A Cooper's hawk, found in Greater Vancouver, is the most polluted wild bird that has been found anywhere in the world. A team of Canadian researchers made this startling discovery while analyzing liver samples from birds ...
Ecology
Apr 22, 2015
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For years, health advocates have been pushing to ban some flame retardants for their potentially harmful effects, especially on young children and infants. Now scientists report these compounds could play a role in a common ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 22, 2015
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A study published in Environmental Pollution magazine shows that three dolphin species from the Strait of Gibraltar and the Gulf of Cadiz accumulate flame retardant pollutants in their bodies, including the classical PBDEs, ...
Ecology
Apr 20, 2015
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After devising several new and promising "green" flame retardants for furniture padding, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers took a trip to the grocery store and cooked up their best fire-resistant ...
Materials Science
Apr 15, 2015
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Fighting forest fires is rife with danger, and perhaps most frightening is the fact that slow-moving fires can suddenly erupt into fast-moving, deadly blazes. It's a moment that firefighters dread, and that seems almost impossible ...
Environment
Apr 3, 2015
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Sometimes a horse of a different color hardly seems to be a horse at all, as, for example, in this newly released image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope. The famous Horsehead nebula makes a ghostly appearance on the far ...
Astronomy
Dec 22, 2014
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An international team of astrophysicists has identified the most metal-poor stars in the Milky Way bulge. They present their findings in a paper published on Oct. 2. The scientists describe the discovery and analysis of four ...
Astronomy
Oct 6, 2014
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Place two large, sturdy logs in a streambed, and they will help guide the water in a particular direction. But imagine if the water started mimicking the rigidity of the logs in addition to flowing along them. That's essentially ...
Nanomaterials
Jul 14, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and infrared telescopes, astronomers have made an important advance in the understanding of how clusters of stars come into being.
Astronomy
May 7, 2014
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The mesmerizing power of fire keeps researchers returning to the lab to understand the fundamental combustion science behind it. Combustion has powered our world and consumed scientific attention for years, both on Earth ...
Space Exploration
Jan 21, 2014
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