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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Duke University Medical Center and the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) discovered a cause of airway irritation and wheezing after exposure to ozone, a common urban air pollutant. http://www.physorg.com/news152899554.html Chemistry Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:06:28 EST news152899554 (PhysOrg.com) -- While most Australians are taking care to shield themselves from the harsh summer heat, scientists from the CSIRO Energy Transformed Flagship are working on ways to harness the sun`s warmth to cool our homes and offices. http://www.physorg.com/news151934346.html Technology Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:00:10 EST news151934346 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new study led by the U.S. Geological Survey and involving the University of Colorado at Boulder indicates tree deaths in the West's old-growth forests have more than doubled in recent decades, likely from regional warming and related drought conditions. http://www.physorg.com/news151856202.html Space & Earth Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:17:18 EST news151856202 A new study by researchers at Brigham Young University and Harvard School of Public Health shows that average life expectancy in 51 U.S. cities increased nearly three years over recent decades, and approximately five months of that increase came thanks to cleaner air. http://www.physorg.com/news151780986.html Medicine & Health Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:23:38 EST news151780986 (PhysOrg.com) -- Developing countries use proportionally less energy than industrialized nations, but this could soon change. http://www.physorg.com/news151776174.html Other Sciences Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:03:56 EST news151776174 Cloaked in the clouds of emissions and exhaust that hang over the city are clues that lead back to the polluting culprits, and a research team led by the University of Houston is hot on their trails. http://www.physorg.com/news151001439.html Space & Earth Mon, 12 Jan 2009 16:50:39 EST news151001439 (PhysOrg.com) -- The entry of low-fare carriers into the trans-Tasman routes between Australia and New Zealand do not threaten long-standing incumbent airlines, Qantas and Air New Zealand. http://www.physorg.com/news149186941.html Other Sciences Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:49:01 EST news149186941 (PhysOrg.com) -- Research by a team led by Professor Derek Clements-Croome at the University of Reading has shown a direct association between the environmental conditions in classrooms and pupils' cognitive performance. http://www.physorg.com/news149185730.html Medicine & Health Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:28:50 EST news149185730 Most atmospheric models predict that the rate of transport of air from the troposphere to the above lying stratosphere should be increasing due to climate change. Surprisingly, Dr. Andreas Engel together with an international group of researchers has now found that this does not seem to be happening. On the contrary, it seems that the air air masses are moving more slowly than predicted. This could also imply that recovery of the ozone layer may be somewhat slower than predicted by state-of-the-art atmospheric climate models. http://www.physorg.com/news148562793.html Space & Earth Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:26:33 EST news148562793 Representatives from NASA convened in New Orleans today to report at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Annual Meeting the results from a NASA-enhanced computerized system to assess environmental and health concerns for deployed U.S. forces. The Global Situational Awareness Tool (GSAT), developed and operated by the Air Force Special Operations Command, is a computerized set of linkable databases that characterizes and predicts health risks and other dangers to U.S. troops and multi-national forces in Afghanistan and other areas. http://www.physorg.com/news148218630.html Medicine & Health Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:50:30 EST news148218630 (PhysOrg.com) -- Paleontologists have long known that dinosaurs had tiny brains, but they had no idea the beasts were such airheads. http://www.physorg.com/news147958885.html Other Sciences Mon, 08 Dec 2008 11:41:25 EST news147958885 Research at the Delft University of Technology (The Netherlands) has led to better understanding of clouds, the unknown quantity in current climate models. The Delft researcher Thijs Heus has tackled this issue with a combination of detailed computer simulations and airplane measurements. He charted data including cloud speed, temperature and the 'life span' of clouds to arrive at new observations. http://www.physorg.com/news147957808.html Space & Earth Mon, 08 Dec 2008 11:23:28 EST news147957808 Australia's capabilities in understanding the impact of air pollution have advanced with a new version of software that can predict the direction and concentration of odours and pollutants. http://www.physorg.com/news147955525.html Space & Earth Mon, 08 Dec 2008 10:45:25 EST news147955525 (PhysOrg.com) -- It will soon be possible to measure ultrasonic sound using water, air, light and nanotechnology - over a hundred times more accurately than with existing sensors. http://www.physorg.com/news147624675.html Nanotechnology Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:51:15 EST news147624675 Australia`s capabilities in understanding the impact of air pollution have advanced with a new version of software that can predict the direction and concentration of odours and pollutants. http://www.physorg.com/news147539269.html Space & Earth Wed, 03 Dec 2008 15:07:49 EST news147539269 A Michigan State University researcher and a colleague have won the Boston Innovation Prize for the design of a low-cost, energy-efficient method of cooling and dehumidifying residential and small commercial spaces. http://www.physorg.com/news146832737.html Technology Tue, 25 Nov 2008 10:52:17 EST news146832737 Researchers have found new evidence that the atmosphere of Mars is being stripped away by solar wind. It's not a gently continuous erosion, but rather a ripping process in which chunks of Martian air detach themselves from the planet and tumble into deep space. This surprising mechanism could help solve a longstanding mystery about the Red Planet. http://www.physorg.com/news146493498.html Space & Earth Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:38:18 EST news146493498 Indoor and outdoor pollutants can rapidly harm the heart in ways different than outdoor air pollution alone, according to a new study presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2008. http://www.physorg.com/news145707612.html Medicine & Health Wed, 12 Nov 2008 10:20:12 EST news145707612 Class B biosolids are sewage sludges that have been treated to contain fewer than 2.0 x 106 fecal coliforms/dry gram. The USEPA estimates that 6.3 million tonnes of Class B biosolids are generated in the United States each year, and that by 2010, the amount generated per year will increase to 7.4 million tonnes. Biosolids produced during municipal sewage treatment are most commonly applied to land as a fertilizer at agricultural sites throughout the United States. Class B biosolids, which are the principal type of biosolids applied to land, contain a variety of enteric pathogens. http://www.physorg.com/news144326545.html Space & Earth Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:42:25 EST news144326545 (PhysOrg.com) -- Commander Edward Michael "Mike" Fincke and Flight Engineer Yury Valentinovich Lonchakov of the 18th International Space Station crew docked their Soyuz TMA-13 to the Earth-facing port of the Zarya module at 4:26 a.m. EDT Tuesday. http://www.physorg.com/news143183463.html Space & Earth Tue, 14 Oct 2008 06:11:03 EST news143183463 (PhysOrg.com) -- Commander Edward Michael "Mike" Fincke and Flight Engineer Yury Valentinovich Lonchakov of the 18th International Space Station crew are scheduled to launch in their Soyuz TMA-13 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan about 3 a.m. EDT Sunday to begin a six-month stay in space. http://www.physorg.com/news142780305.html Space & Earth Thu, 09 Oct 2008 14:11:45 EST news142780305 Could there be a link between high levels of air pollution and the risk of appendicitis? New research presented at the 73rd Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Gastroenterology in Orlando, suggests a novel connection. http://www.physorg.com/news142518406.html Medicine & Health Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:26:46 EST news142518406 It comes blasting out of the blue on your airplane flight: sudden bumpiness and sometimes even a violent plummeting. It arrives without warning, and it can be more than frightening, since it causes tens of millions of dollars in injury claims every year. http://www.physorg.com/news142069716.html Space & Earth Wed, 01 Oct 2008 08:48:36 EST news142069716 The remains of a 30-foot-long predatory dinosaur discovered along the banks of Argentina's Rio Colorado is helping to unravel how birds evolved their unusual breathing system. http://www.physorg.com/news141924662.html Other Sciences Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:31:02 EST news141924662 Existing regulations may not effectively target a large source of fine, organic particle pollutants that contribute to hazy skies and poor air quality over Los Angeles, according to a study scheduled for the October 15 issue of ACS' Environmental Science and Technology, a semi-monthly journal. http://www.physorg.com/news141924536.html Space & Earth Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:28:56 EST news141924536 Although the industrial compounds known as polychlorinated biphenols or PCBs have been found in previous air samples collected in the city of Chicago, a University of Iowa researcher says that a new study of Chicago air sampled between November 2006 and November 2007 found PCB11, a byproduct of the manufacture of paint pigments and a potentially toxic substance, present throughout the city. http://www.physorg.com/news141915309.html Space & Earth Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:55:09 EST news141915309 University of Calgary climate change scientist David Keith and his team are working to efficiently capture the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide directly from the air, using near-commercial technology. http://www.physorg.com/news141915261.html Space & Earth Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:54:21 EST news141915261 Bolts of lightning often resemble the forked, branches of trees. Similar to tree branches, lightning sparks typically spread apart. Recently, physicists at Centrum voor Wiskunde un Informatica and Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands have for the first time determined the conditions that allow for spark branches to reconnect, by overcoming the electrostatic repulsion that usually causes them to separate. http://www.physorg.com/news141487604.html Physics Wed, 24 Sep 2008 15:06:44 EST news141487604 Movea´s Gyration Air Mouse works both in the air and on the desk. Wave your Air Mouse in the air and navigate your mouse pointer on your desktop. Movea's MotionSense technology that enables it to work both in-air and on desktop by just waving your mouse. http://www.physorg.com/news141483859.html Electronics Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:04:19 EST news141483859 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new study led by the University of Colorado at Boulder reveals that air quality regulations may not effectively target a large source of fine, organic particle pollutants that contribute to hazy skies and poor air quality over the Los Angeles region. http://www.physorg.com/news141472921.html Space & Earth Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:02:01 EST news141472921