News tagged with oily water
Tiny bubbles clean oil from water
Small amounts of oil leave a fluorescent sheen on polluted water. Oil sheen is hard to remove, even when the water is aerated with ozone or filtered through sand. Now, a University of Utah engineer has developed ...
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LCLS offers new method for examining membrane proteins
Many membrane proteins serve as gateways in and out of the cell. Because they act as “traffic control” for infectious agents and disease-fighting drugs, they are the targets of more than 60 percent ...
Mar 15, 2012 |
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Researcher sees marine nutraceuticals as growth industry
The marine nutraceutical industry is booming in Europe and Asia, and it has taken off in recent years in Canada as well. While the industry is still in its infancy in the United States, University of Rhode Island researcher ...
Mar 13, 2012 |
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A new twist on surface tension
(PhysOrg.com) -- On a mission to manipulate microscale structures of materials, researchers engineer new methods of controlling surface tension.
Jan 10, 2012 |
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Copepods eat their own weight belts
Scientists have solved the mystery of how tiny marine crustaceans called copepods regulate the rhythms of their life-cycle.
Dec 15, 2011 |
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High-tech gadgets offer plenty for gifts
Every year gadgets and their accessories are the hot gifts to give and get.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Dec 08, 2011 |
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The methane habitable zone
In the search for life elsewhere, many studies focus on finding liquid water. But what if life could exist with some other solvent? Saturn’s smoggy moon Titan makes scientists question the possibilities ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Nov 11, 2011 |
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China's CNOOC says oil leak sealed: Xinhua
Chinese oil giant CNOOC has said the country's worst-ever offshore oil leak has been sealed, four months after it was first discovered, the state Xinhua news agency reported.
Oct 25, 2011 |
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Winterization tips offered for pesticide application equipment, supplies
As winter approaches, it is time to store pesticides and prepare sprayers for long-term storage, says Montana State University Pesticide Education Specialist Cecil Tharp.
Oct 11, 2011 |
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Rock rafts could be 'cradle of life'
(PhysOrg.com) -- Floating rafts of volcanic pumice could have played a significant role in the origins of life on Earth, scientists from Oxford University and the University of Western Australia have suggested.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 02, 2011 |
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Micro-onions and magnetic ink
(PhysOrg.com) -- Microfluidic systems for the easy production of multiphasic emulsion drops and multishelled polymer capsules. Under a microscope they look like miniature onions, in fact, they are new microcapsules introduced ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Aug 08, 2011 |
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