and ultra-strong and lightweight structure, graphene has potential for many applications in electronics, energy, the environment,
and electrons can do their job in such ultrasmall environments. Up to a billion of these nanopore batteries could fit in a grain of sand.
and living in a dynamic environment, Tidemann explains. You could see our intelligence as a byproduct of our adaptability.
let it operate in a physical environment and see if we can observe intelligent behaviour.
Clinical samples are complex environments in which it is difficult to detect signals. The authors used the transcriptor's amplification abilities to detect disease markers,
Low-cost pollution detectors to tackle air quality (w/video) Rush hour can be maddening. Roads congested with traffic,
Air pollution is the world largest single environmental health risk, causing one in every eight deaths according to figures released last year by the World health organization.
however, industry, domestic heating, power generation and burning are all contributors to pollution. And although the effects of pollution might be noticeable on a particularly smoggy day in a large city,
decades of exposure to only slightly higher levels a level we wouldn even notice can increase the risk of heart and lung diseases,
With this in mind, Jonesteam, together with industrial partners and other universities, has been developing low-cost pollution detectors that are small enough to fit in your pocket,
The electrochemical devices the team developed can measure a wide range of pollutants, including carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide and ozone,
and stationed at roadsides and at critical pollutant sites. Fifty static devices were deployed also around London Heathrow Airport to record 22 months in the life of one of the busiest airports in the world. his was the first time technology like this had been tested in real-world situations as a high-density network,
whose research at Heathrow was funded by the Natural environment Research Council. e could see huge variability in the exposure to pollution that people encounter as they move around the urban environment,
Jones and colleagues had to develop new smart software methods capable of separating local pollution events from background signals (pollution transported from long range)
The team has been working with Cambridge Environmental Research Consultants developers of world-leading air quality modelling software combining the unprecedented level of data created by the pollution-monitoring studies with model output to enhance the understanding
of pollution dispersion. For instance, sensors can be used to ask whether pollution along bus routes is improved by upgrading the exhaust processing on a bus fleet;
whether people living at the top of high-rise buildings experience more or less pollution than people at street level;
and to what extent changing a route to work, even from one side of the road to another, can affect an individual exposure.
which specialises in environmental monitoring equipment. AQMESH uses Alphasense sensors to sample every 10 seconds, and data processing is carried out in real-time using cloud computing software similar to that developed by the Cambridge team. hen the project started in 2006 there were lone voices calling for a different approach to air quality monitoring,
or aqueous acids such as acid rain. The protective layer is an effective barrier, even against corrosive gases or under pressure.
or other hand impairments to regain some daily independence and control of their environment. Walsh's team adapted the mechanics of the glove to make it more comfortable and natural feeling to wearers.
"Science benefits from an environment that allows access to valuable insights that can only be gained by working with actual potential end users of a developing technology,
environmentally friendly materials and could potentially be changed depending on the environment or your whims s
#Diamond-like coatings save fuel (Nanowerk News) Scientists already know how to coat components with diamond-like carbon to minimize friction.
#Engineers develop state-by-state plan to convert US to 100 percent renewable energy (Nanowerk News) One potential way to combat ongoing climate change,
eliminate air pollution mortality, create jobs and stabilize energy prices involves converting the world's entire energy infrastructure to run on clean, renewable energy.
who is also a senior fellow at the Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment and at the Precourt Institute for Energy."
"The study is published in the online edition of Energy and Environmental sciences("100%clean and renewable wind, water,
reduce pollution-related health problems and eliminate emissions from the United states. There is very little downside to a conversion, at least based on this science."
the reduction of air pollution in the U s. could prevent the deaths of approximately 63,000 Americans who die from air pollution-related causes each year.
Cantilever oscillations make it possible to determine the chemical composition of the environment in which the chip is placed.
which changes during a chemical reaction between the cantilever and the environment. By placing different reagents on the cantilever
it'll capture the viral particles in the analyzed environment. Oscillations will occur at a lower
and nitrogen dioxide is a major contributor to smog, she said. The ability to monitor such gases in production facilities and coal fired power stations gives vital early warning of explosions
while the ability to sense nitrogen dioxide allows for a constant monitoring of pollution levels in crowded cities.
"The cloaking suit could be used to blend into a variety of environments, such as in the wild.
"Although surface atoms represent a minuscule fraction of the total number of atoms in a material, these atoms drive a large portion of the material's chemical interactions with its environment."
#Solar desalination (Nanowerk News) When graduate student Natasha Wright began her Phd program in mechanical engineering, she had no idea how to remove salt from groundwater to make it more palatable,
Wright began designing an electrodialysis desalination system, which uses a difference in electric potential to pull salt out of water.
This type of desalination system has been around since the 1950s, but is used typically only municipally, to justify its costs.
While other companies are already installing desalination systems across India, their designs are intended to be powered grid.
Shes designed a village-scale desalination system that runs on solar power. Since her system is powered by the sun,
Its useful to install a small-scale desalination system where people are so spread out that its more costly to pump in water from a municipal plant,
that can extract energy from the environment to recharge. Last week, at the Symposia on VLSI Technology And circuits, MIT researchers presented a new power converter chip that can harvest more than 80 percent of the energy trickling into it
and a high quality viewing experience anywhere, especially in bright outdoor environments. The innovation was made possible by using a combination of a mirror with a thin absorbing layer separated by a precise and controllable gap.
a fossil fuel that contributes to global warming. As an alternative, scientists have been trying to develop a cheap and efficient way to extract pure hydrogen from water.
'green'approach that substantially reduces both cost and environmental impact.""Quantum dots, which have use in diverse applications such as medical imaging, lighting, display technologies, solar cells, photocatalysts,
or chemical environment to provide unique functionality in a wide range of applications from energy to medicine.
The legume is a presidium of Slow food, the global organisation that supports the principles of organic agriculture
Despite the strict parameters that define a Slow food presidium, precision agriculture is a welcome tool: We stand for sustainable agriculture,
or have long-term environmental effects like GMOS, affirms Ursula Hudson, member of the Executive Committee of Slow food International l
#New device tracks chemical signals within cells Biomedical engineers at the University of Toronto have invented a new device that more quickly
must be sealed completely from any contaminant in the environment, Cima says. There was no precedent for that.
In addition, the researchers anticipate that it could also lead to important improvement for devices that monitor the environment."
Participants include the Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular biology and Applied Ecology IME in Aachen, as well as the Institute for Environment, Safety,
and Energy technology UMSICHT in Oberhausen and the Institute for Chemical Technology ICT in Pfinztal. The technology came about during one of Fraunhofers internal preliminary research projects and through individual projects with industrial partners.
In addition to the exhaust gases, syngas similar gas mixtures from home and industrial waste incineration can also be used for the engineered process
"Niches create a supportive environment for stem cells and help direct their activity. Yamashita, a Howard hughes medical institute investigator, Macarthur Fellow and an associate professor at the U-M Medical school, looked through her old image files
limiting the risk to the environment. People have been interested in using silver nanoparticles for antimicrobial purposes, but there are lingering concerns about their environmental impact due to the long-term effects of the used metal nanoparticles released in the environment,
said Velev, INVISTA Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular engineering at NC State and the papers corresponding author.
says that the particles could be the basis for reduced risk pesticide products with reduced cost and minimized environmental impact.
amplifying itself as the surrounding environment manipulates the physical properties of its wave energy. The researchers took advantage of this by creating an artificial material in
cyanobacteria suck in huge amounts of carbon dioxide from the environment and convert it into other materials, such as biomass.
Thus, they play a critical role in Earth's climate. Scientists the world over currently are developing ways to take advantage of these natural processes to create new forms of energy.
and adapts well to different environments, it's under particular scrutiny for its potential to make biofuels and other high-value products."
#New study shows how nanoparticles can clean up environmental pollutants Many human-made pollutants in the environment resist degradation through natural processes,
In a new paper published this week in Nature Communications("Nanoparticles with photoinduced precipitation for the extraction of pollutants from water and soil),
while the photoinduced precipitation ensures nanomaterials are released not in the environment. Ferdinand Brandl and Nicolas Bertrand, the two lead authors, are former postdocs in the laboratory of Robert Langer, the David H. Koch Institute Professor at MIT Koch Institute
Brandl says. hen we came up with the idea to use our particles to remove toxic chemicals, pollutants,
in a solution hydrophobic pollutant molecules move toward the hydrophobic nanoparticles, and adsorb onto their surface,
and now nrichedby the pollutants they form larger aggregates that can then be removed through filtration, sedimentation,
and molecules. he interactions we exploit to remove the pollutants are nonspecific, Brandl says. e can remove hormones, BPA,
And the nanoparticleshigh surface-area-to-volume ratio means that only a small amount is needed to remove a relatively large quantity of pollutants.
thus offer potential for the cost-effective cleanup of contaminated water and soil on a wider scale. rom the applied perspective,
as another example of a persistent pollutant that could potentially be remediated using these nanomaterials. nd for analytical applications where you don need as much volume to purify or concentrate,
"By tailoring the environment around a material, like we've done here with semiconductors, we can create new designer materials with almost any optical properties we desire,
In that sense it contributes to the protection of the environment given that the amount of energy used worldwide for data transmission is considerable-after all,
#Making polymer nanostructures from a greenhouse gas (Nanowerk News) A future where power plants feed their carbon dioxide directly into an adjacent production facility instead of spewing it up a chimney
because CO2 isnt just an undesirable greenhouse gas; it is also a good source of carbon for processes like polymer production.
It is stable in the acidic stomach environment but dissolves in the small intestines near-neutral ph,
because it is both safe and stable in the stomach environment. Traverso and Robert Langer, the David H. Koch Institute Professor at MIT and a member of the Koch Institute, are the senior authors of a paper in the July 27 issue of Nature Materials("A ph
and geologic environments"),have implications for decades-old questions in science and technology such as how animals and plants grow minerals into shapes that have no relation to their original crystal symmetry.
Likewise, knowing how pollutants are transported or trapped in the minerals of sediments has implications for environmental management of water and soil."
"How we think about the ways to crystallization impacts how we interpret natural crystallization processes in geochemical and biological environments,
what stands to inspire a new generation to take advantage of energy inefficiency and waste. One major drawback to the technology is that its relatively slow to harvest energy,
In the aftermath of these natural disasters, there's always a wave of looting. Houston, in particular, is highly vulnerable to looters seeking to profit from partially destroyed homes.
this drought is caused all by man-made global warming. And because I don't see China shutting down its coal fired power plants anytime soon,
if the climate change alarmists are correct. Welcome to Delusionville, where the power of magical belief in Big Government can overcome any drought California,
Desalination is an environmental nightmare For those who are saying, "There's no water problem in California!
"you need to look into the catastrophic environmental destruction tied to ocean water desalination. Not only does desalination use fossil fuels
which emit the very same carbon emissions that the California government insists caused the drought in the first place,
the desalination process itself pollutes the ocean with high concentration salt brine that kills marine ecosystems
and destroys ocean life along the California coastline. And that's on top of all the Fukushima radiation that's already causing a marine ecosystem collapse in many areas of the coast.
self-entitled Hollywood celebrities demand their lush, green lawns at the expense of ocean life, climate change and the global ecosystem.
Several molecules in that environment are able to diffuse into the ichip, allowing the bacteria to thrive in a more natural setting than a petri dish.
This would then allow the car to help reduce stress, for example by changing mood lighting, audio settings and climate control.
We have created a unique environment that can seamlessly bring together rehabilitation, medicine, and science as exemplified in this study.
Methylation may also occur spontaneously or through our interaction with the environment for example periods of famine can lead to methylation of certain genes
This histone replacement, known as turnover, enables our genetic machinery to adapt to our environment by prompting gene expression,
and reacts to changes in the environment can help us to find new ways to treat neurodegenerative diseases and mental illness. ource:
people constantly struggle to be physically present in their environment while maintaining a digital connection,
In their paper, Anderson's team hypothesises that as the world becomes increasingly technologically connected it might be possible to also decode non-motor intentions to control one's environment for example,
#or a few thousand#miles away in a safe environment because it doesn't matter whether the remote tower is across town or on the other side of the earth.
#Fiber optic sensors developed for distributed temperature sensing The high-density fiber array sensors are suited to harsh environment processes
like homes or offices, is that those environments are constantly changing. The robot must be able to perceive
Also, it provides the capacity to work outside controlled environments like medical centers factories or laboratories.
an event that has been called"catastrophic"by the United nations environment programme. According to experts at the United nations, the mass killings of the rare antelopes are attributable to a combination of environmental and biological factors.
Scientists said in a report Thursday by the United nations environment programme (UNEP that not even a single animal managed to survive after getting affected by the disease. nseasonal wetness may have been lowered something that their immunity to infection
#Oil and gas companies target coal industry as climate deal comes closer As the global climate deal draws closer,
However, gas produced by many oil companies release about half the CO2 EMISSIONS of coal fired plants and lower levels of air pollution.
It has opted instead to draw attention to new technologies that improve the efficiency of coal fired power plants or capture their CO2 EMISSIONS.
They don want fossil fuel industries to influence the climate policy i
#A blood test can detect every virus that ever infected you A test has been developed to detect every known human virus using just a single drop of blood.
#Pope Francis to take on Global warming in upcoming Encyclical On Thursday, Pope Francis will deliver a papal encyclical on ethical issues and environment.
The official guide states that humanity is'slapping nature in the face'.'The Pope is expecting the paper to have a great impact on UN conference to be held in Paris in December.
the Pope has announced that pollution is not good for earth and is a sin. There are many who are not linking the interference of the Pope into politics
which it challenged the Pope's views on climate change.""We believe Pope Francis is making a mistake
For more information, visit www1. lehigh. edu. Harsh Environments No Match for New Fiber Sensor Nanofiber Fabrication Boosts Quantum computing Sulfur Copolymers Boost IR Optics
"Breaking the chain of infection, from an infected patient, to the environment, to new patient, is vitally important,
While other methods of disinfecting health care environments are effective, they are episodic and results are short-lived because bacteria immediately repopulate the space,
and they hope that their invention will be an eco-friendly solution to a growing electronic waste problem.
Every year, 3. 2 million tons of electronic waste are thrown out in the United states alone. Organizations are trying to recycle the waste
or mine it for valuable resources like gold, but there's still a ton of electronics (well,
and others like him (another team is building dissolvable circuits) are trying to deal with the e waste problem at the start--long before your phone gets stepped on or your computer crashes.
Instead of waiting until they're headed to the trashcan to clean up the waste, they're tackling the problem at the very start of the supply chain n
but if you want to work in nanotechnology it is a very different environment, Lutz said. ur idea is that the chemistry can provide something that's easier to synthesize and cheaper than DNA. a
#Machines Sniff out Illegal Specimens Of Wood Illegally traded specimens of endangered species present a huge problem to investigators and customs officials all over the world.
Wildlife trade is one thing, and forensic specialists have managed to come up with some ingenious (and spectacular) deterrents to illegal wildlife trade,
including advanced DNA TESTING that is now used to protect endangered or threatened animals. Detecting illegal wood products is more challenging,
If the wood is a match for a rare or endangered species, the authorities can take action against the people using illegally forested wood.
and prevent continued deforestation a
#Cuban Babies Are Now HIV-Free Cuba has become the first country in the world in
Over a one-year period, the researchers released the modified males into the local environment and monitored the resulting eggs,
The team new LAM-awaresystem maps out its environment while it collects information about objects from multiple viewpoints.
By comparison, SLAM-oblivious systems have far greater difficulty recognizing multiple objects in a cluttered environment than the SLAM-aware system.
Two years later, the company is continuing to repurpose fabric to offer solutions in health, tech and even citywide pollution.
In learning of the daily pollution problem, it became apparent that the suit should double as solution for cleaner air.
#At $50, Earthquake Early Warning device Could Ease Lives of Billions Startup Grillo wants everyone, especillay developing nations,
to have earthquake early warning-systems systems for increased public safetyan earthquake measuring device is priced at about $20,
The dream is to allow even developing nations affordable early warning devices that can warn against the destructive power of earthquakes.
there is no effective way to predict an earthquake hours earlier. Japan, the only country in the world with a nationwide advanced early warning system
can only send alerts mere seconds before an earthquake can happen. But this crucial warning has proven itself a lifesaver.
when the most powerful earthquake Japan has seen ever rocked the nation, early warning systems halted trains and is believed to have minimized significantly damage to both infrastructure and the number of casualties.
Expert seismologists will place the sensors for better chances of coming across the early stages of an earthquake.
and Deutsche bank in delivering important projects to earthquake-ravished Haiti in 2011. Grillo i
#ATM Technology Gets Applied to Kenyan Water Access It comes to no surprise that water is a scarce, precious and too-often polluted resource for people living in many developing nations,
This is Grundfosfirst foray into a more urban environment. So far, they have not reported whether urban problems like theft and overcrowding have impacted negatively the project.
These solutions can be harmful to both people and the environment. The SALT (Sustainable Alternative Lighting) lamp offers a healthier solution with a saltwater-powered battery.
This is for areas that experience natural disasters and are need in of aid. Electricity is difficult to use in these situations
you're able to replace function by the new mind-controlled prosthetics-the next step might be to get sensing from the environment
Another of his tele-robotic controlled hands was created with dangerous environments in mind where humanlike robots could be sent to allow people to monitor situations
so that electricity flowing in one direction experiences a different environment than electricity flowing in the other direction.
the scientists focused on developing an asymmetry in the environment around the molecular junction. They surrounded the active molecule (oligomer of thiophene-1,
The researchers have shown that acoustic vortices act like tornados of sound, causing microparticles to rotate
Like a tornado, what happens to the particles depends strongly on their size. Bruce Drinkwater, Professor of Ultrasonics in the Department of Mechanical engineering and one of the authors of the study
Computation used the Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE), which is supported by NSF grant OCI-1053575,
They can even perform computations based on changes in the environment or movement, and respond to human vital signs.
what going on in the surrounding environment, similar to how sensors in driverless cars create an impression of the pathways and obstacles around them.
having the ability to navigate environments on their own ensures they can travel greater distances and cover more land.
because the technology could eventually have a practical use too-in areas where natural disasters have occurred
#The Pope confirms that the Catholic church wants action on climate change Science and religion rarely get along.
"If the simple fact of being human moves people to care for the environment of which they are a part, Christians in their turn ealise that their responsibility within creation,
"With this encyclical, Francis is starting to build a bridge between science and religion on the traditional wedge issue of climate change.
"If we are concerned truly to develop an ecology capable of remedying the damage we have done,
it would have gigantic impacts for battling climate change. That would be a game changer for climate scientists and activists
#This new technology lets you change the channel with your mind The BBC is testing a new type of headset that can read a user brainwaves
the Caltech toilet not only recycles the organic waste that runs through it; the team has integrated also a function that can turn the byproducts of the water sterilising process into useable hydrogen and fertiliser.
And it could help to greatly reduce cooling costs and the environmental impact of air-conditioning. The roofing material is made from stacked polymers on top of a thin silver film,
"Cool roofing reduces the severity of the urban heat island problem in towns and cities and helps eliminate peak power demand problems from the operation of many air conditioners,
the project backers claim theyl be able to deliver produce rom farm to fork in under four hours and all without the usual environmental impact of truck-based food transportation across England motorways.
and a waste of resources for the doctors, who could have been cultivating healthier embryos for her."
no one going to use it no matter how much better for the environment it is. Their challenge now is to figure out how to increase the yield of their gallium phosphide grids
and creates a harsh environment for sensitive primary cells. This makes it nearly impossible for researchers to study the cells naturally,
"Non-destructive manipulation of cells over time and in the correct environment is a key enabling technology highly needed within the biology and medical research communities,
and creates an environment that enables innovation write Victor J. Dzau M d. of the Institute of Medicine Washington D c. and Harvey V. Fineberg M d. Ph d. of the University of California San francisco in an accompanying editorial.
This will be said the next industrial revolution Aloimonos We will have smart manufacturing environments and completely automated warehouses. It would be great to use autonomous robots for dangerous work--to defuse bombs
and clean up nuclear disasters such as the Fukushima event. We have demonstrated that it is possible for humanoid robots to do our human jobs.
or elements and becomes more efficiently deposited in the environment.""To understand how mercury gets deposited we need to understand its atmospheric chemistry,
"The U s. EPA Mercury and Air Toxics Standards and the International Minamata Convention on Mercury, have focused on limiting the emissions of toxic air pollutants,
or respond to their environment. This novel insight about the role of phospholipid metabolism in photoreceptor biology paves the way for new sight-saving treatments.
and their relatively static environments to make object recognition easier by imaging objects from multiple perspectives before making judgments about their identity.
Overtext Web Module V3.0 Alpha
Copyright Semantic-Knowledge, 1994-2011