News articles tagged with 'pollutant'
Biodiversity improves water quality in streams through a division of labour
— 9 Apr 2011 11:43 | EnvironmentBiologically diverse streams are better at cleaning up pollutants than less rich waterways, and Bradley Cardinale, an assistant professor at the U-M School of Natural Resources and…
New kind of optical fibre developed
— 2 Mar 2011 12:58 | ChemistryA team of scientists led by John Badding, a professor of chemistry at Penn State University, has developed the very first optical fibre made with a core of zinc selenide - a light-yellow…
New kind of optical fibre developed
— 26 Feb 2011 18:00 | TechnologyA team of scientists led by John Badding, a professor of chemistry at Penn State University, has developed the very first optical fibre made with a core of zinc selenide - a light-yellow…
Scientists find new way to estimate global rainfall and track ocean pollution
— 16 Feb 2011 04:11 | EnvironmentA study by scientists at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science suggests a new way to estimate how much of the ocean's pollution is falling…
Pollution controls used during China Olympics could save lives if continued
— 8 Feb 2011 18:24 | EnvironmentThe air pollution control measures that were put in place in Beijing during the 2008 Olympic Games - if continued - would cut almost in half the lifetime risk of lung cancer for the…
Indoor coal use associated with possible impairment of early childhood growth
— 8 Feb 2011 18:06 | HealthChildren raised in homes using indoor coal for cooking or heating appear to be about a half-inch shorter at age 36 months than those in households using other fuel sources, according…
First crustacean genome is sequenced
— 4 Feb 2011 15:43 | BiologyThe ubiquitous freshwater 'water flea,' Daphnia pulex, may be too small to see, but it has amply proven its value as an 'sentinel species' for the presence of toxins and pollutants…
Scientists find industrial pollutants in Eastern Lake Erie carp
— 22 Jan 2011 10:23 | EnvironmentResearchers from Upstate New York institutions, including the University at Buffalo, have documented elevated levels of two industrial pollutants in carp in eastern Lake Erie, adding…
NOAA-led team measures atmosphere's self-cleaning capacity
— 8 Jan 2011 13:54 | EnvironmentAn international, NOAA-led research team took a significant step forward in understanding the atmosphere's ability to cleanse itself of air pollutants and some other gases, except carbon…
New method for making tiny catalysts holds promise for air quality
— 16 Dec 2010 16:28 | ChemistryFortified with iron: It's not just for breakfast cereal anymore. University of Illinois researchers have demonstrated a simpler method of adding iron to tiny carbon spheres to create…