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Stories about: Carnegie Institution

Plans to Stabilize the Climate Are a Necessity Geoengineering, a concept that may have sounded like science-fiction a couple of decades ago, is now being seriously considered as a last-resort option, in the fight against global warming. Though they may seem extreme, solutions like injecting the atmosphere with specific particles of dust may be the last things sta... 11 November 2008 09:21 GMT New Technique Creates Better and Larger Diamonds A new method for producing artificial diamonds has been developed by the Geophysical Laboratory at the Carnegie Institution. Called chemical vapor deposition (CVD), it enables the science team to virtually grow the diamonds they need for their research from crystals. The process takes place at normal pressure and doe... 28 October 2008 11:14 GMT