New test advances understanding of fish-killing algae

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Pfiesteria piscicida is an algae found in fresh and estuary waters, mainly along the eastern U.S. It produces sizeable fish kills. A new test has been developed to test for the algae. A short coming of the technique is it can not detect toxic from non-toxic forms of the algae. Yet, the test costs $25 and results are available in two days. The current method costs $1500 and takes four weeks. Maryland now use this test. The test uses standard techniques, including polymerase chain reaction, and gel electrophoresis. Pfiesteria also causes illness in humans.

Product development, Capital expenditures, Instruments to measure electricity, Instrument Manufacturing for Measuring and Testing Electricity and Electrical Signals, Waste Management and Remediation Services, Test & Measuring Equip, Water Pollution, Middle Atlantic States, Instrument industry (Equipment), Innovations, Testing and measuring equipment industry, Testing, Algae, Pollution, Middle Atlantic States (United States)

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National Science Foundation funds catalyze collaborations

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The National Science Foundation has established three Environmental Science Institutes (EMSI) to enhance cooperation between industry and university scientists. Two of the institutes will be associated with Department of Energy (DOE) laboratories. The centers will be headquartered at Princeton University in Princeton, NJ, Northwestern University in Evanston, IL and Columbia University in New York, NY. A total of $21.4 million has been awarded by the DOE and NSF over the next five years to the new centers.

Government regulation (cont), Regulation and Administration of Transportation Programs, Research & Special Prgm Admin (DOT), Development and progression, Science and technology policy, United States. National Science Foundation, Environmental chemistry

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Green chemistry gets a hood and gown

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In the fall of 2001, the University of Massachusetts-Boston is introducing a doctoral program in green chemistry, which is reportedly the first such program in the world. Students will have to display a knowledge of the environmental effects of industrial chemistry, including such things as toxicity, regulations, and environmental fate and transport.

Colleges & Universities, Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools, Services information, Colleges and universities, Services, Universities and colleges, Study and teaching, Industrial chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Chemistry, Technical

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