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Fertilizer chemicals may pose a bigger hazard to the environment – specifically to creatures that live in water – than originally foreseen, according to new research from North Carolina State University toxicologists.

Node Preview Scientists concerned about environmental impact of recycling of e-waste By News Releases

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Much of the world's electronic waste is being shipped to China for recycling and the cottage industry that has sprung up there to recover usable materials from computers, cell phones, televisions and other goods may be creating significant health and environmental hazards.

Node Preview Artificial enzyme removes natural poison By News Releases

For the first time ever, a completely man-made chemical enzyme has been successfully used to neutralise a toxin found naturally in fruits and vegetables.

Node Preview Secrets of the gecko foot help robot climb By News Releases

A Stanford mechanical engineer is using the biology of a gecko's sticky foot to create a robot that climbs.

Node Preview Black rice rivals pricey blueberries as source of healthful antioxidants By News Releases

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Node Preview Why fish don't freeze in the Arctic Ocean By News Releases

Together with cooperation partners from the U.S., the researchers surrounding Prof. Dr. Martina Havenith (Physical Chemistry II of the RUB) describe their discovery in a so-termed Rapid Communication in the prestigious American chemistry journal, the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS).

Node Preview LEDs promise brighter future, not necessarily greener By News Releases

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.— Solid-state lighting pioneers long have held that replacing the inefficient Edison light bulb with more efficient solid-state light-emitting devices (LEDs) would lower electrical usage worldwide, not only "greenly" decreasing the need for new power plants but even permitting some to be decommissioned.

Node Preview How to count the messenger out By News Releases

Water molecules are continuously forming short-lived networks called clusters. These can in turn bind positively charged protons, and such clusters can provide active functional groups in proteins. Using infrared spectroscopy, it is possible to determine the bond strengths, geometrical structures and chemical properties of protonated water clusters. In order to measure the spectrum of molecular vibrations in clusters it is, however, necessary to use other molecules as messengers. A team of physicists and chemists including Dr.

Node Preview Lifting the veil of secrecy surrounding development of new medicines By News Releases

BOSTON, Aug. 23, 2010 — An unlikely effort is underway to lift the veil of nearly-total secrecy that has surrounded the process of developing new prescription drugs for the last century, scientists said today at the 240th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS). The upheaval in traditional practice would make key data available to college students, university professors, and others in an open, collective process.