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New Technique for Detecting Mold Contamination in Homes and Other Buildings
June 6, 2012 — With mold contamination of homes an ongoing concern – and a special threat to the 2.5 million foreclosed houses in the US, shuttered with little ventilation – scientists are reporting a ... > full story -
Air Pollution Linked to Chronic Heart Disease
June 5, 2012 — Cardiac patients living in high pollution areas were found to be over 40 percent more likely to have a second heart attack when compared to patients living in low pollution areas, according to a new ... > full story -
Slingshot-Driven Device Stops High-Velocity Projectiles Without Destroying Them
May 31, 2012 — What do you get when you combine a slingshot, a fish tank, a stack of 2-by-4s and five engineering students determined to help the United States Air Force? A device to stop high-velocity projectiles ... > full story -
New Device Warns Workers of High Levels of Airborne Metals in Minutes Rather Than Weeks
May 31, 2012 — Scientists are reporting development of a new paper-based device that can warn workers that they are being exposed to potentially unhealthy levels of airborne metals almost immediately, instead of ... > full story -
Pollution Deadening Contruction: Nanoparticle Coating Interacts With Sunlight to Eliminate Contaminants
May 30, 2012 — Researchers have developed a type of coating for construction materials. It is based on nanoparticles that interact with sunlight and trigger a chemical reaction that eliminates certain air ... > full story -
Children Exposed to the Common Pollutant Naphthalene Show Signs of Chromosomal Damage
May 29, 2012 — Children exposed to high levels of the common air pollutant naphthalene are at increased risk for chromosomal aberrations (CAs), which have been previously associated with cancer. These include ... > full story -
Bark Beetle May Impact Air Quality, Climate
May 23, 2012 — If you've traveled to a forested national park out West in recent years, you may have noticed two things. First, a growing number of lodgepole pine trees are dying, victims of the bark beetle. And ... > full storyMore: -
Prenatal Pollution Exposure Dangerous for Children With Asthma
May 20, 2012 — The link between prenatal exposure to air pollution and childhood lung growth and respiratory ailments is well established, and now a new study suggests that these prenatal exposures can be ... > full story -
Pollution Teams With Thunderclouds to Warm Atmosphere
May 19, 2012 — New simulation study shows that atmosphere warms when pollution intensifies storms. How much the warming effect of these clouds offsets the cooling that other clouds provide is not yet ... > full story -
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New Advice on Medication Disposal: Trash Beats Take-Back, New Study Suggests
May 16, 2012 — Returning extra medicine to the pharmacy for disposal might not be worth the extra time, money or greenhouse gas emissions, according to a study that is the first to look at the net effects of ... > full story
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