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Filipino troops try to keep volcano evacuees safe

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

22 hours ago | not rated yet | 2

(AP) -- Police and soldiers donned Santa hats and red clown noses and belted out songs in crammed evacuation centers in hopes of keeping 47,000 displaced residents from sneaking back to their homes on the ...

Method makes refineries more efficient

Chemistry / Other

Dec 22, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (6) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Refineries could trim millions of dollars in energy costs annually by using a new method developed at Purdue University to rearrange the distillation sequence needed to separate crude petroleum into products.

Most of 47,000 Filipinos safe from raging volcano

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

Dec 22, 2009 | 4.7 / 5 (3) | 0

(AP) -- Almost all of the 47,000 residents living on the slopes of a rumbling volcano in the central Philippines have moved to emergency shelters, and lava and earthquakes Tuesday heralded what officials ...

Glowing channels: Microanalysis system for rapid mercury detection

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

Dec 22, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Water contaminated with mercury is very dangerous for both people and the environment, as mercury is one of the most toxic heavy metals. Though laboratory analyses do deliver precise quantitative measurements, ...

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