News tagged with toxic chemicals
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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 ...
Feb 03, 2012 |
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New adhesive for tape, label industry discovered
An incidental discovery in a wood products lab at Oregon State University has produced a new pressure-sensitive adhesive that may revolutionize the tape industry - an environmentally benign product that works very well and ...
Jul 06, 2010 |
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Animal with the most genes? A tiny crustacean: First crustacean genome sequenced
Complexity ever in the eye of its beholders, the animal with the most genes -- about 31,000 -- is the near-microscopic freshwater crustacean Daphnia pulex, or water flea. By comparison, humans have about ...
Feb 03, 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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'Catastrophic' e-waste fuels global toxic dump
A "catastrophic accumulation" of dozens of millions of tonnes of "e-waste" from computers, cellphones and television sets is fuelling a global pile of hazardous waste, an international body warned Friday.
Nov 13, 2009 |
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Brown University chemists simplify biodiesel conversion
As the United States seeks to lessen its reliance on foreign oil, biodiesel is expected to play a role. According to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, a branch of the Department of Energy, biodiesel ...
Oct 07, 2010 |
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Cinnamon can replace harmful chemicals used to create nanoparticles
Gold nanoparticles, tiny pieces of gold so small that they can't be seen by the naked eye, are used in electronics, healthcare products and as pharmaceuticals to fight cancer. Despite their positive uses, the process to make ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Nov 29, 2010 |
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Cell phones that protect against deadly chemicals? Why not?
Do you carry a cell phone? Today, chances are it's called a "smartphone" and it came with a three-to-five megapixel lens built-in -- not to mention an MP3 player, GPS or even a bar code scanner. This 'Swiss-Army-knife' ...
Apr 09, 2010 |
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US doctors, young mom want overhaul of toxic chemicals law
Dr Linda Giudice has treated thousands of patients over the years with a range of troubling reproductive disorders, and this week, she joined health experts and a young mother in fingering chemicals as the ...
Nov 20, 2010 |
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Has warming put 'Dirty Dozen' pollutants back in the saddle?
"Dirty Dozen" chemicals, including the notoriously toxic DDT, are being freed from Arctic sea ice and snow through global warming, a study published on Sunday suggested.
Jul 24, 2011 |
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Microbial answer to plastic pollution?
Fragments of plastic in the ocean are not just unsightly but potentially lethal to marine life. Coastal microbes may offer a smart solution to clean up plastic contamination, according to Jesse Harrison presenting ...
Mar 28, 2010 |
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Magnetic nanochain detonates chemo barrage inside tumors
Medicine-toting nanochains slip into tumors and explode a chemotherapy drug into hard-to-reach cores of cancer, engineers and scientists at Case Western Reserve University report.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Apr 18, 2012 |
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UT biosolar breakthrough promises cheap, easy green electricity
Barry D. Bruce, professor of biochemistry, cellular and molecular biology, at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is turning the term "power plant" on its head. The biochemist and a team of researchers have developed ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Feb 02, 2012 |
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Nanoparticles deliver one-two therapeutic punch to kill tumor cells
The standard approach to cancer therapy today is to mix and match chemotherapy drugs in order to attack tumors in multiple ways. Now, two separate teams of investigators have demonstrated that using nanoparticles to deliver ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Dec 17, 2010 |
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Chemicals suspected in breast cancer, US experts want tests
US experts called Friday for toxicity tests on chemicals they suspect play a role in the development of breast cancer, a leading cause of death in American women.
Feb 20, 2010 |
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