News tagged with toxic byproducts
Nanotechnology promises better catalytic converter
(PhysOrg.com) -- Control over material properties would reduce the amount of platinum needed.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 27, 2010 |
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Chemistry with sunlight: Combining electrochemistry and photovoltaics to clean up oxidation reactions
The idea is simple, says Kevin Moeller, PhD, and yet it has huge implications. All we are recommending is using photovoltaic cells (clean energy) to power electrochemical reactions (clean chemistry). Moeller ...
Jun 09, 2011 |
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Fresh Pot of Tea Strikes Anticancer Gold
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers from the University of Missouri-Columbia report in the Journal of Materials Chemistry that chemicals in tea are the best yet discovered to make consistent, biologically safe gold nanoparticles. More i ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 27, 2009 |
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Microscope reveals how bacteria 'breathe' toxic metals
Researchers are studying some common soil bacteria that "inhale" toxic metals and "exhale" them in a non-toxic form.
Mar 16, 2009 |
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Ohio quakes could incite fracking policy shift
(AP) -- In Ohio, geographically and politically positioned to become a leading importer of wastewater from gas drilling, environmentalists and lawmakers opposed to the technique known as fracking are seizing on a series ...
Jan 03, 2012 |
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Gluten-, casein-free diet not effective autism treatment
(PhysOrg.com) -- The use of gluten-free and/or casein-free (GFCF) diets in the treatment of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is not supported by current research, says a team of scientists with The University of Texas at Austin's ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 28, 2010 |
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New oral agents may prevent injury after radiation exposure
Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and collaborators have discovered and analyzed several new compounds, collectively called the ''EUK-400 series,'' which could someday be used to prevent radiation-induced ...
Jul 10, 2009 |
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University of Minnesota licenses sensor technology to a startup
United Science, a Minnesota startup company, has licensed sensor technology developed at the University of Minnesota that could prevent toxic byproducts of mining and other industries from ending up in the environment and ...
Dec 03, 2010 |
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