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Testing Ways to Protect Against Natural Hazards - NHERI
The National Science Foundation's NHERI Experimental Facilities allow researchers to test ground-breaking concepts to protect our infrastructure against natural hazards, and enable innovations that help prevent natural hazards from...
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Terraformer wind tunnel takes hazards engineering research to a new level - Science Nation
Next generation wind engineering facility draws researchers from all over the country; new tools provide information to help save lives, protect property Description: Wind engineer and 13th generation Floridian Forrest Masters knows how...
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Critical Zone Observatories help U.S. plan for the future - Science Nation
From treetops to rivers to the bedrock below, there is constant activity going on in what we can think of as the “skin” of our planet. It’s called the critical zone, the active layer of the Earth where life-forms, from microbes to...
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Engineers re-create tsunami debris impacts to measure their force - Science Nation
In a tsunami, devastation is created by far more than the wave itself. Debris that hits homes and other structures plays a huge role in a tsunami's destructive power. But until now, engineers could only estimate the forces at work when...
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How do barnacles survive environmental changes?
How do barnacles survive environmental changes? Long-term work by a Brown University research team, with funding from the National Science Foundation, has confirmed that a central metabolic protein Mpi and the gene encoding the protein...
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Environmental engineers study West Virginia chemical spill
Environmental engineers collect water samples near a chemical spill by Charleston, West Virginia for further analysis. The spill prompted officials to advise about 15 percent of the state's residents to not use the water. In the...
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How can chemical manufacturing be made more environmentally friendly?
In Middleton, Wisconsin, a small business is expanding on ways to make everything from biopesticides to vaccines – all on the surface of leaves! How does this innovative approach to chemical manufacturing help us use the greenest, most...
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Which Harry Potter House Is The Most Environmentally Friendly?
This week on Nature League, Brit Garner discusses how each Harry Potter House can contribute to environmental and conservation practices in the Anthropocene.
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Predicting Malaria Outbreaks With NASA Satellites
In the Amazon Rainforest, few animals are as dangerous to humans as mosquitos that transmit malaria. The tropical disease can bring on severe fever, headaches and chills and is particularly severe for children and the elderly and can...
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Engineers investigate possible lingering impacts from Elk River chemical spill - Science Nation
In January, 2014, thousands of gallons of chemicals, including crude 4-methylcyclohexanemethanol, or MCHM, spilled into West Virginia's Elk River, near Charleston. The spill ultimately contaminated the local water supply and...
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Processing human urine to recycle nutrients into fertilizer - Science Nation
Engineering a system that transforms human urine from a waste product into a fertilizer for more sustainable agriculture This sustainable agriculture research relies on a unique contribution from humans -- urine. And, once you get beyond...
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Ecologists test stability of Maine ecosystem over two decades - Science Nation
Working on a lobster boat in Swan's Island, Maine, typically means an early wake-up call. The boats head out around 5:30 in the morning. For University of Pennsylvania ecologist Peter Petraitis, California State Northridge biologist...
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Jellyfish swarms and environmental change
Jellyfish swarms in the Gulf of Mexico help researchers identify environmental changes in the water. Dr. Monty Graham at the University of Southern Mississippi studies these massive jellyfish swarms that can stretch for up to 100 miles....
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Engineering smarter robotic boats for safer, cheaper work on the water - Science Nation
From conducting bridge inspections to search and rescue missions, future unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) will help humans with the dangerous or repetitive work Description: Roboticists Karl von Ellenrieder and Satyandra Gupta may work...
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NEON begins to monitor changing ecology of the U.S. - Science Nation
The National Ecological Observatory (NEON) is a large-facility project managed by NEON, Inc., and funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). NEON is a continental-scale research platform for discovering and understanding the...
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Smart and connected stormwater systems - Science Nation
Affordable sensors dramatically improve aging stormwater community infrastructures to handle flooding, pollution The city of Ann Arbor, Michigan, has turned to engineering research to tackle an issue facing many cities -- aging...
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Chemists form new center to reinvent how chemicals are made - Science Nation
Up until now, chemists who want to design breakthrough drugs, formulate better agrichemicals and develop new smart materials have designed their products using long-established laboratory methods. But, that's about to change. With...
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Sustainable Agriculture Engineering a win-win solution for poultry litter - Science Nation
New technology converts chicken manure into an eco-friendly revenue stream for farmers Description: Lee Blaney's lab at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, smells somewhat like a barnyard, and with good reason. With support...
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Turtle GPS - Science Nation
Sea turtles, salmon, and sharks sometimes travel the width of the ocean to return to their, "breeding ground," to reproduce. With funding from the National Science Foundation, Biologist Ken Lohmann at the University of North Carolina -...
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Green Roofs - Science Nation
These days it seems everything is going green. Now you can add green roofs to that list. A green roof is covered with a waterproof membrane, a growing medium (such as dirt) and vegetation. Environmentalists have long touted the benefits...
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Engineering Safer Drinking Water in Africa - Science Nation
Access to safe drinking water is a global problem for nearly a billion people. For approximately 200 million people, many in Africa, high levels of naturally occurring fluoride in the water causes disfiguring and debilitating dental and...
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NSF supports Array of Things prototype in Chicago - Science Nation
New urban-scale smart city technology acts as a fitness tracker for livability Description: University of Chicago scientists supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) are collaborating with researchers at the Argonne National...
Professor Dave Explains
Synthetic Biology and Materials Science Part 1: Biological Manufacturing
We've discussed some aspects of biotechnology already, but we have yet to discuss the promising field of synthetic biology. We are now able to manipulate biological organisms in ways that have technological applications, and one of the...
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The Haber Process & Its Environmental Implications
Learn the basics about the Haber Process and its environmental implications.
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