Newswise — A round-up of University of Missouri-Rolla environmental research activities, for use by the media as briefs or as background for stories. For more information or copies of full news releases on these research activities, or for help contacting the researchers, contact Mindy Limback. Thank you.
Indoor air research finds people may not be able to "breathe easy" at home-- It may not be the common cold that's the culprit behind your itchy eyes and dry throat but some of the common chemicals found in your home, according to a UMR researcher developing new techniques to understand indoor air pollution and "Sick Building Syndrome."
A clean, green pollution solution-- Here's an idea that will grow on you: using trees and other plants to reduce water and ground pollution -- and reducing overall cleanup costs. That's the goal of a UMR environmental engineer who is leading a team of graduate and undergraduate students in this nontraditional research effort.
"Industrial ecology" can help cut waste-- Many of the 2 million cell phones, computers and other electronic products Americans discard each year could have a second life if they were designed for disassembly and reuse, says a UMR researcher who specializes in industrial ecology.
UMR researchers launch website to study amphibian malformations-- A biologist and a computer scientist at UMR have joined forces to create an online tool to better understand why amphibian populations are on the decline. The website, called MorphologyNet, houses 3-D images of frogs that can be dissected by any computer user with any web browser.
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