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Prairie soil organic matter shown to be resilient under intensive agriculture

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 15, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A recent study has confirmed that although there was a large reduction of organic carbon and total nitrogen pools when prairies were first cultivated and drained, there has been no consistent pattern in these ...





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IKEA recalls marinated herring

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 15, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Ikea Systems has announced the recall of Ikea-labeled jars of marinated herring with a Best Before Date of 13-02-2008 or earlier.


Researcher Develops Process for Making 'Unbreakable' Glass

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 03, 2009 | popularity 2.2 / 5 (43) | comments 5

Wine glasses that don’t shatter? Baby bottles that don’t break? Coffee mugs that last generations? All are possible with a new process for strengthening glass and ceramics developed by an Alfred University researcher.


MU engineers develop safer, blast-resistant glass (w/ Video)

Chemistry / Materials Science

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

To protect from potential terrorist attacks, federal buildings and other critical infrastructures are made with special windows that contain blast-resistant glass. However, the glass is thick and expensive. Currently, University ...


Made by man, finished by nature: Now's the best time to hit the beach to hunt for sea glass

Other Sciences / Other

created Jun 11, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 3

It may have once been part of a beer bottle. Or a vase. Or a Milk of Magnesia container. But after decades of being tumbled by water, after years of having its edges softened and rounded, it sits on the beach, a colored ...


Mexican 'Barrilito' syrup candy recalled

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 12, 2007 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced the recall of imported Mexican "Barrilito" candy because of a health hazard.


Bioactive glass nanofibers produced

Bioactive glass nanofibers produced

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Dec 18, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 0

A team of researchers from the University of Vigo, Rutgers University in the United States and Imperial College London, in the United Kingdom, has developed "laser spinning", a novel method of producing glass ...


Glass Thermometers Still a Safety Hazard

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- A study by emergency physicians at Children's Hospital Boston provides a wakeup call to parents to get rid of their old glass thermometers. A 12year review of patients seen in Children's emergency department ...


Scientists develop new technology for tracking algal toxins

Scientists develop new technology for tracking algal toxins

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new tool for tracking algal toxins is under development at UC Santa Cruz.


Materials scientists find better model for glass creation

Materials scientists find better model for glass creation

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Nov 04, 2009 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Harvard materials scientists have come up with what they believe is a new way to model the formation of glasses, a type of amorphous solid that includes common window glass.


Rare earth metal enhances phosphate glass

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Adding cerium oxide to phosphate glass rather than the commonly used silicate glass may make glasses that block ultraviolet light and have increased radiation damage resistance while remaining colorless, ...



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