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Removal of Fallen Leaves Can Improve Water Quality
Autumn leaf litter contributes a significant amount of phosphorus to urban storm water, which then runs off into waterways and lakes.
Wastewater Filtration Guidelines May Protect Aquatic Life
If left unchecked, phosphorus can cause significant environmental damage and millions of dollars in additional maintenance costs for large wastewater plant operators.
Do Efficient Power Plants Lower Emissions or Increase Energy Use?
The research sought to establish whether efficiency improvements decrease emissions or motivate the consumption of more electricity—an unwanted consequence called the "rebound effect."
Chemical Snapshots Could Lead to Better Engineered Cartilage
Researchers have so far not been able to successfully mimic the complex structure of natural articular cartilage in the lab.
Measuring the Stresses in Advanced Composite Structures
Advanced composites behave differently from traditional construction materials such as steel and concrete.
New Way of Measuring Nitrate Discharge from Groundwater
Nitrate flux has traditionally been difficult to gauge and, since there is no standard method for doing so, it is rarely measured.
Color-Changing Coatings Made Easy
Researchers have now used wet chemical techniques to help overcome the difficulties of scaling-up photonic colors.
Tool Uses UV Light to Control Inflammation
Cornell researchers have created a chemical probe that inhibits a reaction mediated by enzymes called histone deacetylases.
New Grasses Neutralize Toxic Pollution
The development could help provide a cost-effective method for removing the toxic compounds that have contaminated millions of acres of land used for military live-fire training ranges.
HEXOLOY® Saves Lives!
Silicon carbide inserts, like those made of Saint-Gobain Hexoloy®, when combined with other ballistic-resistant materials and inserted into protective vests, are the most common ceramics in top-performing hard body protection systems against high-velocity “armor-piercing” projectiles.
"Microbubble Oxygenation" Could Save Lives
By pumping microbubbles into the abdomen while removing dangerous carbon dioxide, the process transmits oxygen to the body's core, which is then circulated to the brain and other vital organs.
Changing Fuel Cell Catalyst Shape Boosts Efficiency
The jagged nanowires made the reaction much more efficient, delivering 50 times more current (power) compared with the same amount of commercial catalyst.
Graphene-coated Motorcycle Helmet Debuts in Europe
Researchers say that coating graphene onto the exterior shell of the helmet allows for better distribution of impact force.
Soda Blasting Can Be Done in a Safe and Healthy Manner
Sodium bicarbonate has a long, established history of safe use as a leavening agent, a mild disinfectant and deodorant, an antacid, a skin balm to treat itching, in toothpaste, and as a cattle feed.
Sensor Provides Immediate Detection of Lead
The technology can be used for one-time testing of lead in tap water through a handheld device.
Messaging System Uses Household Chemicals
The chemical communication system relies on a binary code to relay messages. But instead of zeros and ones, it sends pulses of acid or base.
Smooth Auto Paint Process May Save Energy, CO2
BASF substituted paint primer by integrating its protective properties into a newly developed waterborne basecoat layer.BMW is using the process.
New Insight into Why Materials Break
Scientists found that a material's failure can be continuously tuned through changes in its underlying rigidity.
Light-Seeking Nanorobots Could Have Medical Applications
One difficulty in nanorobot design is to enable these nanostructures to sense and respond to their environment.
Hydro Projects Could Boost Methylmercury Levels
Microbes convert naturally occurring mercury in soils into methylmercury when land is flooded, such as when dams are built for hydroelectric projects.