Boeing today announced that all of its major manufacturing facilities received the internationally recognized ISO 14001 environmental certification by the end of 2008, marking achievement of one of the company's most significant environmental goals
For centuries, animals have been our first line of defense against toxins. A canary in a coalmine served as a living monitor for poisonous gases. Scientists used fish to test for contaminants in our water. Even with modern advances, though, it can take days to detect a fatal chemical or organism. Until now.
LG Electronics, a worldwide technology and design leader in mobile communications, today unveiled its eco-friendly mobile phone equipped with a solar panel battery cover
A new system is using satellite navigation data to help car drivers develop smart, smooth and safe driving techniques that can help save an average of 15-25 percent in fuel, as well as contribute to environmental protection
Air pollution caused by traffic near the home affects asthma severity in children, resulting in repeated hospital encounters. Investigators suggest that early-life exposures to traffic pollutants may affect asthma severity and development
The Swiss Chemical Society presented its prestigious Sandmeyer Prize to a team of Empa researchers, for work on the chemical processes which take place during the catalytic decomposition of soot in particle filters used to treat diesel engine exhaust gas
The first extensive study of underwater marine life in Antarctica has revealed it is home to 7,500 animals, prompting WWF-Australia to call for an urgent expansion of marine protected areas in the region
A combination of changing weather patterns, overfishing, pollution, and other factors have conspired to drive penguin populations into a precipitous decline, according to long-term research funded by the Wildlife Conservation Society
Air pollution is dangerously high around schools near some U.S. industrial plants, according to a recent study involving researchers from the University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins University
Researchers have identified a link between the diversity of crops grown in farmlands and the pollution they create in lakes and rivers. In a Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment e-View paper, ecologists show that when the biodiversity of crops is high, less dissolved nitrogen is found exiting the surrounding watersheds
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