ITT Corp. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Laing GmbH of Germany, a privately held producer of energy-efficient circulator pumps. Laing is headquartered in Remseck, Germany, with operations in
An engineering-student design team at Virginia Tech is creating a photovoltaic system to provide a medical clinic in Kenya with a desperately needed source of power. Generous donations from three
The Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP), the world's largest ocean research program, has expanded its base of international and scientific support by welcoming Australia, India and New Zealand as its
A five-nation scientific team has published new evidence that even a slight rise in atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, one of the gases that drives global warming, affects the stability of
Red jasper cored from layers 3.46 billion years old suggests that not only did the oceans contain abundant oxygen then, but that the atmosphere was as oxygen-rich as it is
NSF International has announced new requirements in NSF/ANSI Standard 61: Drinking Water System Components -- Health Effects for regenerated and reactivated media used to treat public drinking water supplies. Most
Tsurumi pumps have been employed by the Norwegian Maritime Museum to provide site drainage at a rare archaeological find in Oslo harbor. When building work began to prepare the ground
The National Ground Water Association's conference, "Groundwater for the Americas," scheduled June 8-10 in Panama City, Panama, is designed to facilitate dialogue among Latin American peoples about how they can
More than 20 percent of private domestic wells sampled nationwide contain at least one contaminant at levels of potential health concern, according to a study by the U.S. Geological Survey
Oregon Institute of Technology (OIT) had an official groundbreaking in January for a geothermal well that will provide enough energy to fully power the university campus. While the plant will
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