Time to act to prevent worsening global environmental deterioration, say experts
(PhysOrg.com) -- Saving the environment requires more action in the form of a “social avalanche”, a group of world experts has demanded.
Environment
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News tagged with deterioration
Micro-capsules and bacteria to be used in self-healing concrete
A new research project involving researchers from Bath aims to develop novel self-healing concrete that uses an inbuilt immune system to close its own wounds and prevent deterioration.
Engineering
May 31, 2013
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Researchers capture X-ray images of electric vehicle batteries as they degrade over time
Canadian Light Source (CLS) researcher Toby Bond uses X-rays to help engineer powerful electric vehicle batteries with longer lifetimes. His research, published in the Journal of the Electrochemical Society, shows how the ...
Analytical Chemistry
Apr 5, 2022
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Causes of concrete and asphalt deterioration explained
Scientists have revealed that the deterioration of modern concrete and asphalt structures is due to the presence of trace quantities of organic matter in these structures.
Materials Science
May 13, 2021
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Swedish team hope to create buzz in fight against bee deaths
Researchers in Sweden said Friday they had developed a new medicine to protect bees from diseases that kill entire populations of the insect in the US and Europe.
Plants & Animals
Sep 27, 2013
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Bone Deformities Linked to Inbreeding in Wolves of Isle Royale
(PhysOrg.com) -- The wolves on Isle Royale are suffering from genetically deformed bones. Scientists from Michigan Technological University blame the extreme inbreeding of the small, isolated wolf population at the island ...
Ecology
Apr 2, 2009
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Touchscreen games for dog brain training
Spoiling old dogs in their twilight years by retiring them to the sofa and forgiving them their stubbornness or disobedience, doesn't do our four-legged friends any good. Regular brain training and lifelong learning create ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 7, 2018
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Researchers identify romaine lettuces that last longer
Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists have identified five Romaine lettuce varieties that both brown less quickly after fresh-cut processing and are slower to deteriorate postharvest.
Plants & Animals
May 14, 2020
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Neutron scattering helping conserve the world's great historic monuments
A recent international study led by ANSTO instrument scientist Vladimir Luzin is likely to be of interest to conservationists who are trying to preserve important marble sculptures and artefacts, such as Michelangelo's ...
Archaeology
Jun 19, 2015
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200-meter-long bridges without expansion joints: Is it possible?
Expansion joints are a nightmare in the maintenance of highway bridges. After a few decades, the junction points between the structure and the road begin to show signs of deterioration. Scientists at EPFL are attempting to ...
Engineering
Nov 2, 2011
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Deterioration
Deterioration is a term now commonly used in health care, to describe worsening of a patient's condition. It is often used as a shortened form of 'deterioration not recognised or not acted upon'. Much work to reduce harm from deterioration has been undertaken by the National Patient Safety Agency.
Deterioration, from Latin deteriorare "to make worse", from deterior "lower, worse", may refer to:
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