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NASA reports unknown source of banned ozone-destroying compound
2014-08-22 22:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: NASA research has revealed the Earth's atmosphere contains an unexpectedly large amount of an ozone-depleting compound from an unknown source decades after the compound was banned worldwide. Carbon tetrachloride (CCl4), which was once used in applications such as dry cleaning and as a fire-extinguishing agent, was regulated in 1987 under the Montreal Protocol along with other chlorofluorocarbons that destroy ozone and contribute to the ozone hole over Antarctica. Parties to the Montreal Protocol...
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Fracking's Impact on Animals Still Largely Unknown
2014-08-18 18:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Fracking's impact on animals is still largely unknown, which scientists see as a real problem given that business is booming. Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, shows no signs of stopping. Between 2005 and 2013, some 82,000 fracking wells were drilled into the shale deposits beneath 17 states, according to the environmental advocacy group Environment America. But scientists are concerned about this method of accessing oil and gas beneath the soil - which involves injecting chemicals into the...
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Bio-Identification System Detects Unknown Pathogens
2014-07-16 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
The Plex-ID™ Rapid Microbial Screening and Identification System is the only highthroughput platform that offers broad identification, detailed genotyping, characterization, and recognition of unknown microorganisms. It is designed to address an unmet need by providing test results in hours, instead of three or more days required with current culture-based methods.<br /> <br /> The device uses a combination of molecular technologies, including polymerase chain reaction (PCR) for gene ...This story is related to the following:Biological Laboratory Equipment | Microbiological Sampling Systems
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This Unknown Lab In Idaho Is The US' Best Defense Against Cyber-Attacks
2014-07-12 20:08:33| Wireless - Topix.net
In the high desert some 50 miles west of Idaho Falls, the terrain is so rugged that the vehicle in which your correspondent was touring the facilities at Idaho National Laboratory ended up with two shredded tyres.
Scenario Planning Helps Vets Successfully Operate In The Unknown Future
2014-06-05 15:41:39| Beef
Scenario planning helps beef veterinarians know what their practice needs to look like in order to be successful in a range of alternative futures. read more
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