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Streams Stressed by Pharmaceutical Pollution
April 1, 2013 Pharmaceuticals commonly found in the environment are disrupting streams, with unknown impacts on aquatic life and water quality. So reports a new paper that highlights the ecological cost of ... > full story -
'Waste Heat' May Economize CO2 Capture
March 29, 2013 Scientists have found it may be possible to use "waste" heat to remove CO2 instead of the higher pressure steam needed to make ... > full story -
Light May Recast Copper as Chemical Industry 'Holy Grail'
March 28, 2013 Wouldn't it be convenient if you could reverse the rusting of your car by shining a bright light on it? It turns out that this concept works for undoing oxidation on copper nanoparticles, and it ... > full story -
Parkinson's Disease Protein Gums Up Garbage Disposal System in Cells
March 28, 2013 With a new neuron model system of Parkinson's disease pathologies, researchers have demonstrated that these aberrant clumps in cells resist degradation as well as impair the function of the ... > full story -
Growing Plants on Mars
March 28, 2013 Concrete plans for a one-way ticket to Mars have been forged. Food will have to be grown on location. Is this a distant future scenario? Not for scientists researching whether or not it is possible ... > full story -
Scientists Propose Revolutionary Laser System to Produce the Next LHC
March 28, 2013 An international team of physicists has proposed a revolutionary laser system, inspired by the telecommunications technology, to produce the next generation of particle accelerators, such as the ... > full story -
2011 Oklahoma Temblor: Wastewater Injection Spurred Biggest Earthquake Yet, Study Says
March 26, 2013 A new study is the latest to tie a string of unusual earthquakes, in this case, in central Oklahoma, to injection of wastewater underground. Researchers now say that the magnitude 5.7 earthquake near ... > full story -
Control of Cellular Recycling Pathways
March 26, 2013 In a new study, researchers shed light on the highly organized and complicated regulation of cellular ... > full story -
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Trees Used to Create Recyclable, Efficient Solar Cell
March 26, 2013 Researchers have developed efficient solar cells using natural substrates derived from plants such as trees. Just as importantly, by fabricating them on cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) substrates, the ... > full story -
Ash from Refuse Could Become Hydrogen Gas
March 25, 2013 Every year, millions of tons of environmentally harmful ash is produced worldwide, and is mostly dumped in landfill sites or, in some countries, used as construction material. The ash is what is left ... > full story
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