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Scientists study how to improve pesticide efficiency

In 2007, a controversial pesticide was approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use on fruit and vegetable crops, mainly in California and Florida. Farm workers and scientists protested the approval of the pesticide ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Feb 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

It's elemental: Paper celebrates discovery of iodine

(PhysOrg.com) -- It's not every day that an element gets to celebrate a bicentennial, and a University of Delaware professor is pleased to have been invited to the "birthday party" for iodine, which was discovered ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Dec 06, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Iodate refuses to intimidate

Like a bull in a china shop, a massive, iodine-based ion called iodate should disrupt the surrounding water molecules until it is forcibly expelled. However, it doesn't. This disconnect between the molecule's ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

DSC recipe brings good news to solar cell economics

A discovery in how to make solar cells cheap enough to boost the use of solar energy looks promising according to experts. The design represents an inexpensive process making use of an organic, printed dye ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Nov 06, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (11) | comments 20 | with audio podcast weblog

Turning the heat on organizing energy

(PhysOrg.com) -- Conventional wisdom suggests that when exposing a crystal to heat, the thermal energy within the crystal would spread uniformly across the lattice.

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Simple method of dealing with harmful radioactive iodine discovered

A novel way to immobilise radioactive forms of iodine using a microwave, has been discovered by an expert at the University of Sheffield.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 24, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Scientists develop material to remove radioactive contaminants from drinking water

A combination of forest byproducts and crustacean shells may be the key to removing radioactive materials from drinking water, researchers from North Carolina State University have found.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Apr 13, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Nuke crisis reignites debate on protective pills

(AP) -- The Japanese nuclear crisis has reignited a debate in the U.S. over the government's role in distributing a cheap anti-cancer drug to people living around nuclear power plants.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

So far, risk low from radiation in food in Japan

(AP) -- Radiation-tainted spinach from Japan's damaged nuclear reactors may sound scary, but here's a reality check: Even if any made it to stores there, you'd have to be Popeye to eat enough to worry.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Radiation risks to health: A joint statement from leading scientific experts

The growing concern surrounding the release of radiation from an earthquake and tsunami-stricken nuclear complex in Japan has raised fears of radiation exposure to populations in North America from the potential plume of ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 18, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

US detects 'minuscule' radioactivity from Japan

A radiation monitor in California detected a "minuscule" amount of an isotope from Japan's crippled nuclear power plant, officials said Friday, but insisted it was of no concern.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

In wake of Japan tragedy, pet owners cautioned against giving potassium iodide to animals

(PhysOrg.com) -- Pet owners anticipating the possible movement to the West Coast of radioactive material from Japan’s damaged nuclear power plants should not give their dogs, cats or other pets potassium iodide tablets, ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 18, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Diplomat says minuscule fallout reaches Calif.

(AP) -- The first radioactive fallout from Japan's crippled nuclear plant reached Southern California early Friday, but the readings indicate levels far below a level that could endanger people, according ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

US boosts radiation monitoring in western states

The United States is deploying extra radiation monitors to western US outposts Alaska, Hawaii and Guam to detect any fallout from Japan's crippled nuclear plant, an official said Thursday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

'Enormous' run on iodine pills in US: drug firm

The main US manufacturer of potassium iodide tablets has run out of stock after a massive demand generated by the Japanese nuclear crisis, the company's head said Wednesday.

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Mar 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Iodide

An iodide ion is the ion I−. Compounds with iodine in formal oxidation state −1 are called iodides. This page is for the iodide ion and its salts. For information on organoiodides, see organohalides. In everyday life, iodide is most commonly encountered as a component of iodized salt, which many governments mandate. Worldwide, iodine deficiency affects two billion people and is the leading preventable cause of mental retardation.

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