Search results for toxic gas:
Report blames petroleum industry for 25% of toxic pollutants
Jun 11, 2009 |
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The US petroleum industry accounted for a quarter of toxic pollutants recorded across North America in 2005 by a government-backed environmental watchdog, an annual report said on Wednesday.
'Green' potato health risk can be eliminated by cutting away affected area
Jul 25, 2008 |
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Potatoes that have turned 'green' can potentially contain a naturally occurring toxin called Glycoalkaloids (GA) and pose a risk to public health according to a review paper published in the latest online issue of SCI's Journal of ...
Dramatic developments at Kilauea Volcano: Scientists work to keep public safe and informed
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 27, 2008 |
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Explosive eruptions and noxious gas emissions at Kilauea Volcano in Hawaii this week have prompted scientists to work around the clock to understand what will happen next and how to keep the public out of harm’s way.
Poultry and diabetics at risk from gas gangrene bug
Mar 30, 2009 |
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Gas gangrene, the notorious infectious disease of two world wars can still be a problem today. Professor Richard Titball of the University of Exeter, told the Society of General Microbiology Meeting at the International ...
Greenpeace opposes Italian gas terminal
Oct 29, 2007 |
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Environmental activists want to block Italian plans to install a floating natural gas terminal in the middle of a whale and dolphin sanctuary.
A safe approach to nanotechnology: Boiling up zinc oxide nanorods without toxic solvents
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 19, 2009 |
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A non-toxic and environmentally friendly way to make tiny nanorods of zinc oxide has been developed for the first time by researchers in Saudi Arabia. The approach, described in the current issue of the International Journal of ...
Oil and gas production a major source of Dallas-Fort Worth smog
Feb 10, 2009 |
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The first comprehensive analysis of air emissions associated with natural gas and oil production in the Barnett Shale area finds that emissions can be a significant contributor to Dallas-Fort Worth smog formation, comparable ...
Super Sensitive Gas Detector Goes Down the Nanotubes
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jan 13, 2009 |
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When cells are under stress, they blow off steam by releasing minute amounts of nitrogen oxides and other toxic gases. In a recent paper,* researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology ...
The bombardier beetle, power venom, and spray technologies
Apr 01, 2008 |
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The bombardier beetle is inspiring designers of engines, drug-delivery devices and fire extinguishers to improve spray technologies, writes Andy McIntosh, from Leeds University, and Novid Beheshti, of Swedish Biomimetics ...
Graphene sniffs out dangerous molecules
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jul 30, 2007 |
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Researchers at the University of Manchester have used the world’s thinnest material to create sensors that can detect just a single molecule of a toxic gas.
Bacteria detoxify deadly seawater
Biology /
Dec 11, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Some marine bacteria produce hydrogen sulphide, which is toxic to animals. Scientists have now discovered that bacteria also protect marine animals from this toxic gas. A bacterial bloom detoxified ...
'Rotten eggs' in the blood
Apr 29, 2008 |
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Hydrogen sulphide (H2S) is a gas most commonly associated with the smell of stink bombs, sewage and rotten eggs, but a team of researchers from the Peninsula Medical School in the South West of England and King’s College Lo ...
Specialized polymer used to detect nerve agents, toxic chemicals for air monitoring in emergencies
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Apr 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A unique polymer that allows sensors to detect nerve agents and other toxic industrial chemicals in the air is now available to companies developing chemical detectors for emergency personnel, ...
Treating heart failure with a gas
Nov 11, 2008 |
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At low concentrations, the toxic gas hydrogen sulfide protects the hearts of mice from heart failure, scientists at Emory University School of Medicine have found.
Greenland ice core reveals history of pollution in the Arctic
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 19, 2008 |
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New research, reported this week in the online early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, finds that coal burning, primarily in North America and Europe, contaminated the Arctic ...
