New estimating method, which can be used on the regional scale, compares well with commonly used methods, according to study.
The research team used air pollution data and personal health data from 1,775 women and found that exposures to NOx and PM were associated with a higher risk of type 2 diabetes.
The Competitive Enterprise Institute has made three Freedom of Information Act requests to which, it says, NASA has not responded.
Research provides insight into conditions needed to produce nitrogen fixation.
Yale University scientists say that wastewater treatment plants may not be able to remove all quaternary amines discharged with household detergents and shampoos, allowing the formation of nitrosamines, a suspected cancer-causing contaminant.
The institute will work to solve key scientific and technology challenges facing the wind power industry.
Invasive vine's chemicals combine with nitrogen to produce ozone and lead to about a 50 percent increase in the number of days exceeding healthy ozone levels, research models show.
Normal reproductive cycling was disrupted by atrazine and fish did not spawn as much or as well when exposed to atrazine.
The kiosk system can capture, track, and recycle mobile devices.
Indiana University scientists measured nitrogen and phosphorus retention as well as carbon sequestration in tidal soils of three Georgia rivers.
Texas Tech professor says the highest concentrations of lead and arsenic were observed in soils from the poorer parts of town.
The energy- and water-intensive nature of oil sands, combined with climate change regulations, permitting obstacles and other challenges, are a recipe for diminishing revenues and returns.
The research team used a combination of laser spectroscopy, mass spectrometry and flame chemistry modeling to explore the decomposition and oxidation mechanisms of certain biofuels and the formation of harmful or toxic emissions.
Extracts of cigarette butts in water protected steel that is widely used in the oil industry from rusting, even under harsh conditions.
After 12 months, researchers demonstrated substantial decomposition of pretreated plastic and no release of bisphenol A.
Increased antibiotic resistance in soils could have broad consequences to public health through potential exposure through water and food supplies.
Microbiologist Walter Mulbry's scrubber raceways collected 60 to 90 percent of the nitrogen and 70 to 100 percent of phosphorus from manure effluents.