News tagged with volatile organic
Plants play larger role than thought in cleaning up air pollution
(PhysOrg.com) -- Vegetation plays an unexpectedly large role in cleansing the atmosphere, a new study finds. The research, led by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, ...
Oct 21, 2010 |
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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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Breathing the filth: Hydrocarbons in the air are more toxic than oil in the gulf
What a relief it will be when the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico gets plugged, ending the colossal mess caused by gushing crude. Or will it?
Jul 10, 2010 |
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Unaccounted feedbacks from climate-induced ecosystem changes may increase future climate warming
In addition to the carbon cycle-climate interactions that have been a major focus of modeling work in recent years, other biogeochemistry feedbacks could be at least equally important for future climate change. The authors ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 25, 2010 |
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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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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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New research results change the understanding of atmospheric aerosol properties and climate effects
Terrestrial vegetation and atmospheric photochemistry produce large amounts of fine particles in the atmosphere, thereby cooling Earth's climate. According to new research published in the Oct. 14 issue of Nature, the ph ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 14, 2010 |
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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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Urban planning issues receive backyard solutions
(PhysOrg.com) -- The tiny cottage may have a big future, if a recent open house in Berkeley is any indication.
Jan 17, 2011 |
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Study: Emissions trading doesn't cause pollution 'hot spots'
Programs that allow facilities to buy and sell emission allowances have been popular and effective since they were introduced in the U.S. two decades ago. But critics worry the approach can create heavily polluted "hot spots" ...
Mar 30, 2011 |
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Knowing When Poultry Goes Foul
(PhysOrg.com) -- Mom's trusty nose may be good, but researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have gone her one better by designing an instrument that quickly and precisely sniffs trace ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Apr 14, 2010 |
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Predicting world's smoggiest days with NASA technology
A research team led by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), both in Pasadena, Calif., has fully characterized a key chemical reaction that affects the formation ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 01, 2010 |
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Advance toward a breath test to diagnose multiple sclerosis
Scientists are reporting the development and successful tests in humans of a sensor array that can diagnose multiple sclerosis (MS) from exhaled breath, an advance that they describe as a landmark in the long ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Oct 26, 2011 |
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New device uses gold nanoparticles to test for lung cancer
The metabolism of lung cancer patients is different than the metabolism of healthy people. And so the molecules that make up cancer patients' exhaled breath are different too. A new device pioneered at the University of Colorado ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Nov 17, 2011 |
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