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'Dry' water and special applications
According to the Telegraph, 'dry water' looks like white powder. Each grain of dry water contains a drop of water with a silicon dioxide coating (silicon compound in the…
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Electric cars are more polluting than gasoline vehicles
Electric cars are being praised as an environmentally friendly transport solution, especially in urban areas. But a study conducted by Tennessee scientists in China show…
Environment
Air pollution causes impaired brain function
The results of two recent studies show that air pollution in cities or roads can seriously impair brain function, accelerate the aging process.
Environment
The solar wind paralyzes male Chinese contacts
Yesterday, radio communications in southern China fell into paralysis by the strongest solar wind in four years.
Environment
The Earth has just escaped from a big storm
Instead of causing a strong storm from all over the planet, the strongest solar wind in the last 4 years only created storms from a small part in the northern hemisphere.
Environment
The North is twice as polluted
The newly published global air quality map of the US Aerospace Agency shows that North Vietnam has a high level of pollution.
Environment
Iceland volcanic dust carries electricity
The ash from the Eyjafjallajakull volcano in Iceland in April brought a large amount of electricity.
Environment
Assassins invisible on the street
A study in the UK showed that emissions from vehicles are the biggest killer on the streets every year.
Environment
Australia: Warning about air pollution in the classroom
The atmosphere in some schools may contain contaminants in the form of dispersed microscopic particles.
Environment
New method of absorbing industrial emissions
Chemists from the Brazilian Federal University of Minas Gerais have announced the invention of a new method to absorb CO2 emissions from industrial facilities.
Environment
Venezuela thanks Cuba to call rain and wind
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez announced that Cuban scientists will create rain to help the country get out of drought.
Environment
The leaves indicate pollution levels
The leaves attract iron oxide particles on the surface, making them magnetic. So they can become inexpensive sensors that assess pollution.
Environment
Dust molecules help limit climate change?
For decades, scientists have wondered whether the condensed nuclei of artificial clouds - particles suspended in the atmosphere - increase cloud cover around the Earth,…
Environment
Why are raindrops different sizes?
By filming a falling raindrop, scientists in France have explained why raindrops have so many different sizes.
Environment
America is about to cool the sky
US President Barack Obama is considering a plan to deal with global warming, by shooting microscopic particles into the stratosphere.