(PhysOrg.com) -- A Colorado State University biologist has shown that plants can serve as highly specific detectors for environmental pollutants and explosives.
Biotechnology
Jan 27, 2011
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Virtually every river, creek and lake tested recently by South Carolina regulators was found to contain "forever chemicals,'' materials once used by industry that today are being linked to a variety of toxic effects on people.
Environment
Dec 8, 2022
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In the EU, 13 percent of deaths are linked to pollution, said a new report published on Tuesday by the European Environment Agency (EEA), which stressed the current pandemic put environmental health factors in the spotlight.
Environment
Sep 8, 2020
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Complementing the Government of Malaysia's efforts to encourage the use of environmentally friendly materials in the construction of green buildings, researchers from the faculty of civil engineering, Universiti Teknologi ...
Engineering
May 26, 2015
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Plastic waste is a problem on our beaches. Hence, it is largely removed in a coordinated manner within a few weeks. However, it can litter other coasts of the world for many months to years due to unregulated waste disposal. ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 20, 2023
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A global research team led by Texas Engineers has developed a way to blast the molecules in plastics and other materials with a laser to break them down into their smallest parts for future reuse.
Nanophysics
Jul 9, 2024
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China's air pollution increased this year for the first time since 2005, the environmental protection ministry has said, due to sandstorms, a rise in construction and industrial projects, and more cars.
Environment
Jul 27, 2010
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What if by collecting data from mobile medical apps on cell phones around the world, we could map significant problems and see the flu coming like a giant whirling hurricane? A team of engineers, biologists and medical researchers ...
Computer Sciences
Jan 22, 2014
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A LEGO brick could survive in the ocean for as many as 1,300 years, according to new research.
Environment
Mar 16, 2020
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Non-biting midges are the tiny flies that swarm together as thick masses around lakes and streams, annoying passers-by in warm weather. But early in a midge's life, it lives in the water. Now, researchers reporting in ACS' ...
Ecology
Apr 20, 2022
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