News tagged with nitrifying bacteria
New method monitors critical bacteria in wastewater treatment
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have developed a new technique using sensors to constantly monitor the health of bacteria critical to wastewater treatment facilities and have verified a theory that copper is ...
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Feb 04, 2009 |
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New methods for better purification of wastewater
Before wastewater reaches recipient waters, nutrients must be removed in order to avoid eutrophication and large algal blooms, which may result in serious damage to animal and plant life. Robert Almstrand at the University ...
Mar 05, 2012 |
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Wastewater recycling can multiply greenhouse gas emissions
New research shows that wastewater recycling processes may generate more greenhouse gases than traditional water-treatment processes. Despite this finding, there are good reasons to continue keep wastewater ...
Aug 29, 2011 |
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Report suggests more rigorous assessment of nanosilver use
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new report published in the journal Science suggests the risks to the environment of nanosilver used in consumer goods should be examined more stringently.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Nov 22, 2010 |
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Forest fires help power the nitrogen cycle
When fire burns down a forest, nitrate levels go up, and the effects are persistent, according to recent research from University of Montana scientists. They found that charcoal deposited during fire events has the potential ...
Aug 09, 2010 |
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Researchers Examine the Environmental Effects of Silver Nanoparticles
Realize it or not, it's a nano world. Many everyday consumer items now utilize the emerging science of nanotechnology, and so, researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia will examine whether the technology poses future ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 09, 2007 |
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From hot springs to rice farms, scientists reveal new insights into the secret lives of archaea
In the world of microbes, as in politics, some groups just can't seem to shake the label ''extremist.'' So it is with archaea (ar-KEY-uh), a collection of bacteria-like microorganisms whose unique genetics and chemical structure ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 08, 2006 |
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Revealing the earth's secrets
In biology textbooks the world over you can read about how important bacteria in the soil are for plants and animals. Now the textbooks might have to be rewritten.
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Aug 22, 2006 |
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Novel microorganisms play major role in one of nature's most important processes
Researchers have uncovered evidence that recently discovered microorganisms – unseen to the human eye – are playing a major role in helping to support life on Earth.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 17, 2006 |
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