Alberta, Edmonton, and the University of Utrecht, demonstrate that old organic matter in sedimentary basins located beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet may have been converted to...
Examining gas outlets off the coast of Spitsbergen with the submersible JAGO West of Spitsbergen methane gas is effervescing out of the seabed. Is this an indication that methane hydrates in the seabed are dissolving due to rising temperatures? And what would the effects be? An expedition with the German research vessel MARIA S. MERIAN and the submersible JAGO lead by GEOMAR | Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel hopes to help answer these questions. The expedition begins today in...
Global and regional leaders from major conglomerates will be in Shanghai next month at CMT’s 13th Asia Olefins & Polyolefins Markets, to discuss market outlook, growth prospects and technology advances in the olefins and polyolefins sector. Shanghai, China (PRWEB) June 12, 2012 The transitioning olefins industry is witnessing development in both upstream and downstream sectors, as companies like Qatar Petroleum International, PetroVietnam, Vinachem, Siam Cement Group (SGC), Indian...
This month, Australia's leading bee product specialist, Lifetime Health Australia, broadens its online offering with a range of vitamins and minerals from popular Australian brand, Herbs of Gold. Sydney, Australia (PRWEB) April 04, 2012 Antony Adare, Founder of Lifetime Health, said “Herbs of Gold are a natural partner for Lifetime because they share our high quality standards and manufacturing practices, and of course, they’re Australian-made.” Herbs of Gold General Manager...
Metal-organic framework captures saturated hydrocarbons, letting pure unsaturated gases through A new type of hybrid material developed at the University of California, Berkeley, could help oil and chemical companies save energy and money – and lower their environmental impacts – by eliminating an energy-intensive gas-separation process. Today, to separate hydrocarbon gas mixtures into the pure chemicals needed to make plastics, refineries "crack" crude oil at high temperatures –...
This week, Lifetime Health Australia launches its new e-commerce website with two exciting new brands, more natural Australian health products and big savings. Sydney, Australia (PRWEB) March 08, 2012 The new website is a complete re-branding, but popular products and quality remain the same: Propolis, Bee Pollen, Royal Jelly, Squalene, Green Lipped Mussel, Manuka Honey and more. To celebrate the launch, Lifetime Health is offering 30% off all Natural Life™ products sold online during...
A new catalytic process could convert by-products of diesel production into more useful chemicals for industry A new catalytic process discovered at Cardiff University could unleash a range of useful new by-products from diesel fuel production. More sustainable production of sulphur-free diesel from natural gas and biomass is increasing. However the by-products, hydrocarbons like decane and other low value alkanes have little practical use. Now a discovery at the University's Cardiff...
An international team of scientists led by University of Hawai'i at Mānoa Professor Ralf I. Kaiser, Alexander M. Mebel of Florida International University, and Alexander Tielens of Leiden Observatory in the Netherlands, discovered a novel chemical route to form polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) – complex organic molecules such as naphthalene carrying fused benzene rings – in ultra-cold regions of interstellar space. The team announced their findings in the January 3 issue of...
