News tagged with volatile organic
Common plants can eliminate indoor air pollutants
Air quality in homes, offices, and other indoor spaces is becoming a major health concern, particularly in developed countries where people often spend more than 90% of their time indoors. Surprisingly, indoor ...
Nov 04, 2009 |
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New look for antiques: Paintings and gilt surfaces can be effectively and gently restored with water-based microemulsion
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the past, restoration of paintings and other old artwork often involved application of acrylic resins to consolidate and protect them. One of the most important tasks for modern restorers ...
Oct 26, 2009 |
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Premium car research & cow dung point to new high tech disease diagnosis
(PhysOrg.com) -- Research at the University of Warwick have taken high tech gas sensors normally used to test components for premium cars and applied the same techniques to human blood, human urine, and even cow dung samples ...
Oct 12, 2009 |
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Indoor plants found to release volatile organic compounds
Potted plants add a certain aesthetic value to homes and offices, bringing a touch of nature to indoor spaces. It has also been shown that many common house plants have the ability to remove volatile organic ...
Sep 03, 2009 |
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HIPS fireproof coatings can really take the heat
(PhysOrg.com) -- Tough new fire-resistant coating materials called HIPS (‘hybrid inorganic polymer system’) are being developed by CSIRO researchers in Melbourne.
Jun 25, 2009 |
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China Pearl River Delta Creating Large Amounts of Hydroxyl Radicals
A team of atmospheric scientists have published their field study findings about unusual chemical reactions taking place in the Pearl River Delta in China during 2006. The Julich Research Center's Institute ...
Jun 06, 2009 |
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Summer haze has a cooling effect in southeastern United States
(PhysOrg.com) -- Global warming may include some periods of local cooling, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley. Results from satellite and ground-based sensor data show that sweltering ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 18, 2009 |
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Probing Question: Is indoor air pollution really a problem?
A popular television commercial from the 1970s shows a Native American man in buckskin and feathers paddling his canoe through ink-black waters, past refineries billowing smoke. He comes aground on a litter-strewn shoreline ...
Apr 30, 2009 |
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