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US officials have given BP 24 hours to adopt a less toxic
dispersant to break up the Gulf of Mexico oil slick amid concerns about
spewing chemicals into the sea, a report said Thursday.
: New oil spill dispersant made from ingredients in peanut butter, chocolate, ice cream
: New oil spill dispersant made from ingredients in peanut butter, chocolate, ice cream
A less toxic, more efficient dispersant is scientist's goal
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After the failure of the Deepwater Horizon oil well last spring,
nearly 2 million gallons of dispersant were released into the Gulf of
Mexico to contain the spill. While preliminary reports suggest that it
successfully dispersed ...
BP relaunches subsea dispersant operations
May 11, 2010
BP restarted Monday operations to stream dispersants directly
into the main Gulf of Mexico oil leak despite fears the chemicals could
themselves be harmful to the environment.
Deepwater Horizon crude less toxic to bird eggs after weathering at sea
Jul 22, 2011
After collecting weathered crude oil from the Gulf of Mexico
following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, researchers at The Institute
of Environmental and Human Health (TIEHH) at Texas Tech University have
reported that only ...
New oil spill dispersant made from ingredients in peanut butter, chocolate, ice cream
Aug 20, 2012
With concerns about the possible health and environmental
effects of oil dispersants in the Deepwater Horizon disaster still fresh
in mind, scientists today described a new dispersant made from edible
ingredients that both b ...
First study of dispersants in Gulf spill suggests a prolonged deepwater fate
Jan 26, 2011
(PhysOrg.com) -- To combat last year's Deepwater Horizon oil
spill, nearly 800,000 gallons of chemical dispersant were injected
directly into the oil and gas flow coming out of the wellhead nearly one
mile ...
Solving the mysteries of regeneration
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flatworms known as planarians: When the worms' tails or heads are cut
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molecular cocktail responsible for generating stem cells works. Sox2 and
Oct4 are proteins whose effect on cells resembles that of an eraser:
...
A protein provides stress relief for cells
Aug 19, 2013
German researchers have shown a new mechanism via which cells
defend themselves against stress. Dr. Kathrin Thedieck and Birgit
Holzwarth from the Institute of Biology III and the Cluster of
Excellence BIOSS ...
Bioengineer builds molecular 'switch' to reprogram control pathways in cells
Aug 16, 2013
(Phys.org) —A Stanford University bioengineer has helped develop
a technology that can tweak the control systems that regulate the inner
workings of cells, pointing the way toward future medical interventions
...
Bent out of shape: Stressed bacteria accumulate misfolded proteins and stop growing
Aug 16, 2013
(Phys.org) —Whether a man, a mouse or a microbe, stress is bad
for you. Experiments in bacteria by molecular biologists in Peter
Chien's lab at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, with others at
MIT, ...
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Solving the mysteries of regeneration
Few animals can rival the amazing regeneration abilities of the
flatworms known as planarians: When the worms' tails or heads are cut
off, they grow new ones, and even a tiny piece of planarian tissue can
...
Scientists help deliver genetic one-two blow to deadly wheat disease
(Phys.org) —A new gene that will equip wheat plants to resist
the deadly stem rust disease has been discovered by an international
team that includes plant scientists at the University of California,
Davis.
Nemo can't go home
Round the planet the loveable clownfish Nemo may be losing his home, a new scientific study has revealed.
Call for 'citizen scientists' to help protect sea turtles
'Citizen scientists' can help protect endangered green sea
turtles by observing and gathering information about them, according to a
PhD student from The University of Western Australia's Oceans
Institute.
New fruit products incorporate old and new
As the most consumed snack food in the United States, it is no
surprise that fresh fruit is also the fastest growing. In the August
issue of Food Technology magazine published by the Institute of Food
Technologists (IFT), ...
Endocannabinoids trigger inflammation that leads to diabetes
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at the National Institutes of
Health have clarified in rodent and test tube experiments the role that
inflammation plays in type 2 diabetes, and revealed a possible molecular
target for treating ...
Beyond Google Glass: Researcher looks to the future
(Phys.org) —A wearable display being developed by UA optical
scientist Hong Hua could have capabilities even more advanced than those
of the recently unveiled Google Glass, a pair of glasses with
smartphone ...
New characterization of human genome mutability catalyzes biomedical research
As biomedical researchers continue to make progress toward the
realization of personalized genomic medicine, their focus is
increasingly tuned to highly mutable regions of the human genome that
contribute ...
Designer glue improves lithium-ion battery life
(Phys.org) —When it comes to improving the performance of
lithium-ion batteries, no part should be overlooked – not even the glue
that binds materials together in the cathode, researchers at SLAC and
...
Saving Earth's water from toxic waste
Scientists have devised a better way to protect groundwater from
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main freshwater supply.
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