News tagged with paper napkins
Recycling thermal cash register receipts contaminates paper products with BPA
a substance that may have harmful health effects -- occurs in 94 percent of thermal cash register receipts, scientists are reporting. The recycling of those receipts, they add, is a source of BPA contamination ...
Oct 26, 2011 |
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The greenest paper of them all
Wondering which paper towel or toilet paper is the greenest? The nonprofit advocacy group Greenpeace has released a pocket guide to paper products -- an updated version of the old National Resources Defense Council guide. ...
Mar 09, 2009 |
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Endeavour launch brings tourists, traffic to Fla.
(AP) -- Florida Space Coast hotels are sold out, residents are renting bedrooms and restaurants are doubling food supplies as thousands of tourists arriving for Friday's launch of space shuttle Endeavour ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 28, 2011 |
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Stanford's virtual reality lab focuses on conservation
If a tree falls in a virtual reality forest, will anyone hear an environmental message? They will, as long as they were the ones who cut down the make-believe redwood.
Apr 08, 2011 |
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Researchers develop low-cost medical ventilators for global disasters
(PhysOrg.com) -- Matthew Callaghan, MD, had an epiphany about medical device design during a pandemic planning meeting, when his hospital was drafting a worst-case scenario protocol to decide which types of ...
Feb 14, 2011 |
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You might be 'fluphobic' if ...
The moment it became clear that I was on the verge of a full-blown case of the disease, I was gazing at an ATM keypad.
Oct 23, 2009 |
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Knee brace generates electricity from walking
A new energy-capturing knee brace can generate enough electricity from walking to operate a portable GPS locator, a cell phone, a motorized prosthetic joint or an implanted neurotransmitter, research involving ...
Feb 07, 2008 |
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Napkin PC Enables High-Tech Doodling
Designer Avery Holleman has developed the concept of a Napkin PC, a device that uses e-paper and radio frequency (RF) technology to enable creative groups to collaborate more effectively.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 05, 2008 |
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Professor Publishes Whimsical Book on Gravity and Black Holes
"The bubbles were swirling all around me, massaging my body…As I luxuriated in this fantastic bubble bath, my eyes grew heavy and I drifted into a supremely blissful slumber." So begins Alfie's encounter with a remarkable ...
Nov 21, 2006 |
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Biodegradable napkin could quickly detect biohazards
Detecting bacteria, viruses and other dangerous substances in hospitals, airplanes and other commonly contaminated places could soon be as easy as wiping a napkin or paper towel across a surface, says a researcher from Cornell ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Sep 11, 2006 |
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