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Synthetic nano-waste does not disappear

(Phys.org) -- Tiny particles of cerium oxide do not burn or change in the heat of a waste incineration plant. They remain intact on combustion residues or in the incineration system, as a new study by Swiss ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created May 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Better treatment for tuberculosis possible with biochemist's findings

Recent discoveries by a Virginia Tech biochemist could lead to a more effective drug design to combat the bacteria responsible for tuberculosis infection. Spread through the air from one person to another, tuberculosis is ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Organic farming without cabbage flies

When cabbage root flies lay their eggs on freshly planted vegetables, organic farmers often lose their entire crop. In the future, pellets made of cyanobacteria and fermentation residues from biogas plants ...

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers develop a new approach to producing 3-D microchips

Microelectromechanical systems, or MEMS, are small devices with huge potential. Typically made of components less than 100 microns in size — the diameter of a human hair — they have been used as ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 28, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

The path less traveled: Research is driving solutions to improve unpaved roads

A Kansas State University graduate student sees the unpaved road ahead, and it's filled with biomaterial.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Brazil prosecutors want Chevron work shut down

Prosecutors in Brazil on Wednesday called for a shutdown of Chevron's activities nationwide and said the US oil giant should be fined $11 billion for damage caused by an oil spill last month.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Testing of seafood imported into the US is inadequate

Finfish, shrimp, and seafood products are some of the most widely traded foods and about 85 percent of seafood consumed in the U.S. is imported. A new study by researchers from the Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Generating ethanol from lignocellulose possible, but large cost reductions still needed

The production of ethanol from lignocellulose-rich materials such as wood residues, waste paper, used cardboard and straw cannot yet be achieved at the same efficiency and cost as from corn starch. A cost comparison has concluded ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Foreign insects, diseases got into US

(AP) -- Dozens of foreign insects and plant diseases slipped undetected into the United States in the years after 9/11, when authorities were so focused on preventing another attack that they overlooked a ...

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Shell divers shut off North Sea oil leak

Divers working for oil giant Shell have turned off the valve which has been leaking oil into the North Sea causing the worst spill in the area for a decade, the company said Friday. ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New discovery may eliminate potentially lethal side effect of stem cell therapy

Like fine chefs, scientists are seemingly approaching a day when they will be able to make nearly any type of tissue from human embryonic stem cells. You need nerves or pancreas, bone or skin? With the right combination of ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Aug 14, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (10) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers examine way to undercut dust emissions

There is literally a way to undercut dust emissions in the very driest parts of the Pacific Northwest's Columbia Plateau region, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientist.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Digging for past clues on climate change

Scientists are hoping samples of soil formed up to 20,000 years ago that they dug from the Meadowlands will provide clues to dramatic shifts in climate, geology and plant life that may have hit the region in the past.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jun 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Small change makes a big difference for ion channels

Using a high-resolution single-molecule study technique, University of Illinois researchers have seen the very subtle differences between two branches of an important family of neurotransmitter-gated ion channels.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study finds greenhouse gas reduction strategy may be safe for soil animals

A new study has found that an emerging tool for combating climate change may cause less harm to some soil animals than initial studies suggested.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2