Physical sciences

Police in Turkey's Black Sea region have seized $72 million worth of radioactive californium, an element used in nuclear weapons and reactors, authorities said on July 6.

The biggest architecture festival in Kosovo has opened its seventh session, with two documentaries and a lecture from Italian photographer Jessica Bizzoni on the disturbing impact of electric light on our planet.

Greece faces a stiff European Union fine for failing to align with environmental standards regarding water purity.
Specifically, the country faces the prospect of being brought before the European Court of Justice for failing to curb the pollution of surface and ground water caused by nitrates from agricultural fertilizers.

Two people may have been injured, writes NOVA TV. 

Two people may have been injured at a post office in Menlo Park, Calif., Used by Facebook. One of the shipments may contain a sarin, NOVA TV quoted an information from local authorities.

Code Yellow warning for high temperatures has been issued for the whole country, according to the website of the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (NIMH).

Hot weather is expected with prevailing maximum temperatures reaching 34°C to 39°C.

Disinfectants and chlorine above the norm discovered the control bodies at the first inspections of the pools in the country. Is this dangerous and what are the risks to our health if we come into a heavily polluted pool?

Environmentalists and the provincial municipality have warned of risks of cyanides, which will be used by a gold mining company on Mount Murat in the western province of Kütahya.

A 30 percent increase in online purchases of energy supplements in May is widely seen as a response to students' rising stress levels ahead of university entrance exams this month.
According to the Convert Group's eRetail Audit service, the most sought-after products were energy supplements containing fish oil.

The Parliament has adopted on first reading amendments to the Energy Act with 107 votes in favour, one against and 61 abstentions, Focus News Agency reports.

The agenda of the meeting of the EU environment council held in Luxembourg on Wednesday, included a discussion on the management of chemicals, according to a press statement released by the Romanian Ministry of the Environment. The meeting was the last organised under the aegis of the Romanian presidency of the EU Council.