water science News

Ocean colour could serve as a reliable proxy for salinity, opening the door for more frequent and detailed measurements. (Copyright: Dr. Md. Sufian Idris) ...

Feb. 19, 2018

By Japan Corporate News - JCN

The aim of the workshop is to address key issues related to water on the basis of the expertise and experience of outstanding European scholars explore the requirements for integration in current water research and demonstrate approaches for how these requirements can be fulfilled facilitate an open exchange between science and policy and to develop recommendations for future EU ...

Jul. 31, 2009

I am pleased to report that ISI have confirmed that they have completed their evaluation of Water Science and Technology and are relisting it in Web of Science, effective from the start of 2008. This reverses the decision taken last year by ISI that led to the absence of a 2006 Journal Citation Index for WST. This rapid recognition of our journal’s high scientific quality and its significant ...

Mar. 12, 2008

By IWA Publishing

Climate researchers pay too little attention to social sciences, delegates at the International Conference of Mountain Countries on Climate Change have heard. The meeting in Nepal (5–6 April) was attended by around 30 country representatives, and concluded with a 'Kathmandu Call for Action', with a view to highlighting the specific needs of mountain countries at international negotiations, ...

Apr. 26, 2012

By SciDev.Net

Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT) is unveiling a new line of chromatographic fittings and a new microscale separations device at the ...

Aug. 17, 2016

By Waters Corporation

Efforts are underway to preserve Pakistan's water supply as climate change, population growth and a stressed irrigation system take their toll. Water availability per person has already fallen by more than 500 per cent since the 1960s and is likely to decrease even further to just 550 cubic metres by 2025 — compared with the 9,800 cubic metres currently available in the United States, for ...

Nov. 4, 2010

By SciDev.Net

We are deeply disturbed by the recent escalation of political assaults on scientists in general and on climate scientists in particular. All citizens should understand some basic scientific facts. There is always some uncertainty associated with scientific conclusions; science never absolutely proves anything. When someone says that society should wait until scientists are absolutely certain ...

May 7, 2010

By GLOBE SERIES

OCION Water Sciences Group received US Environmental Protection Agency approval today for a broad spectrum of its products under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act. EPA registration further extends OCION product usage as a bactericide and algaecide with approval for an even wider range of applications in the US than currently authorized by Health Canada. OCION's application ...

Nov. 29, 2012

According to Engineering UK’s 2013 report, engineering companies were responsible for almost a quarter of the turnover of all UK enterprises and will have 2.74 million job openings between 2010 and 2020, yet with many engineers now approaching retirement age, there is a pressing need to ensure a pool of future talent is available to fill this growing skills gap. Through the Applied Sciences ...

Feb. 13, 2013

By Cranfield University

In a fiscally responsible budget that emphasizes cost containment, management efficiencies and program savings, the President's proposed $1.1 billion budget for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in fiscal year 2011 reflects his commitment to use science as the basis for natural resource management decisions. 'Science is a cornerstone for sound decision making,' said Marcia McNutt, USGS director. ...

Jan. 2, 2010

By U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Molecular biology has been used by scientists in the US to make a catalyst that can split water into hydrogen and oxygen. It means that a truly renewable biotechnological material could be used to help cars run on water. In China, chemists have announced a nanofabric – a catalyst put together atoms at a time – that could begin the process of turning the greenhouse gas carbon ...

Jan. 14, 2016

By Climate News Network

(Washington, DC) Energy-swollen science laboratories in the United States are slimming down. In a program known as Laboratories for the 21st Century, or Labs21, a growing number of such facilities are exposing their energy hogs to the environmental equivalent of low-fat diets. Energy-swollen science laboratories in the United States are slimming down. In a program known as Laboratories for the ...

May 11, 2007

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

A new insight into global photosynthesis, the chemical process governing how ocean and land plants absorb and release carbon dioxide, has been revealed in research that will assist scientists to more accurately assess future climate change. In a paper published today in Nature, a team of US, Dutch and Australian scientists have estimated that the global rate of photosynthesis, the ...

Sep. 29, 2011

By CSIRO, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

Syncrude Research and Development has been named one of 24 finalists for the 2014 ASTech Awards by the Alberta Science and Technology (ASTech) Leadership Foundation. The awards recognize innovation and all finalists represent a group of leaders who are paving the way for future innovation in science and technology in Alberta. “I am amazed at the diversity of ...

Aug. 6, 2014

By GLOBE SERIES

Tungsten element Tungsten is a metal which was first identified as a new element in the year 1781 and was identified as an isolated element in 1783. This is quite rare on the earth and has a hard property. It is also referred to as wolfram denoted as chemical symbol W. With atomic number 74, ...

Feb. 11, 2014

The science of climate change has been on the defensive in recent weeks, owing to an error that dramatically overstated the rate at which the Himalayan glaciers could disappear. Some in the media, and those who are skeptical about climate change, are currently having a field day, parsing every comma and cough in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) 2007 assessment. Some ...

Feb. 5, 2010

By United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)

The Chinese president has promised to increase science, technology and innovation (STI) assistance to Africa, although experts from the continent warn assistance will only work if it is Africa-led and promotes sustainable development. President Hu Jintao has pledged to expand China-Africa collaboration in science, through maintaining successful ...

Aug. 6, 2012

By SciDev.Net

Participating in the 16th annual International Conference on the Science of Botanicals (ICSB), it became clear that academic research institutions, regulatory agencies, and dietary supplement/herbal medicine manufacturers want the same thing – to keep consumers of natural products safe from harm and provide high quality products, all within a GMP framework. One of the ...

Apr. 20, 2016

By Waters Corporation

Abstract submission deadline 14 October In 2017, ASLO will return to one of its most popular locations – Honolulu, Hawai′i. This is an important meeting to address water issues and promote scientific exchange across the freshwater to marine continuum. The meeting will also embrace the Hawaiian cultural perspective linking land, water, and peoples. ASLO invites you to ...

Aug. 24, 2016

By Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO)

Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized its non-cancer science assessment for dioxins, which was last reviewed in the 1980s. Dioxins are toxic chemicals that naturally exist in the environment and can be released into the environment through forest fires, backyard burning of trash, certain industrial activities, and residue from past commercial burning of waste. ...

Feb. 17, 2012

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency