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A dirty job but ...
Apr 13, 2009 |
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Byproducts from the electronics, fuel, chemical and defense industries can be far from benign. Toxic heavy metals like cadmium and lead can seep into our food chain and cause cancer. And if found in the soil, these dangerous ...
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Engineers developing bullet proof vests from cement
Jun 29, 2009 |
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Engineers at the University of Leeds are working on a new type of body armour made from cement.
EPA to limit mercury from cement plants
Apr 22, 2009 |
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The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday called for the nation's first limits on mercury emissions from the more than 100 cement factories across the U.S.
Verizon launches 'Beatbox Mixer'
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 19, 2006 |
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Verizon announced Wednesday the launch of its Beatbox Mixer, an interactive video and music tool.
Waste water treatment plant mud used as 'green' fuel
Jun 23, 2009 |
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Catalan scientists have shown that using mud from waste water treatment plants as a partial alternative fuel can enable cement factories to reduce their CO2 emissions and comply with the Kyoto Protocol, as well as ...
Novel experiments on cement yield concrete results
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Apr 02, 2007 |
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Using a brace of the most modern tools of materials research, a team from the National Institute of Standards and Technology and Northwestern University has shed new light on one of mankind’s older construction materials—cement.
Green Ideas: Making Concrete from Rice
Jul 21, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Concrete accounts for about 5% of all human-related CO2 emissions. The fact that we use so much cement in building could mean that the issue becomes even more pronounced in the future. Bu ...
Brunel cement find is world first
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 03, 2008 |
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Archaeologists working on a site in the Bristol Docks have discovered what is thought to be the first ever substantial use of Portland cement in the construction of a major building. The building was designed in 1839 by ...
'Green' research results in new geopolymer concrete technology
Sep 29, 2009 |
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Dr. Erez Allouche, assistant professor of civil engineering at Louisiana Tech University and associate director of the Trenchless Technology Center, is conducting innovative research on geopolymer concrete ...
New kind of cement absorbs pollution
May 16, 2006 |
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An Italian company has begun marketing a cement that is capable of absorbing pollution from vehicles.
Study results raise questions about vertebroplasty for osteoporotic spinal compression fractures
Aug 05, 2009 |
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A new study led by Mayo Clinic researchers has found that relief of pain from vertebral compression fractures, as well as improvement in pain-related dysfunction, were similar in patients treated with vertebroplasty and those ...
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