carbon
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Even more significantly, the results show that animals can gain access to a microbial carbon reserve that scientists had previously considered unavailable to them.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
The discovery points to a previously unrecognized pathway through which carbon stored by microbes can move into animal food webs.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 17, 2026
Officials said other benefits of minimising outdoor lighting included lower carbon emissions and energy costs.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
For now, most German states have lifted the Sunday trucking ban -- banking on a mode of transport with a far heavier carbon footprint than river boats.
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
Hence one has to suspect that the charcoal samples dated from the oldest human occupation levels consist of post-Clovis charcoal infiltrated with older carbon.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
According to the researchers, the reactions proceed rapidly because the alkene carbons in cubene and quadricyclene are severely pyramidalized instead of flat.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 23, 2026
In the new findings, which were published in Science on April 5, 2024, Scripps Research chemists show that it's possible to convert feedstock chemicals into quaternary carbons using a single, inexpensive iron catalyst.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 5, 2024
Energy Information Administration, the global supply of crude oil, other liquid carbons, and biofuels is expected to meet global demand through 2050.
From Seattle Times ● May 5, 2023
A particular ceramide’s character depends on the size of its acyl tail, a portion of the molecule that can contain from 12 to more than 26 carbons.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 15, 2023
His hands shaking, he opened his briefcase, rummaged among the crumpled onionskin carbons.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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Black and Gray
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Earth Science - Middle School
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Ecology - Matter and Energy Flow in Ecosystems- Introductory
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