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When we think about the overflow of our nation’s landfills, we probably picture limiting our food waste; recycling plastics, glass and paper; and keeping out potentially harmful hazardous waste. What we probably don’t consider is one of the largest sources of waste generation, construction and demolition (C&D) waste. It is estimated that anywhere from 25 to 40 percent of the national solid waste stream is building-related waste, with only 20 percent of C&D waste being recycled.
Human blood cells have olfactory receptors that respond to Sandalore. This could provide a starting point for new leukaemia therapies, as researchers from Bochum report in a current study.
Olfactory receptors exist not only in the nose, but also in many other parts of the body, including the liver, the prostate and the intestines. Researchers headed by Prof Dr Dr Dr Hanns Hatt from the Ruhr-Universität Bochum have now demonstrated them in white blood cells in humans.
Together with colleagues from the Essen University Hospital, the Bochum-based group identified the receptor OR2AT4 in a cultivated cell line, taken from patients suffering from chronic myelogenous leukaemia. The researchers identified the same receptor in white blood cells isolated from blood freshly obtained from patients suffering from acute myeloid leukaemia. It is activated by Sandalore, a synthetic odorant with a sandalwood note.
When the moon is high in the sky, it creates bulges in the planet’s atmosphere that creates imperceptible changes in the amount of rain that falls below. New University of Washington research to be published in Geophysical Research Letters shows that the lunar forces affect the amount of rain – though very slightly.
Un nuevo análisis global de peces y mariscos encontró que las poblaciones de peces a lo largo de los océanos del mundo están contaminadas con sustancias industriales y agrícolas, colectivamente conocidos como contaminantes orgánicos persistentes (COP). El estudio de los investigadores de la Institución Scripps de Oceanografía en la Universidad de California en San Diego ¿reveló también algunas buenas noticias?... Sí, las concentraciones de estos contaminantes han estado disminuyendo constantemente en los últimos 30 años.
Los resultados, publicados en la revista PeerJ, del 28 de enero 2016, se basaron en un análisis...
As presidential contenders gather in Iowa for the beginning of the party selection season, they may have noticed a lot of wind turbines, writes Zachary Davies Boren. And if they have any sense, they will find only nice things to say about them. Wind supplies 30% of the state's power, more than any other US state, and Iowans are all for it. Ted Cruz, mind your words!
Today, there are 12 factories in Iowa that build wind-related parts and materials, and wind supports as many as 7,000 jobs. Furthermore, the steady long-term costs of wind power promise to keep Iowa's electricity prices stable for many years to come.
All eyes are on Iowa, the midwestern state set to kick-off the US presidential election next week with its folksy first-in-the-nation caucus.
Un nuevo análisis global de peces y mariscos encontró que las poblaciones de peces a lo largo de los océanos del mundo están contaminadas con sustancias industriales y agrícolas, colectivamente conocidos como contaminantes orgánicos persistentes (COP). El estudio de los investigadores de la Institución Scripps de Oceanografía en la Universidad de California en San Diego ¿reveló también algunas buenas noticias?... Sí, las concentraciones de estos contaminantes han estado disminuyendo constantemente en los últimos 30 años.
Los resultados, publicados en la revista PeerJ, del 28 de enero 2016, se basaron en un análisis...
