Surprising new scientific research is raising concerns about the potential health and environmental hazards of tungsten – a metal used in products ranging from bullets to light bulbs to jewelry
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reevaluating its earlier decision not to regulate perchlorate in drinking water, and currently is seeking advice from the National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
The Office of Polar Programs of the National Science Foundation (NSF) has signed cooperative agreements – one with a university collaboration between Dartmouth College, the University of New Hampshire, and
NSF International has developed a new compositional standard for products that come in contact with drinking water. The new requirements are incorporated into the NSF/ANSI American National Standard for Drinking
Atlas Copco Construction Equipment LLC is the name of the new Atlas Copco business dedicated to serving the U.S. construction market. This new entity combines the Portable Air operations of
Preliminary data from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) show that mine fatalities in 2008 fell to an all-time low, recording a 31-percent drop from
The Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center’s Public Works Division (PWD), Twenytynine Palms, Calif., and sailors from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 40 at Naval Base Ventura County, Port Hueneme, Calif., have
It's no simple matter to figure out how regional changes in precipitation, expected to result from global climate change, may affect water supplies. Now, a new analysis led by MIT
Flowserve Corp., a leading provider of flow control products and services, recently opened its newest valve Quick Response Center (QRC) in Portage, Ind. The Portage QRC is part of
A convoy of bulldozers and trucks has set out from a remote airport in Siberia, heading for a frozen lake 62 miles north of the Arctic Circle, but the trip