News tagged with lead mercury

Succimer found ineffective for removing mercury

Succimer, a drug used for treating lead poisoning, does not effectively remove mercury from the body, according to research supported by the National Institutes of Health. Some families have turned to succimer as an alternative ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Oct 22, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Food, water safety provide new challenges for today's sensors

Sensors that work flawlessly in laboratory settings may stumble when it comes to performing in real-world conditions, according to researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Technology / Engineering

created May 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Toxic mercury, accumulating in the Arctic, springs from a hidden source

(Phys.org) -- Environmental scientists at Harvard have discovered that the Arctic accumulation of mercury, a toxic element, is caused by both atmospheric forces and the flow of circumpolar rivers that carry ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 21, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Mercury in dolphins: Study compares toxin levels in captive and wild sea mammals

Amid growing concerns about the spread of harmful mercury in plants and animals, a new study by researchers from The Johns Hopkins University and The National Aquarium has compared levels of the chemical in ...

Biology / Ecology

created May 21, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Measuring transient x-rays with lobster eyes

(Phys.org) -- A technology that mimics the structure of a lobster's eyes is now being applied to a new instrument that could help revolutionize X-ray astronomy and keep astronauts safe on the International ...

Physics / General Physics

created May 18, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The use of acoustic inversion to estimate the bubble size distribution in pipelines

New research from the University of Southampton has devised a new method to more accurately measure gas bubbles in pipelines.

Physics / General Physics

created May 15, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

W&M GIG takes transdisciplinary look at mercury pollution

Science alone cannot solve the pressing environmental problems threatening the world. Nor can the humanities. In order to make effective assaults against a wide range of ills, trans-disciplinary approaches are vital. Consider ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Four white dwarf stars caught in the act of consuming 'earth-like' exoplanets

University of Warwick astrophysicists have pinpointed four white dwarf stars surrounded by dust from shattered planetary bodies which once bore striking similarities to the composition of the Earth. The scientists ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created May 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (12) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Long-term monitoring shows 60 percent reduction in acidity of Delaware rain

Several decades ago, precipitation in Delaware was among the most acidic in the country. Pollutants in the air reacted with rainwater to sprinkle sulfuric, nitric and carbonic acids onto the ground below, ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Researchers aim to lessen clash between raptors, wind turbines

Golden eagles love Pennsylvania's ridge-and-valley region. The hunched-up topography, with its long linear corridors running southwest to northeast, makes a perfect thruway for their spring and fall migrations. Sustained ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Physicists continue work to abolish time as fourth dimension of space

(Phys.org) -- Philosophers have debated the nature of time long before Einstein and modern physics. But in the 106 years since Einstein, the prevailing view in physics has been that time serves as the fourth ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 14, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (78) | comments 717 | with audio podcast report


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