News tagged with trash
Using novel tool, researchers dig through cell 'trash' and find treasure
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Sep 19, 2008 |
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A person's trash can reveal valuable information, as detectives, historians and identity thieves well know. Likewise, a cell's "trash" may yield certain treasures, University of Delaware researchers have found.
Robot Trash Collectors Are Roaming the Streets of Italy (w/ Video)
Jul 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In the city of Peccioli in the Tuscany region of Italy a robot called DustCart has been zipping through the streets. This is part of a $3.9 million research program called DustBot that aims ...
Scientists ready to set sail for 'Great Pacific Garbage Patch,' in name of research
Aug 04, 2009 |
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Hoping to learn more about one of the most glaring examples of waste and environmental pollution on Earth, a group of scientists will set sail from San Francisco Tuesday to the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch," a massive vortex ...
Space waste: Handling garbage when your dumpster is 100 million miles away?
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 18, 2008 |
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In space, no one takes out the trash. Garbage can pile up, spoil and become a health hazard for astronauts in the cramped living quarters of a space station.
'Smart Trash' concept could reinvent recycling with a cash incentive
Sep 17, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Envision a distasteful trip to the curb to take out the trash as a pleasant -- and profitable -- stroll. Some juiceless batteries - those are good for a few cents. An old keyboard might fetch ...
Trashing our beaches, way too much
Mar 24, 2009 |
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Everybody knows there's trash on the world's beaches. But just how much?
Tracking trash
Jul 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- What if we knew exactly where our trash was going and how much energy it took to make it disappear? Would it make us think twice about buying bottled water or "disposable" razors?
US Marshals seize sanitizer for bacteria problems
Aug 02, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Officers with the U.S. Marshals Service have seized all skin sanitizers and skin protectants, including ingredients and components, at Clarcon Biological Chemistry Laboratory's facility in Roy, Utah, the Food and ...
