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Canker disease in eucalyptus in the Basque Country

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The first experiences with exotic species in the Basque Country, and alternative to Pinus radiata, were undertaken in 1957, concretely in Laukiz, Lezama and Alonsotegui (Muro, 1975) where the eucalyptus, amongst other forest ...


No Pulp Fiction: Engineers See Major Paper Mill Savings With New Rotor Technology

No Pulp Fiction: Engineers See Major Paper Mill Savings With New Rotor Technology

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 19, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A partnership between University of British Columbia, government and the pulp and paper industry has resulted in the development of three high efficiency pulp screen rotors that produce high ...


Researchers find stem cells from monkey teeth can stimulate growth and generation of brain cells

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created Nov 11, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center, Emory University, have discovered dental pulp stem cells can stimulate growth and generation of several types of neural cells. Findings from this study, available ...


 Brazilian acai berry antioxidants absorbed by human body

Brazilian acai berry antioxidants absorbed by human body

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 06, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (13) | comments 0

A Brazilian palm berry, popular health food though little research has been done on it, now may have its purported benefits better understood. In the first research involving people, the acai (ah-sigh-EE) ...





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Cockatoos might halt pulp mill project

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 20, 2006 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

A $650 million Australian pulp mill project might be halted by the red-tail black cockatoo, although the bird has never been seen at the planned site.


Scientists create fuel from African crop waste (w/Video)

Technology / Energy

created Apr 06, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- Bananas are a staple crop of Rwanda. The fruit is eaten raw, fried and baked — it even produces banana beer and wine. Around 2 million tons are grown each year but the fruit is only a small percentage of ...


A chemist's discovery breathes new life into the old South

A chemist's discovery breathes new life into the old South

Chemistry / Other

created Aug 18, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

One chemist plus one new scientific discovery yields. . . an economic and environmental miracle. Almost overnight, a whole new industry springs up and breathes life into an economically-devastated region of ...


Puppy teeth make new dog bone

Medicine & Health / Research

created Mar 10, 2008 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Japanese scientists say they have been able to regenerate parts of dogs' jawbones using stem cells from their puppies' teeth.


Paper from sugar cane saves trees and money

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Mar 06, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new way to make paper more easily and cheaply from bagasse, the fibrous sugar cane waste from sugar production, than from trees has been discovered by a Queensland University of Technology researcher.


Paying peanuts for clean water

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 08, 2007 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (15) | comments 0

Peanut husks, one of the biggest food industry waste products, could be used to extract environmentally damaging copper ions from waste water, according to researchers in Turkey. Writing in the Inderscience publication the ...


Washington forests may be solution to state's green-energy quest

Washington forests may be solution to state's green-energy quest

Technology / Energy

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity 1.6 / 5 (5) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Wood is a popular fuel for heating homes in the Northwest but few people might see it as an important source of liquid fuels for motor vehicles. However, a new University of Washington report ...


South American swans decimated

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created Nov 22, 2005 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The World Wildlife Federation says a recently opened pulp mill in Chile has devastated one of South America's most biologically outstanding wetlands.


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'Super paper:' New nanopaper more break-resistant than cast iron

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jun 09, 2008 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (46) | comments 8

Researchers in Sweden and Japan report development of a new type of paper that resists breaking when pulled almost as well as cast iron. The new material, called "cellulose nanopaper," is made of sub-microscopic ...


Typhus found in DNA from Napoleonic troops

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created Dec 16, 2005 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

University of the Mediterranean scientists have found evidence of typhus and trench fever in pulp from the teeth of Napoleonic soldiers.



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