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Ford to clean up arsenic contamination after 4-year fight

Ford Motor Co. will haul out piles of arsenic-laced soil found in Ringwood State Park in New Jersey, ending a nearly-four-year battle over the source of the waste.

Space & Earth / Environment

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




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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

Mexican experts find ancient blood on stone knives

(AP) - Traces of blood and fragments of muscle, tendon, skin and hair found on 2,000-year-old stone knives have given researchers the first conclusive evidence that the obsidian blades were used for human sacrifice so long ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 03, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Researchers develop a path to liquid solar cells that can be printed onto surfaces

Scientists at USC have developed a potential pathway to cheap, stable solar cells made from nanocrystals so small they can exist as a liquid ink and be painted or printed onto clear surfaces.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

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

Egg Cetera #4: Mayonnaise and the making of masterpieces

In the fourth report of our Egg Cetera series on egg-related research, conservator Spike Bucklow describes how far the simple egg has extended the richness and splendor of paintings.

Biology / Other

created Apr 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New nano-measurements add spark to centuries-old theory of friction

The phenomenon of friction, when studied on a nanoscale, is more complex than previously thought. When friction occurs, an object does not simply slide its surface over that of another, it also makes a slight up-and-down ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Mar 26, 2012 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (8) | comments 0

The fate of a thin liquid filament (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have solved one of the printing industry's greatest challenges - whether a liquid thread will break up into drops.

Physics / Soft Matter

created Feb 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

The right recipe: Engineering research improves laser detectors, batteries

Think of it as cooking with carbon spaghetti: A Kansas State University researcher is developing new ways to create and work with carbon nanotubes -- ultrasmall tubes that look like pieces of spaghetti or string.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Amazon fungi found that eat polyurethane, even without oxygen

(PhysOrg.com) -- Until now polyurethane has been considered non-biodegradable, but a group of students from Yale University in the US has found fungi that will not only eat and digest it, they will do so even in the absence ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (47) | comments 27 | with audio podcast report

Researchers deconstruct the physics of writing with a fountain pen

Wetting a fountain pen to compose a thank-you note is a grand way to express gratitude for a holiday gift, yet we often don’t give a thought to what happens when ink moves from pen to paper. But for a ...

Physics / General Physics

created Dec 30, 2011 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (17) | comments 20 | with audio podcast

Neutrons answer shampoo formulation puzzle

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the Institut Laue-Langevin have used neutrons to solve a long-standing mystery about the surface properties of polyelectrolyte/surfactant mixtures, such as those used in many ...

Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1


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