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Black Hole Studies Lead to Cancer Imaging Innovation

Scientists at the Ohio State University (OSU) found that heavy metals including iron are capable of emitting low-energy electrons, if they are exposed to X-ray wavelengths of specific energies. The discovery was made as the team was investigating stars and black hole, trying to determine how chemical elements emit an...

27 June 2011
05:26 GMT

Banana Peels Can Be Fashioned into Water Purifiers

A research conducted by a group of Brazilian scientists has demonstrated that banana peels can be used successfully as a water purifying method, and that the effectiveness of this method surpasses that of other, more technologically-advanced ones. Banana peels have lately been used for a wide variety of applications,...

10 March 2011
09:48 GMT

Why Carnivorous Plant Populations Are in Decline

Over the past few years, biologists noted a very worrying trend in the evolution of carnivorous, or meat-eating plants. They learned that, overall, the total number and size of populations appeared to be decreasing, and sought to investigate possible reasons why. Recently, a team of scientists from the United Kingdom...

14 April 2010
08:28 GMT

Newly Found Bacteria Cleans Heavy Metal Pollution

Sediments that researchers found underneath the Pacific Ocean proved to be more than just mud. Inside it, experts found a new type of bacteria that is apparently able to tie down heavy metals, and thus may hold the key to creating more effective water cleaning agents. If the studies are successful, then it could be a...

5 June 2009
09:01 GMT

Metal Eating Worms Could Help Reduce Pollution

Some three new metal-eating worm species were found in landfills in the United Kingdom, thriving under layers of heavy metal rich deposits. Scientists say they appear to have developed a "taste" for heavy metals, such as lead, zinc, arsenic, and copper, which they digest and then excrete into nature in a slightly dif...

8 October 2008
02:09 GMT


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