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Lobster Traps Going High Tech

Lobster Traps Going High Tech

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- New England lobstermen have gone high tech by adding low-cost instruments to their lobster pots that record bottom temperature and provide data that could help improve ocean circulation models ...





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Tadpoles Used to Rapidly Detect Water Pollution

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Research conducted by University of Wyoming Professor Paul Johnson and others demonstrates that genetically modified tadpoles work well as sensitive monitors for rapidly detecting water pollution.


New RFID technology tracks and monitors nuclear materials

New RFID technology tracks and monitors nuclear materials

Technology / Engineering

created Mar 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Radio frequency identification (RFID) devices have widely been used for tracking for years; recently, scientists from U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory have developed ...


Houston says benzene levels rising

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created Mar 10, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Chemical industry officials deny a claim by public officials that levels of benzene have increased in the Houston region, a published report said Sunday.


Piles of computer-related waste being dumped in Bessancourt on the outskirts of Paris

EPEAT green electronics registry goes international

Technology / Business

created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The Green Electronics Council on Monday went international with a registry that shows how computers and monitors measure up when it comes to being Earth-friendly.


More green PCs expected to go on sale

Electronics / Hardware

created Jul 25, 2006 | popularity 2 / 5 (15) | comments 0

More manufacturers are producing computers that meet the Environmental Protection Agency's green standards.


Electronics waste an environmental test

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 11, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

U.S. environmental groups and consumer electronics groups warn electronic waste is adding dangerous levels of lead to the environment.


U.S. EPA sets voluntary computer rules

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created May 10, 2006 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it has created a performance standard to help large computer buyers make environmentally sound purchases.


Tropical Storm Danny stars in a GOES Satellite movie

Tropical Storm Danny stars in a GOES Satellite movie (w/ Video)

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NASA's GOES Project has been busy with animating satellite imagery of Tropical Storm Danny, and has created a movie of him from August 25-27.


Air quality in schools affects cognitive performance

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 22, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Research by a team led by Professor Derek Clements-Croome at the University of Reading has shown a direct association between the environmental conditions in classrooms and pupils' cognitive performance.


Logical reversal: Reverse logistics helps environment, gives competitive advantage

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created Jan 07, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

During an economic downturn companies, particularly in the computer sector, could gain an advantage of their competitors by adopting reverse logistics, according to researchers writing in the International Journal of Environment an ...



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