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Beijing (AFP) Feb 24, 2009US company Wyeth said it had received complaints that children who had been fed its baby milk powder in China had developed kidney stones, but denied its products were unsafe. The statement posted on Wyeth's China website on Monday was the latest in a rash of reports of sick babies that is raising new concerns long after a tainted baby formula scandal was declared over by Chinese authorities ... more Arsenic And Old Toenails 
Leicester, UK (SPX) Feb 25, 2009Scientists from Leicester and Nottingham have devised a method for identifying levels of exposure to environmental arsenic - by testing toenail clippings. Arsenic occurs naturally in the environment and people can be exposed to it in several ways, for example through contaminated water, food, dust or soil. The risk of exposure is greater in certain areas of the UK where the natural geology ... more Appalachian History Gives New Perspective of How Workers View Jobs 
Columbia MO (SPX) Feb 25, 2009A preacher addresses a group of men in a town church in eastern Kentucky, but this gathering is not to hear a sermon. Instead, it is a meeting of a coal miners' union. By studying coal miners and farmers during the early 20th century, a University of Missouri researcher has discovered that religion greatly influenced coal miners' and farmers' lives. The miners used religion to negotiate ... more More Evidence For Multiple Meteorite Magmas 
College Park MD (SPX) Feb 24, 2009Cosmochemists have identified six main compositional types of magma that formed inside asteroids during the first 100 million years of Solar System history. These magmas vary in their chemical and mineralogical make up, but all have in common low concentrations of sodium and other volatile elements. Our low-sodium-magma diet has now changed. Two groups of researchers have identified a new ... more Counting Carbon 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Feb 24, 2009Imagine if you could scoop exactly one million molecules out of the air in front of you (while being careful not to grab any water vapor). Now, start sorting these molecules into different piles. Start with the two most common molecules and you've sorted 99 percent of your sample - the nitrogen pile will have about 780,000 molecules, and oxygen pile will have about 210,000 molecules. ... more |
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West Lafayette IN (SPX) Feb 24, 2009A Purdue University researcher has found a way to get more bang for fewer bucks when it comes to processing cellulosic material to make ethanol. By shredding corn stover instead of chopping, as is commonly done, about 40 percent less energy is needed to gain access to more of the material stored in the plant. Dennis Buckmaster, an associate professor of agricultural and biological engineer ... more Five Things About The Orbiting Carbon Observatory 
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 23, 2009Here are some quick facts about the Earth-orbiting satellite, scheduled to launch on Feb. 24, 2009. + It will study carbon dioxide sources (where it comes from) and sinks (where it is pulled out of the atmosphere and stored). Carbon dioxide is a major contributor to global warming. The new data will help scientists more accurately forecast global climate change. + Data collected by ... more Biologist Discusses Sacred Nature Of Sustainability 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Feb 23, 2009The hot topics of global warming and environmental sustainability are concerns that fit neatly within the precepts of religious naturalism, according to Ursula Goodenough, Ph.D., professor of biology in Arts and Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis. In addition to being a renowned cell biologist, Goodenough is a religious naturalist and the author of The Sacred Depths of Nature ... more Algae-eating fish deployed to clean up Chinese lake: state media 
Shanghai (AFP) Feb 20, 2009Chinese authorities have again turned to algae-eating fish in a bid to clean up a pollution-linked blue green bloom on one of the country's most scenic lakes, state media reported Friday. Taihu Lake in eastern China has seen a re-emergence of algae growth that forced authorities to cut water supplies to 2.3 million residents of the nearby city of Wuxi in 2007, the official Xinhua news agency ... more Mass Media Often Failing In Its Coverage Of Global Warming 
Stanford CA (SPX) Feb 23, 2009"Business managers of media organizations, you are screwing up your responsibility by firing science and environment reporters who are frankly the only ones competent to do this," said climate researcher and policy analyst Stephen Schneider, in assessing the current state of media coverage of global warming and related issues. "Science is not politics. You can't just get two opposing ... more |
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Canberra, Australia (SPX) Feb 23, 2009Aerosols may have a greater impact on patterns of Australian rainfall and future climate change than previously thought, according to leading atmospheric scientist, CSIRO's Dr Leon Rotstayn. "We have identified that the extensive pollution haze emanating from Asia may be re-shaping rainfall patterns in northern Australia but we wonder what impact natural and human-generated aerosols are ... more Scientists Find Black Gold Amidst Overlooked Data 
Greenblet MD (SPX) Feb 19, 2009About half of the oil in the ocean bubbles up naturally from the seafloor, with Earth giving it up freely like it was of no value. Likewise, NASA satellites collect thousands of images and 1.5 terrabytes of data every year, but some of it gets passed over because no one thinks there is a use for it. Scientists recently found black gold bubbling up from an otherwise undistinguished mass of ... more Lignol Suspends Colorado Project Due To Market Uncertainty 
Vancouver, Canada (SPX) Feb 20, 2009Suncor Energy Products and Suncor Energy (U.S.A.), both wholly owned subsidiaries of Suncor Energy, and Lignol have determined it prudent not to enter into a joint venture to pursue the development of a cellulosic ethanol commercial demonstration plant in Grand Junction, Colorado given the instability of energy prices, the uncertainty in the capital markets and the general market malaise. ... more Orbital And Sygma Alternative Fuel Initiatives In Brazil 
Perth, Australia (SPX) Feb 20, 2009Orbital and Sygma Motors - Engenharia, Industria E Comercio de Motores Ltda of Brazil are pleased to announce that agreement has been reached on two significant engineering programs, with Vale Solutions in Energy ("VSE") as the end customer. Senior representatives of Orbital and Sygma, including Directors of Sygma Group and Sygma Motors, and the Chief Executive Officer of Orbital, have met ... more Ricardo Technology Achieves Breakthrough Efficiency For Ethanol-fueled Engines 
Van Buren TWP MI (SPX) Feb 20, 2009Ricardo has revealed the development of technology that optimizes ethanol-fueled engines to a level of performance that exceeds gasoline engine efficiency and approaches levels previously reached only by diesel engines. The technology, called Ethanol Boosted Direct Injection or EBDI, takes full advantage of ethanol's best properties - higher octane and higher heat of vaporization - to ... more
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