New Method For Destroying Potentially Deadly Toxins In Drinking Water
... costs." The laboratory research was done using a xenon UVlamp. Further testing needs to be done, according to the article, to evaluatetheperformance of the new method in the field and to confirm that water treatedwithtitanium dioxide is safe to drink....Story tips from the Department of Energys Oak Ridge National Laboratory, January 2004
...l to bacteria than lower-powered mercury vapor and xenon lamps. Researchers also believe the lamp can be used to neutralize chemical warfare agents on, for example, buildings, tanks or barracks. The process would involve spraying the area with a low-volume proprietary mixture of harmless chemicals and then...When blood can't get to brain, special CT scan helps
... can also reveal blood flow, such as PET, SPECT or xenon CT, require special equipment not found in many hospitals, cost a great deal or are more arduous for patients. "It's still a relatively new technique, but it could be adapted to any newer-generation CT scanner and be used to image acute and chronic c...... cancer markers simultaneously using the noble gas xenon as an imaging agent. By encapsulating a single atom of xenon within a cage made of cryptophane, it can become a sensitive reporter of changes outside the cage. ...