John Michael Harrison (Mike Harrison) was born in London, England on February 2, 1915 and died on November 30, 2007 at his home in Brookline, MA. He received his early education at Stonyhurst College and then graduated from the Institution of Electrical Engineering, London, in 1942. He then obtained a postgraduate academic diploma in psychology from University College and Birkbeck College, Univ...

The Cuatro Ciénegas Basin (CCB) is a rare oasis in the Chihuahuan Desert in the state of Coahuila, Mexico. It has a biological endemism similar to that of the Galapagos Islands, and its spring-fed ecosystems have very low nutrient content (nitrogen or phosphorous) and are dominated by diverse microbialites. Thus, it has proven to be a distinctive opportunity for the field of astrobiology, as th...

Advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) have led the way in the treatment of aqueous waste and are rapidly becoming the chosen technology for many applications. In this paper, COD reduction potential of leather tanning industry wastewaters by Electro-Fenton (EF) oxidation, as one of the AOPs, was experimentally evaluated. The wastewater sample was taken from an outlet of an equalization basin in a ...