Solar disinfection: an approach for low-cost household water treatment technology in Southwestern Ethiopia

Worku Legesse, Associate Researcher of the Tree Foundation, co-published the following article. The final version of the article has been published in the Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering. The electronic version of this article can be found on the Journal of Environmental Health Science and

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Mobile computers open doors to scientific discovery

Dr. Lowman’s latest Nature’s Secrets column in newsobserver.com: New PDAs (personal digital assistants or hand-held computers) are flooding the market with their myriad sound bytes, applications (apps), and jargon. As the proud owner of an iPhone, I must admit that its ever-changing, innovative uses (other than conventional

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Royal family are nature lovers

From New Straits Times: The conservation of wildlife and its habitat is something close to the Johor royal family’s heart. In a recent “Wildlife Conservation Awareness Day: Save Wildlife, Save Life” forum, the Sultan of Johor’s consort Raja Zarith Sofiah Sultan Idris Shah said that creating awareness

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Five Questions with Canopy Meg

Meg Lowman in trees

From The Abstract: Meg Lowman is the director of the Nature Research Center at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences and a research professor at NC State. She has conquered the canopy of the rainforest, and opened up an entirely new world to scientific discovery. She’s just

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