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Hi Tech & Innovation Mar 13, 2012

Small is good in quest to resolve water crisis

Can Peepoo stop the flying toilet? A small Swedish company believes so. At the World Water Forum in Marseille, it is promoting a cheap, smart fix for the world's billion slumdwellers.

Materials Science Feb 17, 2012

Black arsenic: Fact or fiction? Synthesis and identification of metastable compounds

(PhysOrg.com) -- Phosphorus and arsenic are on top of each other in one group of the periodic table, so they have many similar properties. In addition to tubular forms, phosphorus is found in white, red, black, and purple ...

Plants & Animals Jul 5, 2011

Parasitoid wasps protect lettuce and celery from pests

Scientists have found that a native British parasitoid wasp has been found to be very effective at controlling the shore flies that infest lettuce and celery greenhouses, damaging crops and annoying farmers.

Archaeology Jun 29, 2011

Archaeological dig uncovers artifacts

Scientific equipment belonging to an Enlightenment figure has been found in an archaeological dig at the University.

Ecology Jun 28, 2011

Asian 'megapest' is chomping up US orchards

A stink bug from Asia is chomping up US vegetable fields, orchards and vineyards, causing experts to scramble through an arsenal of weapons to try and halt this stealthy, smelly predator.

Consumer & Gadgets Jan 10, 2011

Sony Move gamers armed with assault rifle controllers

Lovers of PlayStation 3 console shooter video games are being armed with assault rifle controllers by accessory makers playing into battle hero fantasies.

Analytical Chemistry Nov 24, 2010

Quartz crystal microbalances enable new microscale analytic technique

A new chemical analysis technique developed by a research group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology uses the shifting ultrasonic pitch of a small quartz crystal to test the purity of only a few micrograms ...

Environment Oct 8, 2010

Toxicity of Hungary's red sludge flow drops

(AP) -- The concentration of toxic heavy metals where Hungary's massive red sludge spill entered the Danube has dropped to the level allowed in drinking water, authorities said Friday, easing fears that Europe's second longest ...

Environment Oct 6, 2010

EU to Hungary: Don't let toxic sludge hit Danube

(AP) -- Hungary opened a criminal probe into the toxic sludge flood Wednesday and the European Union urged emergency authorities to do everything they can to keep the contaminated slurry from reaching the Danube and affecting ...

Earth Sciences Sep 27, 2010

Rare oasis of life found on floor of Yellowstone Lake

(PhysOrg.com) -- Montana State University researchers have discovered a rare oasis of life in the midst of hundreds of geothermal vents at the bottom of Yellowstone Lake.

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