A news release from the University of Surrey, UK, draws attention to the first study to have systematically assessed the carbon footprint of UK crimes. The research team found that :- “[…] crime committed in 2011 in England and Wales gave rise to over 4 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents. Burglary resulted in the […]
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Diamonds from tequila and peanut butter…
First cam diamonds from peanut butter, in Scotland, in 2007. Then came diamonds from tequila, in Mexico, in 2008. Now, in 2014, come diamonds from peanut butter, in Germany. (Thanks to Roger Highfield for alerting us to the German peanut butter.) BONUS (not necessarily related): The effect of peanut butter on the rotation of the earth UPDATE […]
Hank says that’s why carbon is a tramp
Hank Green is pretty good at explaining things, with clear language, lots of metaphors, quick talk with varied pacing, hints of naughtiness, and bits of this and that. Here he talks about carbon, and how and why it matters to living things, then zips through other chemical gossip: (HT metafilter)
Graphene from Girl Scout Cookies
Technology Review reports: One box of shortbread cookies can be made into $15 billion of nanomaterials. by KATHERINE BOURZAC To chemists, carbon is just carbon. But graphene, the ultrathin material whose strength, flexibility, and high conductivity is promising for electronics, is one of the more costly forms of the element. High quality graphene is commonly […]