Popping pills in space: Helping astronauts manage pain or sickness on crewed missions
And you think you've had a bad head cold.
Space Exploration
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Ultraresponsive magnetic nanoscavengers for next generation water purification
(Phys.org) —Among its many talents, silver is an antibiotic. Titanium dioxide is known to glom on to certain heavy metals and pollutants. Yet other materials do the same for salt. In recent years, environmental engineers ...
Nanomaterials
May 15, 2013
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Japan minister questions radioactive water dump
Japan's industry minister Tuesday rejected a plan by the operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant to release low-level radioactive water into the sea without approval by local fishermen.
Environment
Dec 13, 2011
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Areva to set up treatment system at Japan plant
French nuclear group Areva said Tuesday it will set up a system to treat radioactive water from a quake-hit Japanese power plant to allow power supplies and cooling systems to be repaired.
Energy & Green Tech
Apr 19, 2011
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W.Va. spill exposes a new risk to water from coal
The chemical spill that contaminated water for hundreds of thousands of West Virginians is just the latest and most high-profile case of coal polluting the nation's waters.
Environment
Jan 18, 2014
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Urban agriculture: The potential and challenges of producing food in cities
In many cities around the world, patrons of high-end restaurants want quality food that is flavorful and fresh. To satisfy their guests, chefs are looking closer and closer to home – to locally grown produce from neighboring ...
Environment
Sep 17, 2013
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Measuring arsenic in Bangladesh's rice crops
Naturally-occurring arsenic in Bangladesh's groundwater has been identified as one of the world's great humanitarian disasters, with millions people at risk of cancers and other diseases from drinking water and eating rice ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 14, 2016
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AgriLife Research 'genetically fingerprinting' E. coli from watersheds
The Lampasas and Leon Rivers watersheds have been listed as impaired by the state due to high counts of E. coli and other bacteria taken in the late 1990s, but from whom, what and where the contamination originates is unclear, ...
Environment
Aug 1, 2011
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New device simplifies measurement of fluoride contamination in water
Adding fluoride to water is common practice in a number of countries, including the U.S., Australia, Brazil, Malaysia, India and Vietnam. In low concentrations (below 1.5 mg/L), it can prevent tooth decay and even strengthen ...
Materials Science
Feb 18, 2019
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Removing hazardous substances from the air
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are carbon-based compounds, many of which are hazardous to humans' health. EU-funded researchers coordinated efforts to apply nanotechnology to the capture and sequestration of these compounds.
Bio & Medicine
Aug 14, 2012
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