News tagged with drinking intensity

Now Extra-Tropical Daphne, left flooding behind in Fuji on NASA satellite imagery

Tropical Storm Daphne has become an extra-tropical storm and is fading fast in the South Pacific Ocean, but not before making its mark on the Fuji Islands. NASA's TRMM satellite compiled rainfall data that ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Dutch researcher develops catalysts for clean drinking water

Jitendra Kumar Chinthaginjala of the University of Twente, The Netherlands, has developed a catalyst that can efficiently remove nitrite and nitrate from drinking water. These two toxic substances are increasingly found in ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jun 18, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Researchers uncover gene's role in severity of drinking

New research from the University of Virginia Health System could help explain why some alcoholics are more severe drinkers than others. A UVA team has found strong evidence that the serotonin transporter gene, SLC6A4, plays ...

Medicine & Health / Genetics

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Fracking brings boom, fears to rural US

Underneath the ground in southwestern Pennsylvania, bedrock is put under explosive pressure to fracture and spill out its lucrative cache of natural gas.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Direct drinking water recycling could prevent floods

The use of a more streamlined process to recycle wastewater could have saved Brisbane from severe flooding in 2011 and mitigated recent flood risks in New South Wales, a leading water expert says.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 17, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Novel filter metal-organic framework material could cut natural gas refining costs

A new type of hybrid material developed at the University of California, Berkeley, could help oil and chemical companies save energy and money – and lower their environmental impacts – by eliminating ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

How do mood and emotional arousal affect consumer choices?

When they're in a positive mood, people tend to choose products that match their mood and their level of emotional arousal, according to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research. But crabby, low-energy people will s ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Water crunch looms without action on waste: UN report

Water problems in many parts of the world are chronic and without a crackdown on waste will worsen as demand for food rises and climate change intensifies, the UN warned on Sunday.

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created Mar 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Climate change leads to pollution of indigenous people's water supplies

Indigenous people around the world are among the most vulnerable to climate change and are increasingly susceptible to the pathogen loads found in potable water after heavy rainfall or rapid snow melt.

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created Feb 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NASA's GCPEX mission: What we don't know about snow

Predicting the future is always a tricky business -- just watch a TV weather report. Weather forecasts have come a long way, but almost every season there's a snowstorm that seems to come out of nowhere, or ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

UA makes mirrors for world's largest telescope

(PhysOrg.com) -- The second of seven 27-foot diameter mirrors for the Giant Magellan Telescope was cast on Jan. 14 inside a rotating furnace at the UA's Steward Observatory Mirror Lab.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1

The impact of human activities on a selection of lakes in Tanzania

An increase in human activity is posing a threat to natural aquatic ecosystems in Tanzania and contributing to environmental damage and ecological changes. Doctoral research carried out by Hezron Emmanuel ...

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created Dec 28, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

What are the prospects for sustaining high-quality groundwater?

Intensive agriculture practices developed during the past century have helped improve food security for many people but have also added to nitrate pollution in surface and groundwaters. New research has looked at water quality ...

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created Dec 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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