Nov

16

Carbon Monitoring for Action (CARMA): A Global Carbon Emissions Database

November 16, 2007 | 1 Comment

Carbon Monitoring for Action (CARMA). ‘At its core, Carbon Monitoring for Action (CARMA) is a massive database containing information on the carbon emissions of over 50,000 power plants and 4,000 power companies worldwide. Power generation accounts for 40% of all carbon emissions in the United States and about one-quarter of global emissions. CARMA is the [...]

Nov

9

Large Hadron Collider: Cold and Ready for Physics

November 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment

CERN: LHC completes the circle. ‘At a brief ceremony deep under the French countryside today, CERN Director General Robert Aymar sealed the last interconnect between the main magnet systems in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). This is the latest milestone in commissioning the LHC, the world’s most powerful particle accelerator.
The LHC’s superconducting main magnets will [...]

Nov

4

HarvardScience: Science and Engineering News from Harvard University

November 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment

HarvardScience. ‘HarvardScience is a publication of the Harvard Office of News and Public Affairs devoted to all matters related to science at the various schools, departments, institutes, and hospitals of Harvard University. The items on HarvardScience are written specifically for the site or are selected from recent publications, press releases, newsletters, newspapers, and Web sites [...]