Researchers from Monash University and Australian National University (ANU) have assessed the impact of high levels of mercury in the sediments of Lake Macquarie in New South Wales due to nearby coal-fired power plants.
Environment
Aug 26, 2021
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UNSW engineers have identified a new simpler method to detect tiny microbes in water which cause significant health risks and potentially even death.
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 24, 2021
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Every day—up to thirty times a day, in fact—one of Mark Mason's employees at Nature's Reward Farms in Monterey County, California brings him the results of a soil test for discussion.
Environment
Aug 20, 2021
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Tourists flock by the thousands to the coastal town of Mendocino for its Victorian homes and cliff trails, but visitors this summer are also finding public portable toilets and signs on picket fences pleading: "Severe drought. ...
Environment
Aug 11, 2021
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Major disruptions to our health and quality of life are front of mind in an era when wildfires, floods, and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic impact Earth's population daily. Amid these glaring threats, the slow but rising creep ...
Biotechnology
Aug 10, 2021
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Giant pumps whir deep underground at a plant in Singapore that helps transform sewage into water so clean it is fit for human consumption while reducing ocean pollution.
Environment
Aug 10, 2021
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Shining a beam of light into potentially contaminated water samples may hold the key to real-time detection of hydrocarbons and pesticides in water.
Optics & Photonics
Jul 15, 2021
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In the recent past, there has been a paradigm shift towards renewable sources of energy in order to address the concerns pertaining to environmental degradation and dwindling fossil fuels. A variety of alternative green energy ...
Materials Science
Jun 14, 2021
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A team of Illinois researchers is using dogs to track down a threatened species of turtle.
Ecology
May 10, 2021
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A clever idea to use magnetic nanoparticles to capture valuable materials from brines has blossomed into industrial-scale pilot projects that could help make the U.S. a producer of critical minerals used in electronics and ...
Materials Science
May 10, 2021
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