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Carbon planet
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This artist's concept shows the searing-hot gas planet WASP-12b (orange orb) and its star. NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope discovered that the planet has more carbon than oxygen, making it the first carbon-rich planet ever observed. Our planet Earth has relatively little amounts of carbon -- it is made largely of oxygen and silicon. Other gas planets in our solar system, for example Jupiter, are expected to have less carbon than oxygen, but this is not known. Unlike WASP-12b, these planets harbor water, the main oxygen carrier, deep in their atmospheres, where it is difficult to measure.
Concentrated carbon can take the form of diamond, so astronomers say that carbon-rich gas planets could have abundant diamond in their interiors.
WASP-12b is located roughly 1,200 light-years away in the constellation Auriga. It swings around its star every 1.1 days. Because the planet is so close to its star, the star's gravity stretches it slightly into an egg shape. The star's gravity also pulls material off the planet into a disk around the star (shown here in transparent, white hues). Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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physics
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David Li
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David Li, Honorary Degree - Taken at the Warwick dinner in Hong Kong in honour of the 3 Honorary Graduates (2006)
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Elsie Leung
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Elsie Leung Honorary Degree, Degree Congregation Ceremony held in Hong Kong (2005)
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Farrer
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Nicola Farrer, Chemistry, who worked with Dr Peter Sadler to develop a new light-activated platinum-based compound that is up to 80 times more powerful than other platinum-based anti-cancer drugs
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Farrer
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Nicola Farrer, Chemistry, who worked with Dr Peter Sadler to develop a new light-activated platinum-based compound that is up to 80 times more powerful than other platinum-based anti-cancer drugs
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academic staff, chemistry
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Farrer
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Nicola Farrer, Chemistry, who worked with Dr Peter Sadler to develop a new light-activated platinum-based compound that is up to 80 times more powerful than other platinum-based anti-cancer drugs
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Pizarro
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Ana Pizarro, Chemistry, who worked with Dr Peter Sadler to develop a new light-activated platinum-based compound that is up to 80 times more powerful than other platinum-based anti-cancer drugs
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academic staff, chemistry
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Ana Pizarro, Chemistry, who worked with Dr Peter Sadler to develop a new light-activated platinum-based compound that is up to 80 times more powerful than other platinum-based anti-cancer drugs
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academic staff, chemistry
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Pizarro
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Ana Pizarro, Chemistry, who worked with Dr Peter Sadler to develop a new light-activated platinum-based compound that is up to 80 times more powerful than other platinum-based anti-cancer drugs
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Recycling
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Professor Jan Baeyens,engineering, with the machine uses a simple process that can cope with every piece of plastic waste and can even break some polymers such as polystyrene – back down to its original monomers
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Recycling
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Dr Chian Chan, engineering, with the machine uses a simple process that can cope with every piece of plastic waste and can even break some polymers such as polystyrene – back down to its original monomers
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Recycling
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The machine uses a simple process that can cope with every piece of plastic waste and can even break some polymers such as polystyrene – back down to its original monomers
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Recycling
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Professor Jan Baeyens, engineering, with the machine uses a simple process that can cope with every piece of plastic waste and can even break some polymers such as polystyrene – back down to its original monomers
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Recycling
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The machine uses a simple process that can cope with every piece of plastic waste and can even break some polymers such as polystyrene – back down to its original monomers
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Recycling
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Professor Jan Baeyens, engineering, with the machine uses a simple process that can cope with every piece of plastic waste and can even break some polymers such as polystyrene – back down to its original monomers
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Recycling
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Dr Chian Chan, engineering, with the machine uses a simple process that can cope with every piece of plastic waste and can even break some polymers such as polystyrene – back down to its original monomers
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academic staff, engineering
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Recycling
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Professor Jan Baeyens, engineering, with the machine uses a simple process that can cope with every piece of plastic waste and can even break some polymers such as polystyrene – back down to its original monomers
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academic staff, engineering
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Recycling
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Professor Jan Baeyens, engineering, with the machine uses a simple process that can cope with every piece of plastic waste and can even break some polymers such as polystyrene – back down to its original monomers
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Solar Panels
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Dr Stan Shire, engineering, will analyse the performance of four different types of solar panels
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chemistry, physics, engineering, academic staff
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Solar Panels
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Dr Stan Shire, engineering, will analyse the performance of four different types of solar panels
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chemistry, physics, engineering, academic staff
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Solar Panels
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Dr Stan Shire, engineering, will analyse the performance of four different types of solar panels
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Warwick Office Hong Kong
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The University of Warwick Office in Hong Kong
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