The U.S. Geological Survey tracked contaminant movement in groundwater and public supply wells in four aquifers in California, Connecticut, Nebraska and Florida.
By the end of this century, scientists project that much of the tropics and subtropics will exceed 86 degree Fahrenheit in the growing season and affect important food crops.
DOE commissions the Minerals Metals & Materials Society to study materials opportunities to meet U.S. energy goals.
One Pacific Northwest National Laboratory researcher says the report has significant implications for public and private sector interests engaging in future research, financial and policy decisions in this area.
Ultrafiltration technology from inge watertechnologies will be used for 1,600 drinking water plants in Pakistan.
Nanofibers were essential to producing a high efficiency lighting device in research that was supported by the Department of Energy's Solid-State Lighting program.
A technique used to develop new pharmaceuticals could be used to develop new materials that capture carbon dioxide.
Trash disposal isn't the answer to keeping drugs out of the water supply after all.
Model research says that the prairie pothole region of central North America is much more sensitive to climate warming and drying than previously thought.
Viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus poses threats to fisheries and aquaculture.
Company says researchers have developed a process for spraying solar cells onto glass windows to generate electricity.
Companies are planning to construct a biomass gasifier that will work with Rentech's Product Demonstration Unit to produce renewable synthetic fuels from biomass.
Jim McClintock says the increased acidity of the seawater itself can literally begin to eat away at the outer surfaces of shells of existing clams, snails, and other calcified organisms, which could cause species to die outright or become vulnerable to new predators."
Three of the five Science and Technology Centers have been working in sustainable energy alternatives, water development, and containing pesticides, among other research.
University of Maryland and Baylor University ecologists may have discovered a lower ecological "tipping point" at which species are threatened.
Greenroads rating system seeks to recognize companies using sustainable methods and provide a catalog of ideas for greener practices.
Company founders want to spread the impact of their technologies to reduce energy waste in personal use computers.
The research will evaluate treatment technology and California and other state guidelines and try to determine methods of disinfection suitable for nonpotable water.