Potentially explosive methane gas leaking from energy wells may travel extensively through groundwater and pose a safety risk, according to a new study by University of Guelph researchers.
Environment
Apr 5, 2017
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In the future, it will be possible to carry out tests of new drugs on bacteria much more efficiently using microfluidic devices, in which each of the thousands of droplets moving through the microchannels can act as separate ...
Analytical Chemistry
Jan 12, 2017
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As lakes and waterways are threatened by end-of-summer blue-green algae that produce cyanotoxins – compounds with potent toxicity to humans and pets – a new Cornell study shows how water chemistry controls the way toxic ...
Materials Science
Sep 30, 2016
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Imagine throwing Lego pieces into the air and seeing them fall to the ground assembled into the shape of a house or plane.
Materials Science
Apr 19, 2016
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A new material with micropores might be a way to fight climate change. Scientists have created crystals that capture carbon dioxide much more efficiently than previously known materials, even in the presence of water. The ...
Materials Science
Oct 15, 2015
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East Tennessee is among the country's most biodiverse regions for freshwater fish. In an abundance of shapes and colors, they swim in mountain streams and lowland lakes, sometimes ending up next to a side of garlic-mashed ...
Environment
Nov 5, 2014
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Neutron scattering experiments at the ILL have revealed the existence of quantum selection rules in molecules, the first experimental confirmation of its kind. Small molecules such as water and hydrogen were inserted into ...
General Physics
Oct 10, 2014
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A geostatistical approach for studying environmental conditions in stream networks and landscapes has been successfully applied at a valley-wide scale to assess headwater stream chemistry at high resolution, revealing unexpected ...
Environment
Apr 21, 2014
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A little amount of appropriately prepared powder is poured in water polluted with phenol and cellulose. A bit of the sun and after fifteen minutes harmful compounds disappear, and the powder can be filtered off and reused. ...
Materials Science
Oct 17, 2013
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For years, scientists have thought that a continental ice sheet formed during the Late Cretaceous Period more than 90 million years ago when the climate was much warmer than it is today. Now, a University of Missouri researcher ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 24, 2013
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