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Cow power could generate electricity for millions

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 24, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (35) | comments 6

Converting livestock manure into a domestic renewable fuel source could generate enough electricity to meet up to three per cent of North America's entire consumption needs and lead to a significant reduction in greenhouse ...





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Study looks at turning manure into revenues

Study looks at turning manure into revenues

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Livestock manure isn't often thought of as a value-added product, but researchers at Montana State University and MSU Extension are trying to change that.


Computer model reveals where food pathogens grow

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- An outbreak of food-related illness, such as E. coli-tainted spinach, often leaves food safety experts scratching their heads over the source of the contamination.


Composted dairy manure in foliage plant production

Composted dairy manure in foliage plant production

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Peat has been a major component of substrates used in container plant production since the 1960s. Highly porous with the capacity to hold water, peat makes an ideal rooting and growing medium for potted plants. ...


Cow

Cars that Run on Cow Power?

Technology / Energy

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (7) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Race cars have long provided a testing ground for driving technology that we eventually see in passenger cars on the road. To this end, an engineering team in Lancashire, England, is hoping ...


Biogas production is all in the mixing

Biogas production is all in the mixing

Technology / Energy

created Apr 15, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Engineers at Washington University in St. Louis, using an impressive array of imaging and tracking technologies, have determined the importance of mixing in anaerobic digesters for bioenergy production and ...


New filter promises clean water for millions

New filter promises clean water for millions

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created Jan 19, 2005 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (15) | comments 0

A handful of clay, yesterday’s coffee grounds and some cow manure are the simple ingredients that could bring clean drinking water to developing countries around the globe. An innovative new technology, dev ...


Climate concerns turn city's smell into cash cow (AP)

Climate concerns turn city's smell into cash cow

Technology / Energy

created Oct 17, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(AP) -- The smell of manure hangs over Greeley as it has for half a century. These days it's more than just a potent reminder of the region's agricultural roots and the hundreds of thousands of cattle raised ...


Composting Robot

Indoor Composting With NatureMill (w/Video)

Technology / Other

created Apr 22, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Many people throw out organic food waste. When I do this, I feel vaguely guilty, knowing I should probably compost it for my backyard garden. However, last time we tried to compost, the neighbors ...


MU researchers help identify cows that gain more while eating less

Researchers help identify cows that gain more while eating less

Biology / Other

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

With more than 2 million cows on 68,000 farms, Missouri is the third-largest beef producer in the nation. Due to rising feed prices, farmers are struggling to provide feed for the cows that contribute more ...


Team tracks antibiotic resistance from swine farms to groundwater

Team tracks antibiotic resistance from swine farms to groundwater

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created Aug 21, 2007 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 0

The routine use of antibiotics in swine production can have unintended consequences, with antibiotic resistance genes sometimes leaking from waste lagoons into groundwater.



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