A new study on the surface chemistry of silver-colored, mercury-based dental fillings suggests that the surface forms of mercury may be less toxic than previously thought. It appears online in ACS' journal Chemical Research ...
Biochemistry
Dec 9, 2009
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(AP) -- It should have been a perfect day for Vincent Petit, finishing up an afternoon gallop on a wide expanse of beach along a pastel-colored bay. Instead, he and his mount were sucked into a hole of noxious black sludge.
Environment
Aug 29, 2009
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Researchers from the Peninsula Medical School in Exeter have synthesized a new molecule which releases hydrogen sulfide (H2S) - the gas that gives rotten eggs their characteristic smell and which has recently been found to ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 21, 2009
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The air quality is notoriously bad near the Salton Sea. As California's largest lake has continued to evaporate, it's become saltier and dustier, causing breathing problems for locals like Clark. Alongside the health problems ...
Environment
Aug 7, 2024
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Bearing signs with slogans like "East Chicago demands clear air" and "IDEM, let us breathe," nearly 100 Northwest Indiana residents and environmental advocates gathered to voice anger and frustration at BP Whiting refinery ...
Environment
Feb 26, 2024
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The research findings of Dr. Tao Chunhui, a senior researcher from the Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, were published in Science China Earth Sciences. Over a decade, Dr. Tao's research team ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 7, 2023
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Since the Industrial Revolution, the global economy has experienced rapid development, which is closely tied to the exploitation of natural energy resources. However, it has led to a gradual depletion of energy resources ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jul 6, 2023
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The ominous mass of seaweed looming in the Atlantic and creeping our way set size records earlier this spring—it was huge. But last month it actually shrank, according to scientists from the University of South Florida.
Plants & Animals
Jun 5, 2023
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Jose Viator was hoping tourists would flock to his beachside bar on the French archipelago of Guadeloupe, but he has been forced to close because of stinky brown seaweed.
Ecology
May 2, 2023
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A research group in the doctoral program of Toyohashi University of Technology's Department of Electrical and Electronic Information Engineering that includes a doctoral student Hirotada Gamo and specially appointed assistant ...
Materials Science
May 13, 2022
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