Maria Fidalgo, an associate professor in civil and environmental engineering at the University of Missouri, and a team of students and international collaborators have come up with a way to use sensors and films to detect ...
Biotechnology
Sep 9, 2021
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Researchers at Kobe University's Biosignal Research Center have successfully developed plants that can be used to detect organic pollutants, such as polychlorinated biphenyls and endocrine-disrupting chemicals, which contaminate ...
Environment
Sep 6, 2021
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A research team in Ehime University, Japan conducted a comprehensive profiling of chlorinated and brominated compounds bioaccumulated in the liver of various wild bird species from Osaka, Japan in order to find potentially ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 2, 2021
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Sure, they're mixed metaphors—but just as modeling is a close estimate of real-world processes, so too are verbal explanations of such nuanced arithmetic. Trisha Sain, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, explores ...
Materials Science
Jun 30, 2021
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Every year in Canada, six trillion liters of municipal wastewater are partially treated and released into the environment, while another 150 billion liters of untreated sewage are discharged straight into pristine surface ...
Environment
Jun 22, 2021
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More than half the cosmetics sold in the United States and Canada likely contain high levels of a toxic industrial compound linked to serious health conditions, including cancer and reduced birth weight, according to a new ...
Environment
Jun 15, 2021
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Little is known concerning environmental contaminants in predators at the top of a food chain. A study published in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry has demonstrated that new types of brominated flame retardants accumulate ...
Plants & Animals
May 19, 2021
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International scientists from around the world are warning that chemical pollutants in the environment have the potential to alter animal and human behavior.
Environment
Apr 14, 2021
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More research is needed on the environmental impact of sunscreen on the world's coral reefs, scientists at the University of York say.
Ecology
Mar 31, 2021
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Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have studied for the first time how chemical reactions in clouds can influence the global climate. They found that isoprene, the dominant non-methane organic compound emitted ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 24, 2021
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