News tagged with cleaners
Older, cheaper vacuum cleaners release more bacteria and dust: study
Some vacuum cleaners — those basic tools for maintaining a clean indoor environment in homes and offices — actually contribute to indoor air pollution by releasing into the air bacteria and dust ...
Jan 04, 2012 |
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Potential new drugs plug brain's biological 'vacuum cleaner' and target HIV
In an advance toward eliminating pockets of infection in the brain that help make HIV disease incurable, scientists report the development of new substances that first plug the biological vacuum cleaner that ...
Oct 12, 2011 |
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Vacuum-like device makes cellular exploration easier
It's a bit of a challenge. But, imagine a microscopic jet vacuum cleaner, the size of a pen nib that hovers over cell surfaces without ever touching them. Then imagine that the soap in the cleaning solution ...
Sep 20, 2011 |
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Cleaning up with space tech
There’s just about nowhere that state-of-the-art space technologies cannot reach – from the martian atmosphere to those hard-to-clean spots under the couch. The search for space dust is giving us ...
Sep 07, 2011 |
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College student invents cardboard vacuum cleaner
(PhysOrg.com) -- In another attempt to reduce the amount of plastic refuse that winds up in landfills, Jake Tyler, an industrial design student at Loughborough University has devised a means to construct a ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Jul 07, 2011 |
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Brachiosaurus and other dinosaurs like a vacuum cleaner
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a recent study published in Biology Letters, Professor Graeme Ruxton from the University of Glasgow and Dr. David Wilkinson from Liverpool John Moores University use mathematics and a ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 24, 2011 |
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Using bark to vacuum oil spills
Cleaning up oil spills is a time consuming, difficult process. But a novel approach developed at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) uses a new kind of vacuum cleaner that blows bark ...
Nov 12, 2010 |
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UV light nearly doubles vacuum's effectiveness in reducing carpet microbes
New research suggests that the addition of ultraviolet light to the brushing and suction of a vacuum cleaner can almost double the removal of potentially infectious microorganisms from a carpet's surface when compared to ...
Nov 01, 2010 |
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Vacuum cleaner sucks up strokes
A clot vacuum cleaner that sucks out stroke-producing blockages from blood vessels in the brain sounds like science fiction.
Jun 08, 2010 |
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New guidelines may make it easier to share information on 'going green'
Choosing "greener" household cleaners, computers, and other consumer products could become as easy as reading a product's label thanks to a movement under way to develop universal guidelines for determining whether chemical ...
May 12, 2010 |
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Samsung launches a new vacuuming robot
(PhysOrg.com) -- Samsung Electronics has launched its latest autonomous robot vacuum cleaner, the Tango, which is capable of vacuuming hardwood floors, carpets, and even beds without human assistance.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 06, 2009 |
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Seasonal ladybug swarms pester even bug experts
(AP) -- Pest-control specialist Gene Scholes even gets bugged by them - legions of ladybugs lately swarming his rural Missouri home and other stretches across the country, exploiting gaps in door and window seals for cozier ...
Oct 22, 2009 |
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Dyson Unveils His Bladeless Fan (w/ Videos)
(PhysOrg.com) -- James Dyson, inventor of the bag-less vacuum cleaners has taken his invention one step further with the unveiling of the bladeless fan. Using 'Air Multiplier' technology the bladeless fan ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Oct 14, 2009 |
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Older adults want robots that do more than vacuum, human factors/ergonomics researchers find
Researchers at Georgia Tech have discovered that, contrary to previous assumptions, older adults are more amenable than younger ones to having a robot "perform critical monitoring tasks that would require little interaction ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Oct 14, 2009 |
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Autonomous underwater robot reduces ship fuel consumption (w/ Video)
As the U.S. Navy minimizes its dependence on foreign oil, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) is a front runner in supporting and bringing forth innovative solutions to fuel consumption challenges.
Aug 24, 2009 |
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