Cheap sewer pipe repairs can push toxic fumes into homes and schools—here's how to lower the risk
Across the U.S., children and adults are increasingly exposed to harmful chemicals from a source few people are even aware of.
Across the U.S., children and adults are increasingly exposed to harmful chemicals from a source few people are even aware of.
Environment
Jan 23, 2023
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Installation of 20 miles of underground pipes, steam-to-hot-water conversion of 150 buildings and construction of a new energy facility continue on campus, while more enhancements emerge under the university's comprehensive ...
Energy & Green Tech
Aug 15, 2013
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A new type of silicon sensor first developed at SLAC is an important part of an upgrade to the ATLAS pixel detector, the innermost portion of one of the two main instruments at the Large Hadron Collider in Europe.
Engineering
Jun 10, 2014
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The LHC experiments are nearing the completion of maintenance and upgrade works carried out in the framework of the second long shutdown of CERN's accelerator complex. Of all the experiments, LHCb is undergoing the most significant ...
General Physics
Oct 18, 2021
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Cynthia Erickson woke up early, hoping her four furnaces were working.
Environment
Jan 19, 2017
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A high-tech startup founded by an Indiana University information technology programmer/analyst allows developers to synchronize tools that provide immersive environmental conditions—like fans that create wind or lamps that ...
Hardware
Nov 28, 2017
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As schools cautiously reopen for the fall semester, several have discovered potentially harmful bacteria in their water systems. Parents are likely concerned about what this means for their children, and other districts may ...
Environment
Sep 11, 2020
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A trio of researchers, one a sociologist at Princeton University, the other two public policy experts with the University of Michigan, has found that children living in Flint, Michigan, experienced educational declines after ...
Russia's environment minister on Thursday blamed Russian-British oil company TNK-BP for causing massive oil pollution in a resource-rich Siberian region and failing to invest in its infrastructure.
Environment
Apr 19, 2012
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Deepsea Drilling Vessel CHIKYU has resumed IODP drilling operations in the Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone off the Kii Peninsula of Japan. The scientific drilling expedition's first target is located in water depths of 2,054 ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 29, 2009
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