Possible solutions include installing wetlands to filter tile drainage, fertilizing fields in the spring, and planting winter crops.
Green tea, grape seed, and bacteriocin extracts have been found to protect food against pathogen contamination in a University of Arkansas study on chicken and turkey hot dogs.
Following its initial screening list of 67 pesticide chemicals, the agency now turns it attention to chemicals found in solvents, gasoline, plastics, personal care products, other pesticides, and pharmaceuticals.
A Pike Research survey found that there probably are enough early adopters to create the demand expected by automakers.
Mark Philbrick recommends an "anticipatory governance" approach, meaning nanotubes would be considered hazardous until their toxicity and behavior can be better understood.
The demonstration facility will help the district evaluate environmental and energy recoveries.
Researchers Robert Jackson and Mark Little took core samples from four drinking water aquifers and discovered that some sites may be more conducive to carbon dioxide storage than others.
The government's peer-reviewed reports say the levels of dioxins created during controlled burns were below levels of concern.
U.S. Geological Survey scientists have not been able to isolate the cause of the highest rate of beak abnormalities ever recorded, particularly in birds in the Northwest and Alaska.
Team says current models may underestimate ozone levels by between 5 and 10 percent; findings made by characterizing rates of key chemical reactions.
Modular computer simplifies electronics recycling, reduces e-waste and disassembles in two minutes.
The environmental and economic impact of turf fields fares well against natural grass fields, says a BASF study that was verified by NSF International.
Texas Tech researcher Moira Ridley said her experiments with strontium and nanoparticles of titanium dioxide revealed subtle differences depending on particle size.
Canadian study validates the condition called electrosensitivity.
Funded with $27.6 million in American Reinvestment and Recovery Act money, the center will make use of about 54,000-square feet of space in the I-79 Technology Park Research Center in Fairmont.
Proposal packages must be received by 4 p.m. EDT on Oct. 29.
Stanford University's Yi Cui and colleagues have developed an energy-saving filter system that destroys E. coli.
Resulting ecological damage is serious, but could be reduced by wider use of more sustainable, time-honored practices.
Methyltestosterone is used in aquaculture to produce male tilapia because they grow faster; Pseudomonas fluorescens and Bacillus ceresus may help remove the steroid from the water.
Applicants have until Jan. 8, 2011 to submit their proposals.