News tagged with hydraulic fluid
PCBs found in soon-to-be-dredged Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal
University of Iowa researchers have confirmed that sediments of the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal (IHSC) in East Chicago, Ind., are contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).
Jan 12, 2010 |
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White, but not pure
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 ...
Dec 07, 2009 |
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Flight-deck-cleaning 'Zamboni' gives Navy aircraft carriers a cleaner wake (w/Video)
The Navy's newest flight deck cleaning technology cuts grime with the power of a Zamboni and the environmental safety of clean running water.
Apr 22, 2009 |
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More environmental rules needed for shale gas, says Stanford geophysicist
In his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama praised the potential of the country's tremendous supply of natural gas buried in shale. He echoed the recommendations for safe extraction made by ...
Feb 06, 2012 |
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Project to pour water into volcano to make power
(AP) -- Geothermal energy developers plan to pump 24 million gallons of water into the side of a dormant volcano in Central Oregon this summer to demonstrate new technology they hope will give a boost to a ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jan 14, 2012 |
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Ohio quakes probably triggered by waste disposal well, say seismologists
(PhysOrg.com) -- Earthquakes that have shaken an area just outside Youngstown, Ohio in the last nine months—including a substantial one on New Year’s Eve—are likely linked to a disposal well ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 09, 2012 |
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Ohio quakes could incite fracking policy shift
(AP) -- In Ohio, geographically and politically positioned to become a leading importer of wastewater from gas drilling, environmentalists and lawmakers opposed to the technique known as fracking are seizing on a series ...
Jan 03, 2012 |
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Can marcellus shale gas development and healthy waterways sustainably coexist?
(PhysOrg.com) -- Amity, Pennsylvania. Epicenter of the natural gas-containing geological formation known as the Marcellus Shale.
Dec 12, 2011 |
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EPA theorizes fracking-pollution link
(AP) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday for the first time that fracking - a controversial method of improving the productivity of oil and gas wells - may be to blame for causing ...
Dec 09, 2011 |
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The swirling of wine helps bioreactors to run better (w/ video)
Every wine aficionado knows that wine has to be swirled in a glass in order for it to release its aroma. Applied to biotechnologies over some fifteen years, this ordinary gesture has made it possible to develop more efficient ...
Nov 30, 2011 |
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Nanowrinkles, nanofolds yield strange hidden channels
Wrinkles and folds are ubiquitous. They occur in furrowed brows, planetary topology, the surface of the human brain, even the bottom of a gecko's foot. In many cases, they are nature's ingenious way of packing ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Nov 23, 2011 |
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Use of technology-rich learning environment reveals improved retention rates
Researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology have found that use of a technology-rich learning environment in several undergraduate engineering-technology courses has improved learning and decreased withdrawals from, ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Nov 21, 2011 |
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Duke study offers 7 safeguards for hydraulic fracturing
A new report by Duke University researchers offers several health and environmental measures for North Carolina lawmakers to consider as they debate legalizing horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing for natural gas.
Nov 17, 2011 |
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