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...Fireflies and Phosphorescent Seas: How and Why Animals Produce Light.” The conference also featured experiments performed live, which taught the children about basic reactions through demonstrations such as “Baking Soda and Vinegar: A Chemical Reaction” and “Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream.” One of the undergraduate volunteers running the ice cream experiment asked the young members in the audience, “Anyone know what liquid nitrogen is made of?” leading one of the students to eagerly reply, “nitrogen...
...couldn't do that since the agreement sets incentives for customer satisfaction--along with everything else from water quality to sourcing from local and minority-owned enterprises. Veolia's experts, bolstered by local university researchers, pinpointed the problem as stemming from algae blooms in the reservoirs. Precise application of liquid copper sulfate (yum!) took care of that. "When we took over, there were 500 or 600 complaints a year about taste and odor. Now we're down in the range of 30," says Hewitt...
...southwestern Michigan. An undercover agricultural investigator had infiltrated the co-op as part of a sting operation that resulted in the seizure of $7,000 worth of fresh-food items, including 35 lbs. of raw butter, 29 qt. of cream and all those gallons of the suspicious white liquid. Although Hebron's home office was searched and his computer seized, no charges have been filed. "When they tested the milk, they couldn't find any problems with it," says Hebron. "It seems like they're just looking for some way to shut us down...
...water, and light. In his most impressive photographs, these three elements harmonize, none taking precedence over the others. In “Nu de la Mer” (1966), water rises tranquilly around the legs and torso of a bather and courses in at her waist, forming a delicate liquid skirt jeweled by streaks of glimmering refractions of the midday sun that fall upon her thighs. In another well balanced print, “Soleil sur Marais” (1962), jittery zigzags of light serve as a topographical map, and mark a woman fully submerged just under the surface...
...nearly tripled in the past five years to meet soaring demand. High oil prices have added to coal's attraction. Beijing has plans to open 35 to 40 coal-powered electricity-generating plants annually in the next few years and to build two plants to convert coal to liquid fuel...