Scientists look to nature to cut greenhouse emissions
... bubble in the water like soda pop. The water then flows through a bioreactor that contains a series of screens on which algae grow. "The algae basically drink the bicarbonates," says Bayless, who also serves as associate director of the university's Ohio Coal Research Center. "They get carbon through this...Study: fertilized lakes less stable than previously thought
...m as well. When rain falls on cities, it typically flows directly from city streets and storm sewers into lakes and rivers, bypassing the natural filtering process that occurs when rain percolates through soil. While this study only analyzed lake data, Cottingham suspects that other ecosystems could be e...Study: Methane cleans nitric oxide from power plant emissions
...go a long way," she said. "Gas flows through the small channels inside the ceramic support and reacts with the catalyst that is coating the interior surfaces." In form and function, the catalyst bed resembles the inside of an a...Researchers find volcanoes are bad for your health...long after they finish erupting
...ontserrat volcano was characterised by pyroclastic flows (a cloud of super heated matter) formed by a lava ...noes such as the Montserrat one as the pyroclastic flows can produce giant plumes (up to several kilometres in height) of fine ash. Ash falls from such a vol...BES and ESA to meet: Two plenary sessions to focus on carbon
...ll explore the tools used for keeping track of the flows of carbon between atmosphere and vegetation, and outline the status of the models which enable predictions. In addition, the management of forests as carbon sinks -- an increasingly widespread practice since the Kyoto protocol -- will be considered.......e, a mineral found naturally in the rock the water flows through, will accumulate faster than normal. The growing calcite deposits will trap radioactive strontium-90 in their crystal structures. Researchers hope to inject urea into a contaminated area and let the native microorganisms go to work breakin...Gene mutation may no longer protect certain populations from alcoholism
... simple or complexvariations. Sometimes the music flows seamlessly, sometimes a wayward note can destroy a certainpassage, even the entire concert. Gene mutations are like discordant musical notes. Just as mutationof the hemoglobin gene can cause sickle-cell anemia, so too can genetic mutation of the li...New Cosumnes River research partnership announced
...tate 5, the Cosumnes joins the Mokelumne River and flows to the Sacramento River Delta. The Cosumnes and its surrounding lands are home to a rich variety of animals and plants. Vernal pools and "lagunitas" that form on the floodplain contain rare plants and endangered fairy shrimp. More than 200 species of...Science and Amersham Pharmacia Biotech award Young Scientist Prize
... neurological disorders. His work looks at calcium flows into nerve cells following electrical brain activity, and how this activates the different chemical pathways that jump-start the genes underlying the memory process. Currently at the Medical Research Council in Cambridge, he received his Ph.D. from C...UC researchers use Doppler ultrasound
...esults from fluid instabilities generated as blood flows past a blockage or "stenosis" in thearteries. The most intense turbulence results from the most severe blockages. Miller, Holland and Disimileused a second technique, laser Doppler anemometry, to verify the results from the Doppler ultrasound. Those...Researchers use 'voice recognition' program to count bats
...esults from fluid instabilities generated as blood flows past a blockage or "stenosis" in thearteries. The most intense turbulence results from the most severe blockages. Miller, Holland and Disimileused a second technique, laser Doppler anemometry, to verify the results from the Doppler ultrasound. Those...USGS designs fishway for Little Falls Dam
...new fishway designed by theUSGS, the current still flows downstream but now the fish can flow back up. AndI've got my fishing rod ready to meet their return." USGS scientist Mufeed Odeh at the S.O. Conte Anadromous Fish Laboratory inTurner Falls, Mass., has designed a new fish passage device for Little Fal...Major grants support immunology, transplant and diabetes research at the University of Chicago
...ether some of the brightest minds in immunologyand flows from NIAID's plan to accelerate clinical trials for novel approachesto modulate immune responses," said NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. "Immune tolerance research has great potential to help millions afflicted withsome of the most debilitating ...Effect of Hurricane Floyd on current water resources in Maine
...e Maine. Streamflows on free-flowing streams All flows on free-flowing streams in Maine on October 4th we...-term median for this date. In early September all flows in the state were below their long-term median. The long-term median flow is defined as the middle v...Mass extinction of freshwater species in North America
... unprecedented opportunity to re-establish natural flows in many rivers, say theresearchers....As Hurricane Floyd moves up the Atlantic Coast . . . .
...969, for example, intenserainfall triggered debris flows in Nelson County, Virginia causing 150 deaths. In ... per hour for10 hours, is likely to trigger debris flows and other types of landslides onsteep slopes. As of mid-day on September 16, rainfall amounts recei...Drought brings environmental, ecological changes
...rk and we have to tap into those to keep the river flows high enough to keep the salt at bay." Navoy said a well field near Pennsauken, N.J., which serves much of suburban Trenton could be affected if the salt front moves further upriver. If groundwater levels in that well field fall below mean sea level...Smog impacts: Hurtling through airways, tiny particles may do more damage than previously assumed
...s. That's because air in the center of a lung tube flows faster than thesurrounding stream, he explains. And, particle-laden air mixes with clean air ateach intersection of the respiratory branches. All that secondary mixing"dramatically speeds the movement of these fine particles through therespiratory sy......ack. Untreated air enters thecolumn at the top and flows downward through the packing material along withrecirculating water. The microbesdegrade and destroy the contaminants as they pass over the biofilm. Therecirculating water allows for optimal controlof pH, nutrient levels, and biofilm thickness. Know...