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21 February 2010 8:17 PM | Tagged: health nitrogen oxygen news
Nitrogen Blog
Nitrogen is a chemical element that has the symbol N, atomic number of 7 and atomic mass 14.00674 u. Elemental nitrogen is a colorless, odorless, tasteless and mostly inert diatomic gas at standard conditions, constituting 78% by volume of Earth's atmosphere.

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20 December 2009 2:27 PM | Tagged: world
LEGAZPI, Philippines - The Philippines' most active volcano could erupt within days, officials warned Sunday after detecting a drastic surge in earthquakes and eerie rumbling sounds in surrounding foothills. Tens of thousands of villagers have been evacuated as a precaution. Scientists raised the alert level for the Mayon volcano to one step below a major eruption after 453 volcanic earthquakes w

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20 December 2009 11:27 AM | Tagged: world
One of the worst storms in decades blanketed much of the eastern United States with more than a foot of snow Saturday, grounding flights and bringing traffic to a standstill for millions on the final weekend of the busy holiday shopping season. In the bull's eye of the deadly weather, Washington -- a city more used to political storms than deep snow drifts -- set a December snowfall record of 16

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19 December 2009 3:47 PM | Tagged: world
Iraq will sign preliminary contracts, from Sunday, with oil companies that bid successfully last week for seven fields, oil ministry spokesman Assem Jihad told AFP. The contracts will then be submitted to the cabinet for final approval. On Sunday, the consortium comprised of Anglo-Dutch firm Shell (60 percent) and Malaysia's Petronas (40 percent), will sign a pre-contract for the development of M

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19 December 2009 12:57 PM | Tagged: world
LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigerian militants said on Saturday they had carried out their first attack on an oil pipeline since an amnesty offer because the absence of President Umaru Yar'Adua was delaying peace talks. The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) said its fighters, armed with rocket launchers and machineguns, carried out a warning strike against a Royal Dutch Shell There

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19 December 2009 12:17 AM | Tagged: world
Two London airports closed by heavy snowfall were reopened on Friday, but forecasters warned of a repeat of the bad weather that caused traffic chaos and closed schools across the southeast. In the busy run-up to Christmas and the New Year, the runways at Gatwick and Luton were closed overnight after they were covered in a blanket of snow. Flights were operating again by mid-morning. Heathrow Air

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18 December 2009 4:17 PM | Tagged: world
GENEVA - Operators of the world's largest atom smasher say they have shut down the machine until February to prepare for an expected groundbreaking research program. The European Organization for Nuclear Research said Friday the break is necessary to increase the levels of the energy used to smash protons into each other. The new collisions are expected to shatter the subatomic particles into eve

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18 December 2009 11:27 AM | Tagged: world
SEOUL, South Korea - A convoy of South Korean trucks crossed the border into North Korea on Friday to deliver swine flu medicine, a day after Pyongyang threatened retaliation over naval drills around their disputed sea border. The previously scheduled shipment marks the South Korean government's first humanitarian aid since conservative President Lee Myung-bak took office in early 2008 with a ple