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The system is called ECO Exhaust Gas Cleaning (ECO-EGC#)for its ability to remove major pollutants from the exhaust gases at any operating condition of a shipt sea, during maneuvering and in port.
#Hydronano Gas that safely & effectively neutralizes carbon fuel pollution emissions Hydro Infra Technologies (HIT) is based a Stockholm clean tech company that has developed an innovative approach to neutralizing carbon fuel emissions from power plants
and is being invited by various government ministries around the world to provide solutions to the critical levels of pollution emissions being generated by power plants and other industries.
HNG) HNG effectively reduces the pollution emissions from burning fossil fuels to almost zero when injected into exhaust outlets.
and run decision-support systems with commercial viability that could aid industrial and governmental agencies in sea state pollution monitoring spill response and other aspects of ocean management.
If successful, these driverless pods could ultimately provide a clean, efficient solution to pollution issues,
Clean energy jobs also could benefit from the rollout of the first-ever limits on carbon pollution from power plants
the team installed it on a mobile laboratory used during NASA DISCOVER-AQ campaign, which analyzed pollution on the ground and from the air last September.
Tittel says a smaller QEPAS device will be added this year to the mobile monitoring van currently carrying out a Rice university of Houston survey of pollutants in the city.
The innovation is a key enabler for smart cities, environmental and pollution monitoring, and effective disaster management, among many other applications.
From monitoring weather and pollution to empowering mart citiesof the future, wireless sensor networks promise to make our lives more comfortable, safer and more productive.
sensing technologies will allow the introduction of new services for citizens that will benefit quality of life, such as traffic and pollution monitoring,
"The project team developed an innovative flame analysis system capable of detecting burner operating parameters such as firing rate, excess air levels and pollutant emissions,
they also create high levels of waste and pollution, according to the paper. Factory farms can contaminate local soil
pollution and promote sustainable agriculture. While these negative effects are known, the impact of this trend in Asia is undocumented still largely,
San jos known as the Capital of Silicon valley is installing a network of sensors to create a sustainability lens that uses Intel technology to measure characteristics such as particulates in the air noise pollution and traffic flow.
#Iron-rich biochar filters arsenic from water Biochar may be a fast inexpensive and easy way to remove arsenic one of the world s most common pollutants from water.
For the average person this means more sophisticated weather satellites remote controllers satellite communication or pollution detectors. his is a material innovation that s the first part
and this week set new rules to cut carbon pollution from the nation s power plants. ur technique allows one to specifically remove carbon dioxide at the source.
the team installed it on a mobile laboratory used during NASA DISCOVER-AQ campaign, which analyzed pollution on the ground and from the air last September.
Tittel says a smaller QEPAS device will be added this year to the mobile monitoring van currently carrying out a Rice university of Houston survey of pollutants in the city.
#Drop an internet in the ocean to detect tsunamis University at Buffalo rightoriginal Studyposted by Cory Nealon-Buffalo on October 14 2013a deep-sea internet network is expected to improve the way scientists detect tsunamis monitor pollution
It may also help collect oceanographic data and monitoring pollution. The framework will encourage collaboration among researchers
or to break down organic pollutants in the ead zonesof lakes and coastal waters where fertilizer runoff and other organic waste can deplete oxygen levels
which is exposed to different types of pollution from agrochemical residues to metals from leather tanneries.
and reduce pollution nationwide.####The U s. installed 930 megawatts (MW) of photovoltaics (PV) in Q3 2013, up 20 percent over the second quarter and 35 percent from the third quarter of last year.
But with all that activity comes a whole lot of noise pollution. The noise is an unavoidable side effect of living with millions of other people.
Others have concerns about pollution or toxic residue from the conversion process. Blest tells us that,
These are used to reduce energy and water consumption and pollution. Dubai, United arab emirates Although in the early stages yet, Dubai announced plans last year to turn itself into a smart city.
and scrubs the air of pollutants and excess carbon dioxide, and helps to regulate the planet's climate.
#Billboard sucks in pollution and turns it into purified air Billboards often line busy roads
The billboard's air filtration system is also capable of scrubbing the air of some pretty heavy-duty pollutants such as the dust metal and stone particles common around construction zones.
Hills surrounding the city also trap in the pollution making a bad situation worse. Overall the city pollution levels are triple the maximum recommended by the World health organization.
The billboard works on the basis of simple thermodynamic principles. It makes use of shifts in temperature pressure
Aside from separating pollutants from the air UTEC claims that the technology can also eliminate 99 percent of airborne bacteria.
Researchers also hope that by analyzing the pollutants collected by the billboard they can better understand air circulation around the city.
This could lead to other methods for reducing the accumulation of pollution. If these early prototypes are successful one can imagine similar billboards being erected in urban areas around the world.
instead there are hard data on how much it will cost to treat the asthma cases that are caused by the extra pollution.
and concrete costs but that now can also produce real data on social value pollution health and yes even happiness a
Mercury is a global pollutant, he notes, and"to solve problems in any country we need a global strategy".
and his colleagues based their conclusions on visibility measurements, a good proxy for aerosol pollution, from 3, 250 meteorological stations around the world.
meaning that the net effect of aerosol pollution on global temperatures is worryingly uncertain. Another complication is that soot from burning biofuels,
In particular, water samples from an area called the Weddell gyre contain atmospheric pollutants known as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCS),
and pollution particles in the sky left behind by jet aircraftctually are signs of a clandestine government effort to modify the weather.
#Smog Harvested from Tower Made into Jewelry A Smog Free Tower that stands 23 feet tall is being built to scrub pollution out of the air in parks and other public outdoor spaces in Rotterdam, The netherlands.
plans to transform the pollution comprised mostly of carbon into rings and cufflinks. Inspired by the idea that diamonds are made of carbon that has been subjected to high pressure,
the company believes that transforming pollution into jewelry will prove desirable to many. Each accessory will be made from scrubbing 35
says he woke up one day obsessed with the idea of pollution. Holding up a bag of pollution particles in this video, he explains that it hard to believe that we accept this pollution as waste
when it can take on other forms. After its Netherlands debut, the company hopes to set up towers in other cities as well, including India, Mexico city and Beijing i
Bacterial sensorsenvironmental applications for this type of sensor include monitoring the ocean for carbon dioxide levels acidity or pollutants.
A system proposed by researchers at MIT recycles materials from discarded car batteries a potential source of lead pollution into new,
consume the wastewater remaining organic pollutants and, in the process, generate electricity. This electricity travels through a circuit and onto cathodes coated with separate microbes that consume that electricity
Treated wastewater exits the reactor with 80 to 90 percent of pollutants removed, so it can be used for irrigation, equipment washing,
where aerobic microorganisms degrade pollutants consume a lot of energy and generate biosolids (organic materials) that are managed at cost.
Processes where anaerobic microbes eat pollutants, while producing small amounts of burnable methane, have gained popularity in the last few decades
and wastewater pollution is rising, causing many companies to consider water risk in their overall strategy.
including environmental pollutants, ultraviolet light, and radiation. Fortunately, cells have several major DNA repair systems that can fix this damage,
and the introduction of alkyl groups caused by pollutants such as fuel exhaust and tobacco smoke. To achieve this, the researchers created five different circular pieces of DNA, four
and give them completely new functions, such as monitoring environmental pollutants. In a new Nature Materials paper, the researchers report boosting plantsability to capture light energy by 30 percent by embedding carbon nanotubes in the chloroplast,
an environmental pollutant produced by combustion. Strano lab has developed previously carbon nanotube sensors for many different chemicals,
the researchers hope to develop plants that could be used to monitor environmental pollution, pesticides, fungal infections, or exposure to bacterial toxins.
#New study shows how nanoparticles can clean up environmental pollutants Many human-made pollutants in the environment resist degradation through natural processes,
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 we can do this in one step. nd the nanoparticleshigh surface-area-to-volume ratio means that only a small amount is needed to remove a relatively large quantity of pollutants.
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,
Nanoporous carbon materials can also adsorb gas pollutants work as environmental filters or be used in water treatment.
#Tracking heat-driven decay in leading electric vehicle batteries Rechargeable electric vehicles are one of the greatest tools against rising pollution and carbon emissions and their widespread adoption hinges on battery performance.
The nanoparticle-pollutant package could then be eaten by sediment-dwelling organisms in a sort of'Trojan horse'effect allowing the adsorbed contaminants to accumulate up the food chain.
whether or not these pollutants can be stripped away from the carbon nanotubes by these animals'digestive systems after being ingested continued Ferguson.
These toxic liquid solvents raise many issues for concern including environmental pollution, high cost of disposal, health problems and poisoning during the disposal process.
For the average person this means more sophisticated weather satellites remote controllers satellite communication or pollution detectors.
what pollutants its mother passed along during nursing and when it encountered pesticides and mercury.
In the U s. alone tailpipe emissions account for one-fifth of the nation's annual 5. 833 billion tons of greenhouse gas pollution according to the Union of Concerned Scientists.
What share of curbing present-day pollution will be taken by the world's poorer nations as well as the richest?
and create lead pollution when they're incorrectly trashed. A team at MIT believes that this lead can be cut out of the waste stream entirely
China one of the largest providers of public financing for infrastructure worldwide agreed to work towards strictly controlling public investment flowing into projects with high pollution and carbon emissions both domestically and internationally,
cap-and-trade programs essentially create a commodity out of pollution, allowing for financial corporations to profit from polluting industries. c
#Micromotors Could Help Reduce Ocean Pollution The buildup of carbon dioxide, a major greenhouse gas, is increasingly impacting oceans around the world, making waters more acidic and threatening sea life.
where collecting CO2 pollution from each car is infeasible. c
#Tapeworms may be good for your brain Tapeworms get a bad rap. Theye voracious parasites that burrow into gut walls and devour nutrients like a nightmarish version of The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
"Our findings have opened a new door to solve the global plastic pollution problem, "Wu said. The world produced nearly 300 million tonnes of plastic according to 2013 data published by the Worldwatch Institute.
"Our findings have opened a new door to solve the global plastic pollution problem, "Wu said. The world produced nearly 300 million tonnes of plastic according to 2013 data published by the Worldwatch Institute.
water contamination and pollution is an increasing concern. The ecological devastation from major oil spills can last for years,
which works by using a unique material that absorbs pollutants while the wearer is swimming.
which is a form of sugar has a highly porous structure that is simultaneously water-repellant and pollutant-absorbent.
while the material itself is able to absorb up to 25 times its own weight in pollutants
the pollutants are trapped within the pores of the material, ensuring that the absorbed material never makes contact with the wearer.
where a nanophotonic sensor could be built to scan for pollutants not just in food but also in air and water.
you wouldn want the particles themselves to become pollutants if are they releasing from the membranes
In addition to durable ewritable paper, Klajn suggests that future applications of this method might include removing pollutants from water certain nanoparticles can aggregate around contaminants
The findings could also lead to new applications in environmental monitoring using genetically engineered microbes to issue warning signals in the presence of pollutants or toxins,
and give individuals some insights into the extent of pollution. A battery in the device is recharged continually by a Freevolt energy harvester.
Now, researchers from MIT and the Federal University of Goias in Brazil have developed a new technique that uses ultraviolet (UV) light to extract man-made pollutants from soil and water.
These pollutants, including pesticides and endocrine disruptors like bisphenol A, fight hard against natural degradation
Some current techniques rely on chemical degradation of pollutants, which can potentially result in toxic by-products.
Work could also be done to improve the ability to remove increasing amounts of pollutants h
#Micro motors could soak up CO2 pollution in the oceans, study finds Machines that are smaller than the width of a human hair could one day help clean up carbon dioxide pollution in the oceans,
The best way to catch a glimpse of the light show is away from bright lights and big cities to minimise light pollution,
The spill has turned the Animas River into a mustard-coloured pollution zone with the contaminated leak said to contain heavy metals like arsenic, mercury and lead,
and create far less unnecessary pollution. Not long ago scientists discovered that the main reason lithium ion batteries lose their capacity over many charge-discharge cycles has to do with expansion and contraction of the graphite electrodes at either end.
if an important new pivot point has been reached one that decouples economic vigor and carbon pollution.
a pollutant gas commonly found in vehicle exhaust that also results from fossil fuel combustion. Prolonged exposure to nitrogen dioxide can be dangerous to human health,
because light pollution will wash out the fainter meteors. And be sure to give your eyes time to adjust to the dark.
National or State Parks If you're looking for a place far away from light pollution, a National or State Park is a great start.
which is already under threat from pollution, tourism, coastal development and global warming. The bots are autonomous,
#Nano-policing pollution Pollutants emitted by factories and car exhausts affect humans who breathe in these harmful gases
a common industrial pollutant. The sensor was tested in conditions similar to ambient air since future devices developed from this method will need to operate in these conditions.
#Nano-policing pollution Pollutants emitted by factories and car exhausts affect humans who breathe in these harmful gases
a common industrial pollutant. The sensor was tested in conditions similar to ambient air since future devices developed from this method will need to operate in these conditions.
Results showed that the synthesized composite can be used as an effective sorbent to purify water contaminated by fluoride due to its simple and quick separation, high efficiency and the lack of the creation of secondary pollution in the solution.
mention can be made of reducing pollution in surface or drinking water, reducing the cost of raw materials
and increasing the rate of separation of sorbents from the sorbed pollutants in the liquid phase e
It can also generate byproducts in the exhaust that reduce the lifespan and efficiency of a car's pollutant-reducing catalytic converter.
This discovery holds out the potential of using this mechanism to help clean up environmental pollution, and other bioengineering applications.
a pollutant gas commonly found in vehicle exhaust that also results from fossil fuel combustion. Prolonged exposure to nitrogen dioxide can be dangerous to human health,
which pollutants attach themselves to ice crystals, and why no two snowflakes are alike.""Ice crystals are ubiquitous
which pollutants attach themselves to ice crystals and why no two snowflakes are said alike Shultz, principal investigator of the Laboratory for Water and Surface Analysis. Those answers could have implications for important issues such as seeding rain clouds and protecting the environment.
a dangerous atmospheric pollutant emitted from automobile tailpipes. In addition to detecting toxic or flammable gases, theoretical work indicates that boron-doped graphene could lead to improved lithium-ion batteries
to prove the presence of environmental pollutants, or to control the quality of biological processes. Now the Fraunhofer FIT, based in Sankt Augustin,
Sept. 9, 2015 Responsive to a range of stimuli, a color-changing metallic substance could help detect problems as varied as mechanical strain and pollution.
For example, the material could be engineered to detect specific pollutants, toxins or pathogens, with the results instantly visible through color emission.
Under cap-and-trade programs, a governing body limits the amount of pollution that can be emitted,
and then sells permits to companies that want to emit pollutants. Companies can trade their permits,
while others argue that the strategy rewards big polluters that can afford to buy permits. In his first term, President Obama tried to pass a similar cap-and-trade program,
cutting environmental pollution and promoting innovative approaches for reducing food loss and waste.""According to the U s. Department of agriculture (USDA) and EPA, food loss and waste in the U s. accounts for approximately 31 percentr 133 billion poundsf the overall food supply available to retailers and consumers and has far-reaching
as well as organic and inorganic pollutants.""The methodology is founded on molecularly dissociating water pollutants to recover the minerals necessary and sufficient in order for the human body to function properly nourished,
and as a catalyst for removing pollutants from vehicular emissions or other industrial byproducts, Zeng said.
However, its high-volume production and the generation of environmental problems (eutrophication and pollution of groundwater due to its high concentration of nutrients
which are not only hazards and pollutants, but also very expensive and inconvenient to refill. Hoping to provide a solution, SALT IS an efficient,
The findings could also lead to new applications in environmental monitoring using genetically engineered microbes to issue warning signals in the presence of pollutants
or improve industry methods related to the discharge of pollutants or oil flow in pipelines. Climate change/Environmental sciences:
#China will make companies pay to pollute from 2017 China is committing to a new program designed to combat the country's pollution levels by setting limits on,
The country is the world's largest polluter, but has worked in recent years to curb its carbon emissions,
and more license to curb the United states'own pollution levels
#Genentech drug adds antibiotics to proteins to fight hidden bacteria Scientists at Genentech have armed the body immune system warriors with antibiotics
#A new material made from orange peels could remove mercury pollution from the ocean Since the Industrial revolution,
There have been ideas for ways to remove mercury pollution, but none have been cost-effective or able to scale up to a global solution.
and it safely stores the pollutants until it can be removed. The team's findings will be published in the journal Angewandte Chemie International Edition
when evaluating areas of potential pollution from nutrients. Research scientist Natalia Kuosmanen at MTT Agrifood Research Finland says defining sustainability quantitatively is challenging due to variety of meanings attached to this commonly used concept.
#Plasmonic paper for detecting trace amounts of chemicals, pollutants and more Using a common laboratory filter paper decorated with gold nanoparticles,
"for detecting and characterizing even trace amounts of chemicals and biologically important molecules-from explosives, chemical warfare agents and environmental pollutants to disease markers.
#Artificial membranes on silicon Artificial membranes mimicking those found in living organisms have many potential applications ranging from detecting bacterial contaminants in food to toxic pollution in the environment to dangerous diseases in people.
the Rice team installed it on a mobile laboratory used during NASA's DISCOVER-AQ campaign, which analyzed pollution on the ground and from the air last September.
"Tittel said smaller QEPAS device will be added this year to the mobile monitoring van currently carrying out a Rice university of Houston survey of pollutants in the city.
or to detect environmental pollutants and food conditions, says Jie Bao, a former MIT postdoc and the lead author of a paper describing the quantum dot spectrometers in the July 2 issue of Nature.
#Nanoparticles and UV Light Clean up Environmental Pollutants A new study from MIT shows how nanoparticles can clean up environmental pollutants,
Many human-made pollutants in the environment resist degradation through natural processes, and disrupt hormonal and other systems in mammals and other animals.
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 we can do this in one step. nd the nanoparticleshigh surface-area-to-volume ratio means that only a small amount is needed to remove a relatively large quantity of pollutants.
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,
anoparticles with photoinduced precipitation for the extraction of pollutants from water and soil, Nature Communications 6, Article number:
which would make chips conform to the pollution standards for arsenic set by the U s. Environmental protection agency.
This could reduce congestion and pollution around the port. Moving To Smart Everything Sensors are not just the domain of industry though.
which counteracts the increasingly crowded roads, traffic and pollution. In other words, this is a classic (and, dare
so they and their local governments can see pollution on their own streets. Independent scientific analysis confirmed that the mobile sensor system worked for collecting street-by-street data
Herzl explains that e know that trees absorb pollution NO2 specifically. If we can know where pollution hotspots are,
we can know where to put green spaces. The Google partnership will allow it to rapidly scale the deployment of its sensors.
or pedestrians away from high-pollution areas to avoid exacerbating condensed pollution or breathing it in.
The ability to direct self-driving cars away from intersections where they might contribute to high-pollution zones could help convince cities theye a positive change.
It doesn address pollution from mining and separating rare earth oxides from other materials in the ore (other new processes are being developed to address those issuesee he Rare-Earth Crisis. But for metals such as aluminum and magnesium,
Among others who want to highlight the disruptive new approach to auto manufacturing that incorporates 3d printing to dramatically reduce the pollution,
and pollution generated by manufacturing. It also holds the promise of making large-scale car manufacturing affordable for small teams of innovators.
while saving energy and generating less pollution.""While the Node presents Divergent Microfactoriesnew technology, the Blade presents the new technology in context as the world first 3d printed supercar.
It is used also to remove pollutants such as volatile organic compounds (VOCS)- chemicals routinely used in solvents-from water."
while the ability to sense nitrogen dioxide allows for a constant monitoring of pollution levels in crowded cities.
which find application in cancer treatment, pollution reduction, renewable energy collection. Scientists from Harvard, Boston, and Princeton universities have played also a role in the development of this innovative technique, called D Structure Identification of Nanoparticles by Graphene Liquid Cell EM (SINGLE),
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 we can do this in one step. nd the nanoparticleshigh surface-area-to-volume ratio means that only a small amount is needed to remove a relatively large quantity of pollutants.
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,
The researchers, from Anhui Jianzhu University in China, say their new material could provide inspiration for other approaches to removing pollutants.
even at low concentrations, small amounts of heavy metal pollution can kill corals. This heightened toxicity is due to coral being very efficient at collecting,
Aluminium oxide has previously been used to remove pollutants, but the structure of the material has not been optimal,
"Adsorption is an easy way to remove pollutants from water, so developing new products that can do this is a big challenge in environmental remediation,
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