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Decision soon on closing lock to stop Asian carp
Dec 04, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A decision could come within days on whether to temporarily close a vital Chicago area shipping waterway in an increasingly desperate bid to stop the invasive Asian carp from reaching the Great Lakes, ...
White, but not pure
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Even the snow on Aconcagua Mountain in the Andes is polluted with PCBs. An international team of researchers detected low concentrations of these toxic, carcinogenic chlorine compounds in samples taken from ...
Severity of Injury, Not Legal Fees, Drives Cost of Workers' Compensation
Dec 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The severity of injury and level of impairment -- not the workers' legal fees -- have the most effect on payout for workers' compensation claims among Illinois construction workers, researchers at the University ...
Californians -- and their cell phones -- will help computer scientists monitor air pollution
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Dec 04, 2009 |
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You want to go for a run, but you don't want to run in polluted air that might aggravate your asthma. University of California, San Diego computer scientists are creating a network of environmental sensors ...
Water-saving technology focus of new grant
Dec 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Many ornamental nursery growers test to see if their plants need water by sticking a finger in the soil to see if it’s dry. Or, they just water them whether they need it or not. University of Georgia horticulturists ...
New forest fire detection system prototype installed at Lake Tahoe
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Graham Kent, Nevada Seismological Laboratory director at the University of Nevada, Reno is leading the installation, testing and maintenance of a novel way to monitor forests fires and other environmental ...
Group contends popular Zhu Zhu Pets toys unsafe
Dec 06, 2009 |
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(AP) -- A consumer group contends one of the holiday season's must-have toys is unsafe.
Microbes help mothers protect kids from allergies
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A pregnant woman's exposure to microbes may protect her child from developing allergies later in life. Researchers in Marburg, Germany find that exposure to environmental bacteria triggers a mild inflammatory response in ...
Silicon Valley getting greener with Hara
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Fresh from signing on to help green Silicon Valley, startup Hara will be at climate talks in Copenhagen this week to urge that corporations not wait for regulations to fight global warming.
NRL's MISSE7 launched aboard STS-129
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The Materials on the International Space Station Experiment (MISSE) 7, designed and built by the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), launched aboard STS-129 on November, 16, for transport to the International ...
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