Too much of a good thing can be a bad thing. That’s certainly true for nitrogen fertilizers.
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Team develops 'super sponge' for oil spill cleanup
They call it “magnetic boron nitride (MBN)” but what a team of engineering researchers at the University of Calgary has developed, to put it simply, is a super sponge for soaking up aquatic oil spills.
Keeping Roads in Good Shape Reduces Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Rutgers-led study finds
Keeping road pavement in good shape saves money and energy and reduces greenhouse gas emissions, more than offsetting pollution generated during road construction, according to a Rutgers-led study.
Studying climate change in the Rockies
Since 1985, Canadian glaciers have shrunk 15 per cent, a number that could rise to 100 per cent by the end of the century.
Technique identifies electricity-producing bacteria
Living in extreme conditions requires creative adaptations.
Researchers identify domesticated 3,000-year-old quinoa seeds in Ontario
A mass of charred seeds found while clearing a home construction site in Brantford, Ont. has been identified as ancient, domesticated goosefoot, a form of quinoa native to eastern North America.
