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Responding to the radiation threat

Berkeley Lab researchers are developing a promising treatment for safely decontaminating humans exposed to radioactive actinides from a major radiation exposure event, such as a nuclear reactor accident or ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Mar 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Wastewater used to map illicit drug use

A team of researchers has mapped patterns of illicit drug use across the state of Oregon using a method of sampling municipal wastewater before it is treated.

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Jul 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Traces of pharmaceuticals found in central Indiana waterways

(PhysOrg.com) -- Pharmaceuticals have been found in freshwater ecosystems in rural areas of central Indiana, says a new study from Ball State University.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

System that regulates blood pressure is amiss in some healthy, young blacks

When stress increases blood pressure, a natural mechanism designed to bring it down by excreting more salt in the urine doesn't work well in about one-third of healthy, black adolescents, researchers report.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created May 08, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0