Headline: Cleanup of inactive Gulf of Mexico wells estimated at $30 billion
■ Release Date: 2023.5.8
■ Published by: University of California - Davis
■ Keywords: oil, gas, USA
■ Abstract:
A new article examines the cost to plug 14,000 wells that are inactive, have not produced for five years and are unlikely to be reactivated in the Gulf of Mexico region, which is the epicenter of U.S. offshore oil and gas operations.
Headline: Scintillating science: Researchers improve materials for radiation detection and imaging technology
■ Release Date: 2023.5.8
■ Published by: Florida State University
■ Keywords: organic, inorganic, metal halide
■ Abstract:
A team of researchers has improved a new generation of organic-inorganic hybrid materials that can improve image quality in X-ray machines, CT scans and other radiation detection and imaging technologies.
Headline: Tiny microbes could brew big benefits for green biomanufacturing
■ Release Date: 2023.5.8
■ Published by: DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
■ Keywords: greenhouse gas, fuel, biochemicals
■ Abstract:
Scientists find new route in bacteria to decarbonize industry. The discovery could reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the manufacturing of fuels, drugs, and chemicals. A research team has engineered bacteria to produce new-to-nature carbon products that could provide a powerful route to sustainable biochemicals.
Headline: Symmetric graphene quantum dots for future qubits
■ Release Date: 2023.5.8
■ Published by: Forschungszentrum Juelich
■ Keywords: silicon, gallium, graphene
■ Abstract:
Quantum dots in semiconductors such as silicon or gallium arsenide have long been considered hot candidates for hosting quantum bits in future quantum processors. Scientists have now shown that bilayer graphene has even more to offer here than other materials. The double quantum dots they have created are characterized by a nearly perfect electron-hole-symmetry that allows a robust read-out mechanism -- one of the necessary criteria for quantum computing.
Headline: Super-resolution' imaging technology
■ Release Date: 2023.5.9
■ Published by: University of Oklahoma
■ Keywords: metal, nanoparticles, nanomedicines
■ Abstract:
Researchers describe developing a super-resolution imaging platform technology to improve understanding of how nanoparticles interact within cells.
