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Tiny Bubbles Clean Oil from Water
Small amounts of oil leave a
fluorescent sheen on
polluted water. Oil sheen is
hard to remove, even when
the water is aerated with
ozone or filtered through
sand. Now, an engineer has
... > full story
Health Care Accounts for Eight Percent of US Carbon Footprint, Calculation Finds
The American health-care
sector accounts for 8
percent of the country's
carbon dioxide emissions,
according to a
... > full story
Behavior Modification Could Ease Concerns About Nanoparticles
In an advance that could
help ease health and
environmental concerns about
the emerging nanotechnology
industry, scientists are
reporting development of
... > full story
Sandia Announces Completion Of Mixed Waste Landfill Cover Construction
The Environmental
Restoration Project at
Sandia National Laboratories
reports the successful
construction of an
... > full story
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Sweet Solution to Energy Production
November 12, 2009 — Sugarcane biomass, a significant waste product from sugar production, could be a renewable energy source for electricity production, according to ... > full story -
Additive Copper-Zinc Interaction Affects Toxic Response In Soybean
November 10, 2009 — Agricultural soils accumulate trace metals from waste and fungicide application. Regulations for soil concentrations of these potentially plant-toxic elements consider the individual elements, but ... > full story -
Dining Out In An Ocean Of Plastic: How Foraging Albatrosses Put Plastic On The Menu
October 29, 2009 — Marine biologists examined whether Laysan albatrosses nesting on Kure Atoll and Oahu, Hawaii, 2,150 km away, ingested different amounts of plastic by putting miniaturized tracking devices on birds to ... > full story -
Thinking About The Box
October 28, 2009 — By re-thinking ideas about packaging size and shape, major environmental gains can be made. Smaller-sized, more easily handled boxes require less goods transport. Focusing on size will get us further ... > full story -
Geologists Studying Groundwater Arsenic Levels In India Empower Bengali Women, Children
October 26, 2009 — Geologists are finding that the most important tools in their fieldwork on groundwater arsenic pollution are women and children armed with pamphlets and testing kits. The research examines arsenic ... > full story -
Urban Growth Versus Global Warming
October 22, 2009 — Houses on stilts, small scale energy generation and recycling our dishwater are just some of the measures that are being proposed to prepare our cities for the effects of global warming. A new study ... > full story -
Geological Disposal Of High-Level Nuclear Waste Feasible
October 18, 2009 — There is a scientific consensus that safe geological disposal of high-level nuclear waste is technically feasible, while public acceptance has still not been achieved in most Member States. ... > full story -
Composted Dairy Manure In Foliage Plant Production
October 17, 2009 — Peat has been used in container plant production since the 1960s. Highly porous and able to hold water, peat makes an ideal rooting and growing medium. But harvesting peat (and draining valuable ... > full story -
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Sustainable Architecture: Setting Sail In An Ecological 'Earthship'
October 16, 2009 — Could sustainable architecture address pollution, climate change and resource depletion by helping us build self-sufficient, off-grid, housing from "waste," including vehicle tires and metal drinks ... > full story -
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Renewable Hydrogen Production Becomes Reality At Winery
October 6, 2009 — The first demonstration of a renewable method for hydrogen production from wastewater using a microbial electrolysis system is underway at the Napa Wine Company in Oakville. The refrigerator-sized ... > full story
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