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Numerical simulations of nutrient transport changes in Honghu Lake Basin

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Aug 20, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Nutrients transported from catchments are one of the most important sources for lake eutrophication. The Honghu Lake Basin, located at the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, was chosen as the study area, the numerical simulations ...





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ADA releases updated position paper on nutrient supplementation

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

While supplements can help some people meet their nutrition needs, eating a wide variety of nutrient-rich foods is the best way for most people to obtain the nutrients they need to be healthy and reduce their risk of chronic ...


Next-Generation Air Transportation System to Ultimately Succeed, Computer Scientist Predicts

Technology / Other

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Next Generation Air Transportation System, known as NextGen, is due for national implementation in stages between now and 2018. "I am predicting ultimate success and a system that will provide a much ...


New research to unravel how nutrients drive toxic 'brown tides' on East Coast

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NOAA has awarded Massachusetts-based Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution $120,000 as part of an anticipated three-year, nearly $500,000 project, to determine how nitrogen and phosphorus promote brown tides on the East Coast. ...


Lake Research That Isn't All Wet

Lake Research That Isn't All Wet

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The federal government may not have been able to save California from massive budget cuts, but at least a stimulus research grant will help scientists understand the biology of western lakes.


Precise blending makes marketable product from ethanol co-product

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Sep 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A Purdue University researcher has found a way to predict the nutrient content in distillers dried grains with solubles, making the ethanol byproduct more marketable as a feedstock.


Headwater stream nutrient enrichment disrupts food web

Biology / Ecology

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Human activity is increasing the supply of nutrients, such as nitrogen and phosphorus, to stream systems all over the world. The conventional wisdom -- bolstered by earlier research -- has held that these additional nutrients ...


Vermicompost from pig manure grows healthy hibiscus

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Vermicomposting, the practice of using earthworms to turn waste into nutrient-rich fertilizer, can be an economical, organic waste management practice. During vermicomposting, earthworms and microorganisms stabilize organic ...


Canna can: Ornamental eliminates pollutants from stormwater runoff

Canna can: Ornamental eliminates pollutants from stormwater runoff

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Rapid population growth and urbanization have raised concerns over stormwater runoff contamination. Studies on watersheds indicate that excess nutrients, specifically nitrate-nitrogen and soluble reactive ...


In the war between the sexes, the one with the closest fungal relationship wins

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The war between the sexes has been fought on many fronts throughout time -- from humans to birds to insects, the animal kingdom is replete with species involved in their own skirmishes. A recent study by Dr. Sarah Eppley ...


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Path to good health, less pollution is the sidewalk: report

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

US pressure groups joined forces Monday to urge authorities to spend more to improve Americans' health and cut greenhouse gas emissions.



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