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New method monitors critical bacteria in wastewater treatment

New method monitors critical bacteria in wastewater treatment

Biology /

created Feb 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have developed a new technique using sensors to constantly monitor the health of bacteria critical to wastewater treatment facilities and have verified a theory that copper is ...





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A little pressure in proteomics analyses squeezes four hours into a minute

Biology /

created Jul 09, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Many coaches inspire better performance by pressuring their teams. Now, proteomics researchers are using pressure to improve the performance of their analyses. In a simple solution to a time-consuming problem, the researchers ...


Asteroid impact helps trace meteorite origins

Asteroid Impact Helps Trace Meteorite Origins

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The car-sized asteroid that exploded above the Nubian Desert last October was small compared to the dinosaur-killing, civilization-ending objects that still orbit the sun. But that didn't ...


Synthetic Fuel Concept to Steal CO2 From Air

Chemistry /

created Feb 13, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (47) | comments 0

Los Alamos National Laboratory has developed a low-risk, transformational concept, called Green Freedom™, for large-scale production of carbon-neutral, sulfur-free fuels and organic chemicals from air and water.


Giant dinosaur footprints site discovered in April

Dino footprints enter record books

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Oct 06, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 3

French researchers on Tuesday said they had uncovered the biggest dinosaur footprints in the world, left by giant sauropods that may have weighed 40 tonnes or more.


FDA issued advisory to Gulf seafood firms

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 05, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an advisory to seafood processors concerning recent illnesses linked to fish carrying the ciguatera toxin.


Patience pays off with methanol for uranium bioremediation

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

The legacy of nuclear weapons and nuclear energy development has left ground water and sediment at dozens of sites across the United States and many more around the world contaminated with uranium. The uranium is transported ...


Professor links psychological research to practice

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Feb 15, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New research by a University of Tennessee, Knoxville, psychology professor aims to bridge the gap between how psychotherapy is studied in laboratory research settings, and how it is actually conducted in real-world clinical ...


The Thermopolis Archaeopteryx Fossil

Darwin's Dinobird Fossil Analyzed at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Dec 11, 2008 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A keystone of evolutionary history, the Thermopolis Archaeopteryx fossil, has come to the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory to undergo a revolutionary ...


Updated formula measures kidney function more accurately

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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

Measuring kidney function in children can be expensive, time-consuming for clinicians, and tedious for children, who may be exposed to radioactivity and subjected to a large number of blood draws. A new calculation eliminates ...


Reprogrammed adult cells treat sickle-cell anemia in mice

Medicine & Health / Research

created Dec 06, 2007 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Mice with a human sickle-cell anemia disease trait have been treated successfully in a process that begins by directly reprogramming their own cells to an embryonic-stem-cell-like state, without the use of eggs. This is the ...



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