Science Highlights

Dark gray background with liquid like mass on the right half and three pindots of yellow.

Nanodiamonds slip n’ slide

Oil-free, nanoscale solid lubricant creates ultra-slippery layer between sliding surfaces in machinery

Oxygen Takes Elitist Attitude to Sharing Electrons

Scientists find oxygen molecules ignore electrons in metal atoms in key reaction, providing an important detail for fuel cell design.

Calculations predict the zeolite structure schematically shown in the figure will effectively capture methane from a low-quality natural gas mixture of carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4).

Discovery of New Materials to Capture Methane

Predicted materials could economically produce high-purity methane from natural gas systems and separate methane from coal mine ventilation systems.

High resolution inverted seismic images of CO2 migration at the Cranfield, Mississippi field injection site.

Mapping Subsurface CO₂ Migration

New computational technique creates high resolution maps of subsurface CO₂ after geologic sequestration.

To map the oceanic subsurface at a scale and resolution previously unknown, EMGeo unites the latest in computing power with advanced geophysical imaging techniques.

Finding Hidden Oil and Gas Reserves

Supercomputers + Software + electromagnetic images yield new way to discriminate underground deposits from surrounding geology.

X-ray computer tomography (CT) image showing solid carbonate (calcite, green) grown in a network of glass beads (blue).

Underground Storage of Carbon Dioxide—as a Solid

Nanoscale features in rocks enable more carbon dioxide to be trapped as a solid carbonate material underground.

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