Contamination threatens Utah water supply
The water supply for the Bountiful and Woods Cross areas of Utah are at risk for groundwater contamination due to nearby Superfund sites, officials worry.
The water supply for the Bountiful and Woods Cross areas of Utah are at risk for groundwater contamination due to nearby Superfund sites, officials worry.
Environment
Mar 31, 2008
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The U.S. space agency has awarded an education grant to Oklahoma State University to encourage high school students to pursue careers in science.
Other
Mar 31, 2008
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Utility officials in northern Illinois said residents reduced the same amount of carbon dioxide as 104 acres of trees during the Earth Hour power turnoff.
Environment
Mar 31, 2008
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A wet winter in Arizona has filled lakes and streams, but experts say the Grand Canyon State's drought might not be over.
Environment
Mar 31, 2008
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Now for some "shocking" news about plants: Exposing plants to electricity can boost production of useful plant chemicals and may provide a cheaper, safer, and more efficient method for producing medicines, pesticides, and ...
Mar 31, 2008
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Dutch chemist Kees Baldé has demonstrated that hydrogen can be efficiently stored in nanoparticles. This allows hydrogen storage to be more easily used in mobile applications. Baldé discovered that 30 nanometre particles ...
Nanomaterials
Mar 31, 2008
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After half a century of debate, a University of Alberta researcher has confirmed that dome-headed dinosaurs called pachycephalosaurs could collide with each other during courtship combat. Eric Snively, an Alberta Ingenuity ...
Archaeology
Mar 31, 2008
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NGC 2397, pictured in this image from Hubble, is a classic spiral galaxy with long prominent dust lanes along the edges of its arms, seen as dark patches and streaks silhouetted against the starlight. Hubble’s exquisite ...
Astronomy
Mar 31, 2008
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Some of the worst threats to farm workers and farm animals such as bird flu, foot-and-mouth disease and other emerging viruses could soon be quickly identified by using a simple screening chip developed by scientists from ...
Mar 31, 2008
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Looking for evidence of life on Mars or other planets? Finding cellulose microfibers would be the next best thing to a close encounter, according to new research from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Space Exploration
Mar 31, 2008
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