Elevated levels of lead in the drinking water in Flint, Michigan, brought to light not only the troubles of one city but also broader concerns about the nation's aging water distribution system.
Environment
Apr 13, 2016
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(Phys.org)—A new study shows that a swarm of hundreds of thousands of tiny microbots, each smaller than the width of a human hair, can be deployed into industrial wastewater to absorb and remove toxic heavy metals. The ...
This railroad town promotes its ties to Abraham Lincoln, Ronald Reagan and the poet Carl Sandburg. But Galesburg's long history also shows in a hidden way: Aging pipes have been leaking lead into the drinking water for decades.
Environment
Apr 9, 2016
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Combining quantum dots and organic molecules can enable solar cells to capture more of the sun's light.
Nanophysics
Apr 4, 2016
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Solar energy is on the rise. Many technical advances have made solar cells quite efficient and affordable in recent years. A big disadvantage remains in the fact that solar cells produce no power when it's raining. This may ...
Nanomaterials
Apr 1, 2016
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The silver electrical contacts that carry electricity out of about 90 percent of the solar modules on the market are also one of their most expensive parts. Now scientists from two Department of Energy national laboratories ...
Energy & Green Tech
Apr 1, 2016
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For years, the city of Flint has been trying to fight another battle with lead...and it lies within the soil.
Environment
Mar 31, 2016
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How often do you use water from your tap? Do you trust it? Residents of Flint, Michigan, don't, and they have a good reason. How did lead levels in the water get so high in this city, and how did chemistry play a part in ...
Other
Mar 28, 2016
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A team of European researchers has found evidence of lead in the ink used by early Greeks when writing on papyrus scrolls in the town of Herculaneum, near Mount Vesuvius. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National ...
A Macquarie University study has pursued multiple lines of evidence to bust the 'miner's myth' that exists in Broken Hill and other mining towns, which implies that alternative, non-mining related sources of lead are the ...
Environment
Mar 22, 2016
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