Carnegie Institution for Science
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ScienceResearchers have used data collected by the Carnegie Airborne Observatory to uncover chemical variation in plant life across the lowland Peruvian Amazon. The study provides key information for understanding the rainforest, and assessing our future impact on it.
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Any given CO2 emission will have its maximum warming effect just 10 years later, new research shows. The Institute of Physics (IOP) says this research, published in full on the web today, has "dispelled a common misconception" that the warming effects of CO2 emissions aren't felt for decades.
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ScienceScientists at the Carnegie Institution for Science have synthesized a new zeolite-type form of silicon that can conduct electricity and absorb and emit light more efficiently than the diamond-structured form used in semiconductor technologies, with a plethora of potential real-world applications.
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A team of researchers, including scientists from MIT and the Carnegie Institution of Science, has analyzed the composition of stars in the fossil galaxy known as Segue 1. The galaxy exhibits unusual features that are allowing astronomers to observe the composition of stars from the early universe.
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Scientists from the Carnegie Institution for Science and the Gemini Observatory have reported the existence of a new member of our solar system. The distant dwarf planet, dubbed 2012 VP113, is believed to be one of thousands of distant objects that make up the hypothesized "inner Oort cloud."
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According to new research, solar geoengineering efforts that would place small particles into the upper atmosphere to reflect some sunlight back into space could result in whiter, brighter skies.