News tagged with toxic ammonia

Bacterial filters reduce stink from big pig factories

Concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) on industrial animal factories can stink up an entire county, due to ammonia, and a smorgasbord of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Jeppe Lund Nielsen of Aalborg University, ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Dec 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Charcoal biofilter cleans up fertilizer waste gases

Removing the toxic and odorous emissions of ammonia from the industrial production of fertilizer is a costly and energy-intensive process. Now, researchers in Bangladesh have turned to microbes and inexpensive wood charcoal ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New method monitors critical bacteria in wastewater treatment

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have developed a new technique using sensors to constantly monitor the health of bacteria critical to wastewater treatment facilities and have verified a theory that copper is ...

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created Feb 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Carbonized coffee grounds remove foul smells

For coffee lovers, the first cup of the morning is one of life's best aromas. But did you know that the leftover grounds could eliminate one of the worst smells around – sewer gas?

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Transplants for two: Twins get new livers to treat rare disease

In a small room at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Megan and Ricky Gonzales each held one hand of their daughter Sophia, comforting her as she recovered from a Nov. 8 liver transplant. Near Sophia’s ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Can you stomach the festivities?

(Medical Xpress) -- Christmas and the New Year is the time of over-indulgence - and long may it continue. But is the season of festive feasting and making merry taking its toll on your body?

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tobacco industry dying? Not so fast, says Stanford expert

The cigarette industry is not dying. It continues to reap unimaginable profits. It's still winning lawsuits. And cigarettes still kill millions every year.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 4

Pharmacists crucial in plan for terrorist chemical weapons

Terrorist attacks with chemical weapons are a real possibility, according to a study that appears in the online open access journal, Journal of Pharmacy Practice, published by SAGE. Thanks to their extensive knowledge of tox ...

Chemistry / Other

created Dec 10, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Graphene foam detects explosives, emissions better than today's gas sensors

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute demonstrates how graphene foam can outperform leading commercial gas sensors in detecting potentially dangerous and explosive chemicals. The ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 24, 2011 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (8) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Using air pollution thresholds to protect and restore ecosystem health

Air pollution is changing our environment and undermining many benefits we rely on from wild lands, threatening water purity, food production, and climate stability, according to a team of scientists writing in the 14th edition ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers find potential key for unlocking biomass energy

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory and Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center have found a potential key for unlocking the energy potential from non-edible biomass ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jul 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Study shows climate change makes some chemicals more toxic to aquatic life

Some areas of the southern United States are suffering from the longest dry spell since 1887 and a new Baylor University study shows that could prove problematic for aquatic organisms.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 28, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Nitrogen guidelines for cereal forages

Cereal grains such as wheat and barley are viable alternative hay crops and can provide valuable grazing opportunities. Due to drought resistance, good yields and ability to break pest cycles of perennial crops, annual forages ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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