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A polluted tailings pond at the Kennecott Utah mine has sunk 20 feet or more, raising concerns that it has seeped contamination into the neighboring Great Salt Lake. But the state regulator charged ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Chemical pesticide use is a cornerstone of industrial agriculture, yet most formulations suffer from poor delivery efficiency and unintended ecological consequences. Less than 1% ...

Environmental engineers have developed critical methods to remove toxic selenium from water. Selenium is a critical element, particularly for the thyroid and immune system, but too little or too much ...

Stanleya pinnata, or "prince's plume," takes up large amounts of selenium from the soil. Danita Delimont/Getty Images At first glance, the long, thin leaves and pale green shoots of Stanleya pinnata, ...

Selenium is a nutrient that is naturally present in many foods, added to others and is also available as a dietary supplement in pill, powder and liquid form, explains Perri Halperin, a nutritional ...

You can’t teach an old dog new tricks, but you can teach yourself about new topics with Google Learn About, the experimental new tool from Google that takes a more educational approach to ...

Human echolocation has at times allowed people to ride bikes or play basketball despite being completely blind from a very young age. These echolocators typically perceive their environment by ...

Stacey, the chief executive of a nonprofit focused on energy efficiency, wanted to bolster her leadership team by creating a chief operating officer position. Her first two hires to fill the role were ...

Old radios often had selenium rectifiers to convert AC to DC. The problem is that the old units, dating back to 1933, are prone to failure and to release dangerous chemicals like hydrogen selenide. [M ...