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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): Agriculture Street Landfil
"This web page provides background information and details about the Agriculture Street Landfill Superfund Project in New Orleans"that began in 1998. Includes updates on water sampling and other EPA activities related to flood cleanup after Hurricane Katrina of this Superfund site that housed "debris and waste resulting from cleanup efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Betsy"and that was found to have "elevated levels of lead, arsenic and carcinogenic polyaromatic hydrocarbons (cPAHs)." Lyrics Dustup Ends in Apology
As the music industry revs up for an assault on websites offering unlicensed lyrics and musical notes for popular music, one programmer behind a lyrics search tool for iTunes breathes a sigh of relief. By Xeni Jardin. Duke Researchers Uncover Genetic Link To Stroke After Heart Surgery
Duke University Medical Center researchers have discovered that patients who have two specific gene variants are more than three times as likely to suffer a stroke after heart surgery. Intelligence: More Nature Than Nurture?
While showing an impressive growth prenatally, the human brain is not completed at birth. There is considerable brain growth during childhood with dynamic changes taking place in the human brain throughout life, probably for adaptation to our environments. Evidence is accumulating that brain structure is under considerable genetic influence. Around the onset of puberty gray matter volume starts to decrease, while white matter volume is still increasing. Recent findings have shown, that variation in total gray and white matter volume of the adult human brain is primarily (70--90%) genetically determined. Plastic Meltdown Technology A Real Lifesaver
A polymer that transforms into a fireproof ceramic in a blaze is set to have a major impact on the $12 billion global passive fire-protection market, and stands to save many lives. Fire accidents cause over 70,000 deaths and $115 billion worth of property damage a year worldwide. The ceramifying polymers have been developed by CSIRO and the CRC for Polymers, and are being commercialised by CRC spin-off company Ceram Polymerik. Israeli Scientists Successfully Transplant Frozen-thawed Ovaries In Sh
Israeli scientists report (Thursday 15 September) in Human Reproduction that they have successfully transplanted whole frozen and thawed ovaries in sheep, retrieved oocytes from these ovaries and triggered them in the laboratory into early embryonic development. This could one day become a feasible treatment for women who have lost their fertility and may also have potential applications for other human organ transplants. Some States Welcome National ID
Officials from New Jersey and California say life will be easier when we all get government-issued cards mandated by the Real ID Act. Ryan Singel reports from the RSA Conference. Scientists Find Both Damage And Promise For Renewal In Devastated Iraq
In the first analysis of the ecology of the storied Iraqi Mesopotamian marshes after the toppling of the regime of Saddam Hussein, scientists have found many problems, but also the promise of partial revitalization, should those problems be solved. Triple Interactions Of Supermassive Black Holes Found To Be Common In
New cosmological computer simulations produced by a team of astronomers from Northwestern University, Harvard University and the University of Michigan show for the first time that supermassive black holes, which exist at the centers of nearly all galaxies, often come together during triple galaxy interactions. The theoretical results are of special interest because of the recent discovery by astronomers at the California Institute of Technology of a possible triple quasar. Project Builds In Weather Data To Predict Road Safety
David Noyce, an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering who co-directs the Wisconsin Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory (TOPS), hopes to help drivers predict the future - by warning them of weather-related driving conditions ahead.
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