News tagged with ozone treatment

Ozone reduces fungal spoilage of fruits and vegetables

Storing fruits and vegetables in ozone-enriched environments reduces spoilage explains a scientist at the Society for General Microbiology's Spring Conference in Harrogate. Dr Ian Singleton explains how ozone ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Non-toxic hull coating resists barnacles, may save ship owners millions

North Carolina State University engineers have created a non-toxic "wrinkled" coating for use on ship hulls that resisted buildup of troublesome barnacles during 18 months of seawater tests, a finding that could ultimately ...

Chemistry / Materials Science

created May 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Oh, my aching back: Give me a shot of ozone

A minimally invasive interventional radiology treatment—that safely and effectively uses oxygen/ozone to relieve the pain of herniated disks—will become standard in the United States in the next few years, predict researchers ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1




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Cut back on soot, methane to slow warming: study

There are simple, inexpensive ways to cut back on two major pollutants -- soot and methane -- and taking action now could slow climate change for years to come, international scientists said Thursday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity 2.9 / 5 (7) | comments 6

Duke study offers 7 safeguards for hydraulic fracturing

A new report by Duke University researchers offers several health and environmental measures for North Carolina lawmakers to consider as they debate legalizing horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing for natural gas.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Using ionized plasmas as cheap sterilizers for developing world

(PhysOrg.com) -- University of California, Berkeley, scientists have shown that ionized plasmas like those in neon lights and plasma TVs not only can sterilize water, but make it antimicrobial – able ...

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 15, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 10 | with audio podcast

NOAA greenhouse gas index continues to climb

NOAA's updated Annual Greenhouse Gas Index (AGGI), which measures the direct climate influence of many greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane, shows a continued steady upward trend that began with the Industrial ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 09, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (6) | comments 3

Novel surface triples stem-cell growth in culture

By irradiating typical polystyrene lab plates with ultraviolet (UV) waves, Whitehead Institute and MIT scientists have created a surface capable of tripling the number of human embryonic stem (ES) and induced pluripotent ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Nov 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Future forests may soak up more carbon dioxide than previously believed

North American forests appear to have a greater capacity to soak up heat-trapping carbon dioxide gas than researchers had previously anticipated.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 13, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (12) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

How the N2O greenhouse gas is decomposed

Nitrous oxide (N2O) is a harmful climate gas. Its effect as a greenhouse gas is 300 times stronger than that of carbon dioxide. Nitrous oxide destroys the ozone layer. In industrial agriculture, it is generated ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Aug 22, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Testing fumigant films that keep the air clean

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) researchers have found a way to help growers minimize emissions of fumigants used as soil treatments.

Biology / Ecology

created Jul 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Curb soot and smog to keep Earth cool, says UN

Sharply reducing emissions of soot and smog could play a critical role in preventing Earth from overheating, according to a UN report released on Tuesday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 14, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Research aimed at slowing spread of forest pests in wood packaging

As invasive forest pests such as emerald ash borer and Asian long-horned beetle decimate forests they never should have seen, scientists are investigating ways to slow the introduction of new insects that may be just as devastating.

Biology / Ecology

created Jun 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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