News tagged with journal environmental science and technology

Electricity from trees

Plants have long been known as the lungs of the earth, but a new finding has found they may also play a role in electrifying the atmosphere.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 21, 2012 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 5

SequesTech: A novel process to capture and mineralize flue gas carbon dioxide

(PhysOrg.com) -- A process that directly captures flue gas carbon dioxide from the combustion process and holds it has earned a patent for the University of Wyoming.

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 05, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Novel approach estimates nanoparticles in environment

Without knowing how much of an industrial chemical is being produced, it is almost impossible for scientists to determine if it poses any threat to the environment or human health.

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created May 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Termite insecticide a potent greenhouse gas

(PhysOrg.com) -- An insecticide used to fumigate termite-infested buildings is a strong greenhouse gas that lives in the atmosphere nearly 10 times longer than previously thought, UC Irvine research has found.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 21, 2009 | popularity 2.4 / 5 (5) | comments 10




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Study reveals pesticide approval processes don't protect river biodiversity

(Phys.org) -- The results of an international study, using data from globally available field research, indicate that current pesticide approval procedures do not adequately protect the environment.

Space & Earth / Environment

created 15 hours ago | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Chemical fingerprinting tracks the travels of little brown bats

They're tiny creatures with glossy, chocolate-brown hair, out-sized ears and wings. They gobble mosquitoes and other insect pests during the summer and hibernate in caves and mines when the weather turns cold. ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Computer model used to pinpoint prime materials for efficient carbon capture

When power plants begin capturing their carbon emissions to reduce greenhouse gases – and to most in the electric power industry, it's a question of when, not if – it will be an expensive undertaking.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

High-speed method to aid search for solar energy storage catalysts

Eons ago, nature solved the problem of converting solar energy to fuels by inventing the process of photosynthesis.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Beetle-infested pine trees contribute more to air pollution and haze in forests

The hordes of bark beetles that have bored their way through more than 6 billion trees in the western U.S. and British Columbia since the 1990s do more than damage and kill stately pine, spruce and other trees. ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hazelnuts: New source of key fat for infant formula that's more like mother's milk

Human breast milk is the best source of food for infants. University of Georgia researchers have found what may be a new second best—formula made from hazelnut oil.

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New inexpensive, environmentally friendly solar cell shines with potential

(Phys.org) -- The limitations of conventional and current solar cells include high production cost, low operating efficiency and durability, and many cells rely on toxic and scarce materials. Northwestern University researchers ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Geological record shows air up there came from below

(Phys.org) -- The influence of the ground beneath us on the air around us could be greater than scientists had previously thought, according to new research that links the long-ago proliferation of oxygen ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Sequence it ... and they will come

Rapid DNA sequencing may soon become a routine part of each individual’s medical record, providing enormous information previously sequestered in the human genome’s 3 billion nucleotide bases. This ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Researchers create low-cost, effective method for measuring exposure to toxic metals

(Phys.org) -- Two Colorado State University professors have developed a simple, low-cost method of determining levels of heavy metals in contaminated air using filter paper, water and a little chemistry.

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

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


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