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IEEE Spectrum
March 2008 |
Dust-Devil Dynamo Natural electric fields can play a role in determining the amount of dust that makes it into the atmosphere, influencing weather and climate.   |
Chemistry World
August 1, 2006
Katharine Sanderson |
Whirling Dust Devils Bust Martian Methane Snow storms of hydrogen peroxide might sound like an easy way to go platinum blonde, but their existence on Mars could help solve the conundrum about levels of methane gas in the martian atmosphere. |
Popular Mechanics
November 2009
Seth Porges |
How to Get Dust off a DSLR Sensor: Digital Clinic Digital SLR cameras with interchangeable lenses are highly versatile, but they have a unique vulnerability: When the lens is removed, the door is open for dust |
National Defense
March 2009
Robert H. Williams |
Space Sensor Measures Serosol Impact On Climate NASA will soon be receiving a space-based system that should help scientists better understand the impact of aerosols on climate change and global warming |
Geotimes
November 2003
Naomi Lubick |
Meeting updates: particles on Mars and Earth Ripples and dunes on Mars... The future of dust on Earth |
Chemistry World
July 23, 2008
Lewis Brindley |
'Acid soot' worsens smog Researchers in the US say soot particles in the atmosphere combine with other pollutants to pick up an acid coating that may worsen their influence on local smog and global warming. |
PC World
September 28, 2006
Melissa J. Perenson |
Tech Trend: Camera Dust Busters New models of digital cameras come with multiple ways of eliminating dust particles. |
Popular Mechanics
August 21, 2008
Emily Gertz |
Desert Storm Watch: Scientists Observe Saharan Dust to Predict the Next Big Hurricane Season A University of Wisconsin researcher and his team have connected the dry, windswept plains of the Sahara to the intensity of the Atlantic hurricane season. |
Chemistry World
May 13, 2014
Patrick Walter |
Star chamber sparkles with space dust Nasa has created star dust down here on Earth. The dust was produced in a lab by simulating the conditions found in the atmosphere of a red giant star. |
Chemistry World
May 9, 2013
Simon Hadlington |
Mineral dust plays key role in cloud formation, chemistry Mineral dust that swirls up into the atmosphere from Earth's surface plays a far more important role in both cloud formation and cloud chemistry than was previously realized. |
Chemistry World
April 19, 2009
Sarah Houlton |
Lead-lined clouds Lead in the atmosphere has a direct effect on how clouds form, according to research by an international team of scientists. |
Chemistry World
July 6, 2009
Ned Stafford |
Sulfate-coated soot boosts global warming Sulfate and nitrate particles in the atmosphere are thought to help combat global warming because they reflect sunlight, but a new study suggests that when combined with soot the particles could instead enhance global warming. |
Geotimes
May 2005
Naomi Lubick |
Heat Imbalance Portends Problems Results from a new assessment show that Earth is absorbing more energy than it releases into space, with implications for climate change that researchers say point to future warming with consequences for melting ice sheets and sea-level rise. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2007
William B. Gail |
Climate Control We will be able to engineer the Earth to our liking -- but we'd better start now. Before we picked a climate, we would need to evolve the political, commercial, and academic institutions to get us there. |
Geotimes
May 2005
Sara Pratt |
Soot From Indian Cooking A new study says that residential cooking -- with stoves that burn wood, crop waste and dried animal manure -- is actually the largest source of soot emissions in India. Understanding this pollution source could have an important role in bettering both air quality and climate models. |
Chemistry World
August 24, 2011
Josh Howgego |
Cosmic Rays Get Ahead in CLOUD Organic chemical vapours may have a previously unimagined cooling effect on global climate. |
Chemistry World
March 4, 2010
Hayley Birch |
Accumulation of acid in atmosphere explained The research could also have implications for global climate modelling, enabling scientists to reduce uncertainties related to the effects of aerosols in their predictions. |
Geotimes
December 2005
Kevin E. Trenberth |
A Warming World Climate change is with us; we cannot stop it, although we can slow it down. It behooves us therefore to track how and why the climate is changing. |
Chemistry World
October 13, 2010
James Urquhart |
Aerosol theory solidifies An international team of researchers has found that atmospheric aerosol particles long thought to be liquid can in fact be amorphous solids. The discovery could improve atmospheric models and climate predictions. |
Food Engineering
October 1, 2008 |
Airflow sensor A bi-directional digital unit for use with air or nitrogen gas, Panasonic Electric's SUNX FM-200 digital airflow sensor offers detection and high-speed response. |
Science News
February 14, 2009
Lonnie Thompson |
Receding Glaciers Erase Records Of Climate History Ice masses on the tops of mountains -- sticking out in the free atmosphere -- have been collecting climate data and storing them, in many cases for very long periods. |
Geotimes
June 2003 |
Geophenomena Evidence for Dust Bowl dust in Greenland... New sinking rates for Louisiana |
Chemistry World
August 6, 2009
Simon Hadlington |
Organic aerosol mystery solved Scientists believe they may have cracked an important conundrum in atmospheric chemistry: how a volatile molecule released by plants helps to form aerosols that can have a profound effect on weather and climate systems. |
PC World
December 2004
Anne B. McDonald |
Future Tech: A Room That Knows You 'Smart Dust' sensors might instantly adjust a room's light and temperature to your liking. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2007
Sandra Upson |
U.S. Earth-Sensing Satellites Left Out In the Cold The degree of precision needed to forecast hurricanes, and the future accuracy of climate modeling as well, may be in danger if recent trends in Earth-observing satellite programs persist. |
PC Magazine
July 13, 2004
Cade Metz |
Get Out the Mote Sprinkled generously, "smart dust" wireless sensors get the message across. A form of the technology has already reached the marketplace. |
Chemistry World
September 2, 2010
Phillip Broadwith |
Making waves for self-cleaning solar panels A system that generates electrostatic waves to sweep dust from solar panel surfaces has been developed by US scientists. |
Chemistry World
June 9, 2011
Harriet Brewerton |
Sensitive sugar sensor US scientists have designed a calorimetric sensor as a point-of-care diagnostic instrument that can detect low levels of glucose compared to similar sensors. |
Chemistry World
June 27, 2012
Steve Down |
Single particles take flight An international team of researchers has developed a way to study the shape and structure of individual aerosol particles in their native environment. This should help climate modellers and toxicologists to get a better handle on why aerosols behave in the way they do. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2008
Michael Dumiak |
Magnetic Field Sensors Could Help Halt Runway Crashes European engineers harness Earth's magnetic field to improve airport safety. |
Geotimes
April 2005
Michael Glantz |
What Makes Good Climates Go Bad? Climates are constantly changing in both linear and nonlinear ways and over the course of life on Earth, organisms have either adjusted to those changes or perished. |
Popular Mechanics
June 2007
Ian Christe |
The Next Threat to Astronauts: Moon Dust NASA's plans for colonizing the moon by 2024 have hit a problem. Dust particles discovered by the Apollo crew can make their way into moonwalkers' lungs. |
Technology Research News
June 18, 2003
Ted Smalley Bowen |
Wires make wireless strain gauge Researchers at Keio University in Japan have developed peak strain and displacement building sensors that do not require a constant power source, and that can be read using a wireless device. The sensors are designed to be embedded in concrete and fire-protection coatings. |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2008
Chang & Subramian |
Electronic Noses Sniff Success E-noses will soon be ubiquitous, thanks to printed organic semiconductors. |
InternetNews
November 14, 2006
Tim Scannell |
Dust Bets These 'Motes' Will Float Dust Networks takes an all-in-one approach to wireless embedded sensors. |
PC World
September 2005
Eric Butterfield |
Powerful Cameras, Lower Prices We test seven low-cost digital SLR cameras to find ones that will help you shoot like a pro. |
Home Toys
June 2004
Bert Centala |
Sensors Make "Sense" for Home Automation Environmental sensor products can be a welcome addition to almost any Home Automation system whether they are used to actively control HVAC devices or to simply monitor key environmental parameters. |
Geotimes
March 2007
Nicole Branan |
Volcanic Signatures Reveal Climate Clues Besides providing a new tool to look at the climate impact of past volcanic eruptions, a new study also brings atmospheric scientists a step closer to unraveling the chemistry that sulfur aerosols undergo while they are in the stratosphere, which could help improve climate models. |
Science News
April 11, 2009
Michel Jarraud |
Bracing For Global Climate Change Is A Local Challenge The secretary-general of the U.N. World Meteorological Organization discusses whether global climate change is real. |
Geotimes
September 2006
Lee Gerhard |
Testing Global Warming Hypotheses Global climate change has been a natural phenomenon driven by natural processes for 4.5 billion years. Nevertheless, cultural pressures exist to identify a human cause for current global climate change. |
