David Keith is Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics at Harvard's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Professor of Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School. The award-winning scientist, who was named one of ...
Environment
Dec 18, 2012
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(Phys.org) —Dioxane, a chemical in wide industrial use, has an enemy in naturally occurring bacteria that remove it from the environment. Researchers at Rice University have found that these bacteria are more abundant at ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 26, 2013
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QUT researchers have used carbon dots, created from human hair waste sourced from a Brisbane barbershop, to create a kind of "armor" to improve the performance of cutting-edge solar technology.
Nanophysics
Apr 8, 2021
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Birds' eggs show just how serious a problem river pollution remains in the UK's former industrial heartlands, according to a new study.
Environment
Aug 9, 2013
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Cardiff University researcher Dr Diane Gardner has won the 'You Heard It Here First' event at the British Science Festival for her work on self-healing concrete. The award considers the UK's brightest early career researchers ...
Engineering
Sep 16, 2013
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(Phys.org)—Biofuel production can be an expensive process that requires considerable use of fossil fuels, but a Missouri University of Science and Technology microbiologist's patented process could reduce the cost and the ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 12, 2012
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The study, published in the journal Environmental Science and Technology by researchers at IIASA and Center for International Climate and Environmental Research (CICERO) calculates the climate impact for passenger trips of ...
Environment
Jun 17, 2013
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What is the difference between e-learning, online learning and distance learning? University of Missouri researchers have found that even educators can't agree on what different forms of learning environments entail and, ...
Social Sciences
Apr 5, 2011
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The looming "sequestration," across-the-board budget cuts that were never really meant to happen, could cripple key areas of science by slashing federal investment in research and development by an estimated 8.4 percent between ...
Other
Sep 28, 2012
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Watching and analyzing hundreds of TEDx talks, that too can be research. That becomes clear from the work of Ph.D. student Aletta Meinsma, who is studying potential problems in popular communication about quantum technologies. ...
Quantum Physics
Apr 21, 2023
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