News tagged with tiny airborne particles

Aerosols May Drive a Significant Portion of Arctic Warming

(PhysOrg.com) -- Though greenhouse gases are invariably at the center of discussions about global climate change, new NASA research suggests that much of the atmospheric warming observed in the Arctic since ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (19) | comments 15




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Miniature sensors may advance climate studies

(Phys.org) -- An air sampler the size of an ear plug is expected to cheaply and easily collect atmospheric samples to improve computer climate models.

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nano discs pose potential health risk

(PhysOrg.com) -- A revolutionary material that is used in computer technology could pose health risks to those involved in its manufacture.

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Feb 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Delhi's air as dirty as ever despite some reforms

(AP) -- A decade ago, plans for a metro and clean-fuel buses were hailed as New Delhi's answer to pollution. But air in the Indian capital is as dirty as ever - partly because breakneck development has brought ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 6

Elusive ultrafine indoor air contaminants yield to NIST analysis

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) spent 75 days on the job carrying out some very important homework—measurements in a "typical dwelling" of the release, distribution and fate of ...

Chemistry / Other

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Saving Da Vinci's Last Supper from air pollution

Having survived long centuries, political upheaval, and even bombings during World War II, Leonardo Da Vinci's masterpiece Last Supper now faces the risk of damage from air pollution due to its location in ...

Chemistry / Other

created Nov 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

1 room -- 63 different dust particles: Researchers aim to build dust library

Researchers recently isolated 63 unique dust particles from their laboratory – and that's just the beginning.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Oct 05, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Breathless in the Megacity

Megacities offer the enticing prospect of employment and the benefits of an urban infrastructure – but they also expose their inhabitants to high levels of air pollution. Together with an Indian Partner ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 23, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Air-quality researchers tackle health implications of ultra-fine particles

(PhysOrg.com) -- Three studies by a University of California, Davis, air-quality research group are adding to the growing body of data suggesting that very fine and ultra-fine airborne metal particles are closely linked to ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 02, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Eat, prey, rain

What do a herd of gazelles and a fluffy mass of clouds have in common? A mathematical formula that describes the population dynamics of such prey animals as gazelles and their predators has been used to model the relationship ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Jul 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nanotechnology makes big inroads into construction industry

which deals with objects so tiny that thousands would fit inside the period at the end of this sentence — is having a big impact in the construction industry, according to the cover story in the current edition of Chemical & ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Jun 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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