GMU Professor's Water Filter Wins Award
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A George Mason University chemistry professor has won a $1 million engineering prize for developing a simple and inexpensive means of filtering arsenic from well water, an advance that is already preventing serious health problems in hundreds of thousands of people in his native Bangladesh and could...
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COLUMBUS, Ohio  - An earth sciences professor at Ohio State University was named Tuesday to receive a National Medal of Science from the White House, the university announced.Lonnie Thompson, a glaciologist, received the medal for his work providing evidence of global climate change.
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By Times-News, Burlington, N.C.  Sep. 24--Elon University's Center for Environmental Studies will examine issues critical to the protection of watersheds and water supplies during a seminar called "A River Runs Through Us." The seminar is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday, Sept.
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MOUNTING pressure on the world's water supplies has the Open Polytechnic of New Zealand collaborating on a research project to address the problem.
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An Oregon State University professor of geosciences has received a Fulbright Senior Specialists grant to travel to Cork, Ireland, this fall to study, lecture and consult about marine and coastal mapping issues.
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TOKYO A visiting professor at Northwestern University is the winner of one of this year's Kyoto Prizes -- a Japanese award for achievement in the arts and sciences.
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FOUR former chemical engineering students from Curtin University of Technology Sarawak (Curtin Sarawak) were recently awarded The Macnab Medal for excellence in design by the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE), United Kingdom.
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By Sarah Lindenfeld Hall, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Sep. 17--RALEIGH -- A high level of a naturally occurring element was found in a North Raleigh creek, which the city uses to flush wastewater from its water treatment plant.
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Hercules Incorporated, in collaboration with Professor Kaichang Li of  Oregon State University and Columbia Forest Products, received a 2007  Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award for the Greener Synthetic  Pathways category.
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By Kyle Stock, The Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C.  Sep. 9--Water Missions International, a nonprofit group that provides  portable water-filtering devices to developing nations and disaster areas, is  seeking to tap a new leader.
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Bacteria levels in DC tap water exceeded federal health standards this month for the first time since 1996, city and Environmental Protection Agency officials announced yesterday, but they said most people are not at risk.
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Two Americans won the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for discovering how people can recognize an estimated 10,000 odors, from spoiled meat to a lover's perfume.
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Two Americans won the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for discovering how people can recognize an estimated 10,000 odors, from spoiled meat to a lover's perfume.    Dr...
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Two Johns Hopkins University scientists have been selected to receive the nation's highest scientific honor.
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By Steve Mayes, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore.  Jun. 13--Despite repeated warnings from the state, a prominent Clackamas  County real estate developer allowed his herd of water buffalo to foul a creek  with fecal bacteria, stir up sediment and destroy streamside vegetation.
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A Columbia University professor on Monday was awarded the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine. Richard Axel, 58, and fellow researcher Linda Buck received the award for their studies on the sense of smell.
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Soon anyone will be able to browse the University library, whether he is in Ann Arbor or Europe or anywhere in between. The University announced a partnership with Google