News tagged with polluted water
One Sponge-Like Material, Three Different Applications
May 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new sponge-like material that is black, brittle and freeze-dried (just like the ice cream astronauts eat) can pull off some pretty impressive feats. Designed by Northwestern University chemists, it can ...
One sponge-like material, three different applications
May 17, 2009 |
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A new sponge-like material that is black, brittle and freeze-dried (just like the ice cream astronauts eat) can pull off some pretty impressive feats. Designed by Northwestern University chemists, it can remove mercury from ...
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Pollution worsens in China's Yangtze River
Oct 02, 2006 |
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A report by China's Yangtze River Water Resources Commission said water pollution in the river has worsened over the past 10 years.
Polluted ground water poured into a model
Apr 18, 2006 |
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Dutch researcher Phil Ham has developed mathematical models to calculate the natural degradation capacity of polluted groundwater. As a result of this, it can now be predicted whether a polluted area will become larger or ...
Fuzzy logic water quality
Apr 17, 2008 |
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A fuzzy logic approach to analyzing water quality could help reduce the number of people in the developing world forced to drink polluted and diseased water for survival. Writing in a forthcoming issue of the International Jo ...
Genes could solve pollution mysteries
Jul 10, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have for the first time identified environmental pollutants by looking at the genes of a small, freshwater crustacean. This new gene-based ...
New findings on the birth of the solar system
Jul 20, 2009 |
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A team of international astrophysicists, including Dr Maria Lugaro from Monash University, has discovered a new explanation for the early composition of our solar system.
Living sensor can warn of arsenic pollution
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Sep 08, 2008 |
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Scientists studying arsenic pollution have discovered a living sensor that can spot contamination. They have also discovered new bacteria that can clean up arsenic spills even in previously untreatable cold areas, microbiologists ...
Underwater animals fart greenhouse gas: study
Mar 03, 2009 |
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Humans and farm animals were known to emit harmful greenhouse gases through digestion, but German researchers said Tuesday that aquatic worms and bugs are also culprits, releasing laughing gas.
U.N. report warns of river extinction
Mar 12, 2006 |
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The United Nations is expected issue a report this week that most of the 500 largest rivers in the world are drying up or polluted.
Fungi have a hand in depleted uranium's environmental fate
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May 05, 2008 |
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Fungi may have an important role to play in the fate of potentially dangerous depleted uranium left in the environment after recent war campaigns, according to a new report in the May 6th issue of Current Biology, a publ ...
'Frozen smoke:' The ultimate sponge for cleaning up oil spills
Feb 16, 2009 |
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Scientists in Arizona and New Jersey are reporting that aerogels, a super-lightweight solid sometimes called "frozen smoke," may serve as the ultimate sponge for capturing oil from wastewater and effectively ...
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