New Chlorine-tolerant Desalination Membrane Hopes To Boost Acces...

Breaking The 'Mucus Barrier' With A New Drug Delivery System
Chemical engineers have broken the "mucus barrier," engineering the first drug-delivery particles capable of passing through human mucus -- regarded...

New planning grants to fund research on freshwater issues
(Stanford University) The Woods Institute for the Environment has awarded five faculty planning grants to develop long-term research programs at...

Hurricane Preparedness Survey: Worries About Drinking Water And...
A new survey finds the top worries of respondents threatened or hit by Hurricane Katrina are that they would not have enough fresh water to drink (42...

Rising energy, food prices major threats to wetlands as farmers...
(United Nations University) Resisting pressures to convert wetlands for agriculture, bio-fuels and hydro-electricity is vital to avoid destroying...

Setting-Up a Small Observatory: From Concept to Construction...
This is the book to tell the intermediate-level amateur astronomer what he needs to know about observatories. It draws on the author’s practical...

Sky & Telescope's Mirror-Image Field Map of the Moon

Oregon Scientific BAR888RA Multi-Channel Weather Forecaster...
This unit features an indoor & outdoor thermometer that receives signals from up to 3 wireless remote sensors. These sensors can operate up to 90...