Crystal IS Inc of Green Island, NY, USA, an Asahi Kasei company that makes proprietary ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (UVC LEDs), has augmented its Optan SMD (surface-mount device) product line for instrumentation with the addition of ...
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Crystal IS’s newest Optan product is a surface mount device (SMD). Like other Optan offerings, the high-performance UVC LED is based on native Aluminum Nitride (AlN) substrates, proven to overcome limitations of other UVC LEDs in the ...
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The Sun was once thought to provide energy for all life on Earth - meaning that life could not survive without it. In the 20th century, as astrobiologists began to explore the Earth's most remote and harsh environments, scientists began to ...
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Marine cyanobacteria—tiny ocean plants that produce oxygen and make organic carbon using sunlight and CO2—are primary engines of Earth's biogeochemical and nutrient cycles. They nourish other organisms through the provision of ...
Tags: marine cyanobacteria, ocean food chain, vesicles, gene transfer
A team of Harvard scientists and engineers has demonstrated a new type of battery that could fundamentally transform the way electricity is stored on the grid, making power from renewable energy sources such as wind and solar far more ...
Tags: battery, renewable energy, grid-scale battery, metal-free flow battery
Global CO2 emissions continue to rise—in 2012 alone, 35.7 billion tons of this greenhouse gas entered the atmosphere. Some of it is absorbed by the oceans, plants and soil. They provide a significant reservoir of carbon. Scientists ...
Tags: CO2, CO2 emissions, reservoir of carbon, organic carbon, soil
The idea of everyone in a community pitching in is so universal that even bacteria have a system to prevent the layabouts of their kind from enjoying the fruit of others' hard work, Princeton University researchers have discovered. Groups ...
Tags: Vibrio cholerae, loafers, bacteria, freeloader
BNK Petroleum Inc. (the "Company" or "BNK") (TSX: BKX), is providing an update on its Tishomingo Field, Caney oil shale operations in Oklahoma as well as its Polish shale gas project. Oklahoma - Tishomingo Field The Company's fifth ...
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New Zealand Energy Corp. (TSX VENTURE:NZ)(OTCQX:NZERF) ("NZEC" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Company has been awarded a 100% interest in the East Cape Permit. The East Cape Permit covers approximately 1,048,221 onshore ...
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This long-term, pilot-scale investigation used a dual-barrier, hybrid forward osmosis–reverse osmosis (FO–RO) system for treatment of reclaimed water to produce potable water. Researchers at the Colorado School of Mines and at ...
The growing oil sand industry in Alberta necessitates a better understanding of the fate and transport of oil sand process-affected water (OSPW) seepage from these facilities. This study characterises the potential for major ion and trace ...
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This survey reports that the use of subsurface intake systems for seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) desalination plants significantly improves raw water quality. Such systems also reduce chemical usage and environmental impact, decrease the ...
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This study develops a biofouling indicator for seawater desalination using reverse osmosis (RO) membranes in a southern California desalination pilot plant. Chlorophyll is identified as a sensitive indicator for membrane biofouling. One ...
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A multi-parametric approach is used to monitor biological stability in drinking water from a non-chlorinated distribution system in Switzerland. The method covers different aspects of microbial water quality, including microbial growth ...
Natural organic matter (NOM) in seawater can cause biofouling problems in seawater facilities. This work reports on the use of a biofilter to prevent biological activity, and thus reduce the biofilm formation capacity downstream by more ...
Tags: Biodegradable Natural Organic Matter, Processing Machinery