Concentrations of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons were measured in 136 fish from 14 remote lakes in 8 western ...

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This paper deals with the characterization and aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR) agonist activities of a series of chlorinated, brominated, and mixed bromo/chlorocarbazoles, some of which have been ...

The prevalence and proliferation of antibiotic resistant bacteria is profoundly important to human health, but the extent to which aquatic environments contribute toward the dissemination of ...

In Nazi Germany, physics was viewed as "Jewish science." Teachers lost their jobs and many of Germany’s leading scientists fled to the U.S. and other countries.

Germany's Wendelstein 7-X stellarator has set a new benchmark for fusion reactors, bringing commercial, near-limitless clean energy one step closer to reality.

More and more thoracic CT scans are being performed worldwide in order to detect lung diseases such as bronchial carcinoma and tumor metastases at an early stage and allow them to be monitored. In ...

A decade-long legal battle between a Peruvian farmer and German energy giant resulted in the court throwing out the case. Still, environmentalists hail it as an “unprecedented victory.” ...