The nitrogen and phosphorous that nurture crops become pollutants when they drain into lakes and streams. Woodchip bioreactors have proven useful in removing nitrates from tile drainage water, but researchers are still searching ...
Environment
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In April 1990, workers at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, were packing up a very special shipment to be delivered via Space Shuttle to low-Earth orbit - the Hubble Space Telescope. One helpful engineer ...
Space Exploration
Sep 24, 2015
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A huge volcanic eruption in Iceland emitted on average three times as much of a toxic gas as all European industry combined, a study led by the University of Leeds has revealed.
Earth Sciences
Sep 24, 2015
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Climate change and Mideastern geopolitics are often in the news. A recent study by Elizabeth Canuel, a professor at William & Mary's Virginia Institute of Marine Science, and colleagues in the U.S. and Iran extends these ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 24, 2015
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A National Ignition Facility (NIF) experimental campaign may have unlocked scientific secrets behind how hydrogen becomes metallic at high pressure.
Condensed Matter
Sep 24, 2015
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A new lightweight, energy-efficient tool for analyzing a material's chemical makeup could improve the detection abilities of various technologies, ranging from bomb-detecting drones to space rovers searching for signs of ...
Optics & Photonics
Sep 24, 2015
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New research from an Iowa State University ecologist shows that agricultural inputs such as nitrogen and phosphorous alter soil microbial communities, which may have unintended environmental consequences.
Environment
Sep 24, 2015
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On Aug. 19, 2015, a team of scientists from NASA's Ames Research Center organized the flight of an Alpha Jet to collect environmental data from two recent wildfires in California's Southern Sierra Nevada mountain range.
Earth Sciences
Sep 24, 2015
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Drinking, irrigation and energy production. These are just three uses for freshwater provided by rivers to the world's people. Understanding the rivers' flow is important, especially as water uses and sources change. As reported ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 24, 2015
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Silicon semiconductors form the basis of all modern electronics and microprocessors. Crucial to these applications is the ability to 'dope' the semiconductor; which is to say, by controllably adding impurity atoms to a semiconductor, ...
Nanomaterials
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