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American Journal of Nursing February 2008 O'Connor & Roy |
Electric Power Plant Emissions and Public Health Potentially harmful pollutants to be aware of and how they may affect the public's health. |
Geotimes November 2007 Carolyn Gramling |
Acid Rain Alters Coastal Waters Excess carbon dioxide, sulfur and nitrogen from fossil fuel burning, agricultural runoff and other human sources are changing ocean chemistry -- and that impact is especially pronounced along the coasts, new research suggests. |
Chemistry World March 28, 2014 Mark Peplow |
A war on smog Growing public concern over the state of the environment has forced Chinese officials to take action. And where chemistry has often been seen as the villain of the piece, it is now set to play a vital role in cleaning the country's air. |
Industrial Physicist Eric J. Lerner |
What's wrong with the electric grid? Experts widely agree that failures of the power-transmission system are a nearly unavoidable product of a collision between the physics of the system and the economic rules that now regulate it. |
Geotimes July 2003 Tim Palucka |
Lightning implicated in ozone over Africa About five years ago, atmospheric scientists studying ozone concentrations over equatorial Africa and the southern hemisphere of the tropical Atlantic came across a puzzling situation. Unexpectedly high levels of ozone in southern Africa were finally explained by an overlooked phenomenon: lightning. |
Smithsonian June 2005 Charles Petit |
Hazy Days in Our Parks The air in many national wilderness wonderlands is getting worse. As officials debate controversial new rules to curb pollution, scientists find the sources are surprisingly far-flung. |
Reactive Reports May 2007 David Bradley |
Windows Cause Pollution According to researchers, the grime that accumulates on windows, buildings, roads, and other urban surfaces could be an important source of nitrogen oxide air pollutants. |
Technology Research News August 25, 2004 Kimberly Patch |
Selective Shutdown Protects Nets Networks, including the Internet, are susceptible to cascade failures, which occur when nodes abruptly disconnect from the network. An effective defense is to knock out more nodes immediately after an initial failure. The key is picking the right nodes. |
Home Toys August 2003 Stuart D. Snyder |
Automated Interior Plant-Care And the environmental aspects of home technologies |
Outside November 2004 Grant Davis |
Bad Air Days Urban pollution can undo your fitness plans. To avoid the big wheeze, check out our guide to finding the freshest outdoor oxygen in cities across the country. |
Reactive Reports Issue 37 David Bradley |
Shipping News International shipping may be one of the largest sources of air pollutants along the Norwegian coast and in the Northern Atlantic. |
Chemistry World October 1, 2014 William Bergius |
Nitrogen dioxide and ozone: a sinister synergy Air pollution is detrimental to our health, but now scientists in Australia have revealed new mechanistic insight into how particular pollutants interact with the human respiratory tract. |
Chemistry World October 31, 2011 Phillip Broadwith |
Pee-powered fuel cell turns urine to energy Urine-powered fuel cells could generate electricity and reclaim essential nutrients directly from human and animal waste, say UK scientists. |
The Motley Fool April 21, 2005 Bill Paul |
Cleaning Up With 'Socks and Knocks' A $40 billion opportunity awaits investors in companies that make equipment to fight air pollution due to requirements that the Bush administration is about to impose on the electric power industry. |
Geotimes April 2004 Naomi Lubick |
EPA announces ozone hotspots The Environmental Protection Agency released a list yesterday of U.S. counties that need to come into compliance for amounts of ozone in the atmosphere at ground levels. |
Food Processing March 2006 Mike Pehanich |
Cleaning without chemicals Sometimes a cleaning and sanitizing solution is not a solution, it's steam, gas or a silver bullet. |
IEEE Spectrum October 2012 Joshua J. Romero |
Blackouts Illuminate India's Power Problems Weak links in the grid prove difficult to fix |
IEEE Spectrum December 2005 Madani & Novoosel |
Getting a Grip on the Grid The findings of major electric disturbances around the world highlight the need for cross-regional grid reforms, so that the best available technology is promptly put to use, without lengthy delays arising from American legislative or regulatory processes. |
Geotimes March 2003 Greg Peterson |
Trading water pollution Advocates say water quality trading fits management like a glove, offering both flexibility and efficiency. Critics argue, however, that trading may create local water problems in rivers and restricts the public's participation in managing its water resources. |
BusinessWeek June 2, 2011 Paul M. Barrett |
The Price of Clean Air Does the Clean Air Act hurt or help the U.S. economy? It's not nearly as hard to calculate as you might think. |
Chemistry World August 6, 2015 Rebecca Trager |
Obama's clean power plan stirs controversy The American Chemistry Council has expressed concern that the plan might harm growth and job creation in the US chemical sector by raising costs for businesses and consumers. |
Chemistry World February 13, 2015 Tim Wogan |
GM bacteria convert solar energy to liquid fuels A new scheme for storing the energy from photovoltaic cells, in which genetically modified bacteria reduce carbon dioxide to liquid fuels with hydrogen from water-splitting, has been proposed and partially demonstrated. |
Chemistry World December 2, 2011 |
European economy burdened by air pollution costs Europe is paying a high price for air pollution, according to a new report. |
Food Processing April 2007 Mike Pehanich |
A really clean floor Advances in flooring and floor-cleaning technology make maintenance and sanitation easier and more effective than ever before. |
Chemistry World June 4, 2010 Manisha Lalloo |
Antibacterial nanoparticles from bacteria Scientists have found that silver nanoparticles made using bacteria have better antibacterial properties than their chemically synthesised counterparts. |
Fast Company June 2004 Ian Wylie |
Brush With Success What if cleaning the air of pollutants was as easy as, well, letting paint dry? The chemical reaction in a new "ecopaint" could help win the war on urban pollution. |
Chemistry World August 15, 2008 |
Arsenic-Loving Bacteria Rewrite Photosynthesis Rules Bacteria that photosynthesise using compounds of arsenic, rather than water, have been discovered in Mono Lake, California. |