Where Does Your Waste Go?

From the Kansas Department of Health & Environment’s Bureau of Waste Management, three maps which graphically illustrate aspects of the state’s waste mangement process:

The first illustrates the flow of solid wastes in Kansas; the second, the remaining estimated life of major Kansas solid waste landfills; and the third, sensitive groundwater flows here in South Central Kansas.

(For further information visit the Kansas Department of Health & Environment’s Bureau of Waste Management Home Page.)

Published in: on February 26, 2010 at 4:12 pm  Leave a Comment  

Copernicium – The Backstory

Centre for Heavy Ion Research

“The aim is to find the end of the periodic table.”

– Sigurd Hoffman, Centre for Heavy Ion Research

Yesterday we mentioned the official naming of element 112, Copernicium after a 14-year quest for recognition.

Today, in Element 112 Joins the Periodic Table, New Scientist reports the fascinating story behind the declaration.

Published in: on February 26, 2010 at 12:09 pm  Leave a Comment  
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