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Mars Rover device gets new mission on Earth

Mars Rover device gets new mission on Earth

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Feb 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Developed to sniff out extraterrestrial life on other planets, a portable device known as the Mars Organic Analyzer (MOA) is taking on a new role in detecting air pollutants on Earth. Researchers in California ...





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Medication improves health of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension

Medicine & Health / Diseases

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

In one of the few studies of the long-term effects of medication in the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) disease, a team of researchers found the health and exercise capacity of PAH patients improved after ...


New study expands the list of hazardous chemicals in smokeless tobacco

New study expands the list of hazardous chemicals in smokeless tobacco

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Aug 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Attention all smokeless tobacco users! It's time to banish the comforting notion that snuff and chewing tobacco are safe because they don't burn and produce inhalable smoke like cigarettes. A study that looked ...


Pavement sealcoat a source of toxins in stormwater runoff

Pavement sealcoat a source of toxins in stormwater runoff

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Driveways and parking lots may look better with a layer of sealcoat applied to the pavement, but the water running off the surface into nearby streams will be carrying more than just oxygen and hydrogen molecules. ...


A child's IQ can be affected by mother's exposure to urban air pollutants

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 20, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (8) | comments 19

A mother's exposure to urban air pollutants known as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) can adversely affect a child's intelligence quotient or IQ, a study reports. PAHs are chemicals released into the air from the burning ...


Keyboards and mice can harbor hospital infections

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Sep 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Although hospital computer equipment can act as a reservoir for pathogenic organisms, including MRSA, researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Infectious Diseases found that bacterial contamination rates from c ...


Research suggests pollution-related asthma may start in the womb

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Children born in areas with increased traffic-related pollution may be at greater risk of developing asthma due to genetic changes acquired in the womb, according to new research from the University of Cincinnati (UC) and ...


FDA finds bits of steel, rubber in Genzyme drugs (AP)

FDA finds bits of steel, rubber in Genzyme drugs

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- Federal health regulators have found tiny particles of trash in drugs made by biotechnology firm Genzyme.


Novartis denies problems with swine flu vaccine

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Oct 26, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Swiss pharmaceutical group Novartis on Monday denied that it faced hurdles in gaining regulatory approval in Switzerland for one of its swine flu vaccines because of possible bacterial contamination.


New study finds confidence in food safety plunges in wake of peanut butter contamination

Medicine & Health / Health

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

Fewer than one in four consumers now believe the U.S. food supply is safer than it was a year ago, according to new data from the University of Minnesota's Food Industry Center.


Hot microbes cause groundwater cleanup rethink

Hot microbes cause groundwater cleanup rethink

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- CSIRO researchers have discovered that micro-organisms that help break down contaminants under the soil can actually get too hot for their own good.



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