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Pearly whites

Added: 13 Nov 2002

Science fiction afficionados might think of nanotechnology in terms of microscopic robots. But in t…

A Community approach to nuclear safety

Added: 6 Nov 2002

Today, the European Commission proposed an 'unprecedented package' of measures that should …

Cleaning up pollutants with sunlight

Added: 23 Oct 2002

UK researchers are developing a new type of reactor to destroy persistent contaminants such…

Keeping up the pressure

Added: 15 Oct 2002

The Pressure Equipment Directive is now part of UK law, but it may still hold some unexpected pitfa…

Scanners don't live in vain

Added: 15 Oct 2002

Using 3D visualisation techniques, Transco is ensuring the highest standards of safety on all its s…

What made Milwaukee famous next

Added: 14 Oct 2002

It might have been beer that originally made Milwaukee famous, but duck manure could soon b…

Transgenic plants remove arsenic from soil

Added: 9 Oct 2002

A team of researchers, led by a University of Georgia scientist, has developed the first tr…

US and ExxonMobil Oil settle for $4.7 million

Added: 25 Sep 2002

ExxonMobil Oil Corporation is to pay the United States and the state of California $4.7 mil…

If the medium is the message, what price mathematics?

Added: 23 Sep 2002

Dr. Mike Spear ponders over why media studies are so popular with today's school-leavers and finds …

Chemical risk

Added: 16 Sep 2002

Research at Oregon Health & Science University has revealed that certain chemical ingredients of ga…

Arsenic and old lakes

Added: 3 Sep 2002

MIT researchers have shown that a common pollutant strongly impacts the behaviour of arsenic and po…

CO2 makes things cleaner

Added: 3 Sep 2002

ICI and Linde have adapted a supercritical fluid used in the American aerospace industry to clean h…

UK Government energy policy unrealistic

Added: 2 Sep 2002

The Royal Academy of Engineering has told Energy Minister Brian Wilson that the UK Government's ene…

Neural network to cut pollutants?

Added: 22 Aug 2002

The US Department of Energy has signed an agreement with Tampa Electric Power Company to demonstrat…

UK companies fined for Aeron pollution

Added: 21 Aug 2002

Three companies who trade at premises in Felinfach, Lampeter, Cardiganshire have been fined a total…

Recycling solvent vapour

Added: 7 Aug 2002

A research team at the University of Bath has developed a way to recover and recycle solvent vapour…

Bayer's arsenic boost

Added: 1 Aug 2002

Research from Bayer and Severn Trent has led to the development of a substance which can re…

Reducing mercury emissions

Added: 24 Jul 2002

ADA Environmental Solutions and PG&E Corporation's National Energy Group have begun a field test fo…

These esters don't pollute

Added: 23 Jul 2002

Sumitomo Chemical has developed a new process to produce fatty acid methyl esters without generatin…

US files suit against Motiva

Added: 19 Jul 2002

Civil suits have been files by the United States and Delaware against Motiva Enterprises in connect…