New Jersey Institute of Technology environmentalist receives Fulbright Chair award
...and networking, solar physics, advanced engineered particulate materials, nanotechnology, neural engineering and eLearning. ...Ground-level ozone linked to increased mortality
...searchers accounted for variables such as weather, particulate matter pollution and seasonality, which could impact mortality rates. The researchers found that an increase of 10 parts per billion (ppb) in weekly ozone levels was associated with a 0.52 percent daily increase in deaths the following week. The rate...Ocean colour satellites guide research ship through South Pacific's watery desert
...even whales. They also create the first reserve of particulate matter from which all organic and inorganic debris originate." However these waters isolated from any continents, too far too receive nutritive elements via wind or rain - are 'super-oligotrophic', with a poor standing algal stock, a reduc...Physicists discover temperature key to avalanche movement
...l importance to industries that handle powders and particulate materials from pharmaceutical pills and food powders to sand and cement in the construction industry....NASA study finds soot may be changing the Arctic environment
...ring the early 1980s the primary sources of Arctic particulate pollution are believed to have been from Russia and Europe. Those sources have decreased substantially in the past two decades, but the computer simulations indicate increasing emissions from South Asia have made up for some of the reduced Eurasian p...Air pollution raises risk for dangerous arrhythmias among people with ICDs
... prior to the episode, particularly when levels of particulate air pollution, black carbon, nitrogen dioxide (all...ning ventricular tachyarrhythmias linked with fine particulate pollution five times higher for risk of cardiovascular death than the people in the general public. ...Diabetics susceptible to compromised cardiovascular function from high levels of air pollution
... These results show a biological mechanism linking particulate pollution and impaired cardiovascular function. The findings appear in the June 7, 2005 issue of Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association . The study compared the effect of pollution on 270 greater Boston residents divided into two gro...Device traps, disables harmful bacteria
...der has removed bioaerosols -- airborne biological particulate matter -- from the air of a hospital therapy pool ...e Colorado engineers mounted three high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) ultraviolet (UV) air filters on the ceiling of the pool room. They compared concentration...Study to determine if air pollution accelerates development of cardiovascular disease
...over a 10-year period to six major air pollutants: particulate matter (smoke, soot, airborne dirt and dust), sulfur dioxide, ozone, carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide and lead. They will be measuring air pollution levels both outside participants' homes and at fixed monitoring stations in each community. "Forsyth...Carbon nanoparticles stimulate blood clotting, researchers report
...epidemiological studies that exposure of humans to particulate matter, and to very small particles, increases the...on, the team compared the impact of standard urban particulate matter, mixed carbon nanoparticles, "bucky balls," single-wall carbon nanotubes, and multiple wall c...Oil mist reduces airborne hazards in concentrated swine feeding operation
...y developed oil mixture reduced airborne levels of particulate matter at a concentrated animal feeding operation ...bers of animals in confined spaces. In addition to particulate matter and ammonia, recent studies have shown that concentrated feeding operations also produce anti...UC Davis wins $8 million EPA grant to study health effects of air pollution
...t UC Davis will further the EPA's understanding of particulate matter exposure and its health effects on adults a...quely positioned to study the relationship between particulate matter and health problems," said Wexler, who is also director of the UC Davis Air Quality Research ...Study finds significant independent association between air pollution and cardiovascular risk
...n-physiologic and sometimes high concentrations of particulate matter. However, air pollution particles most stro...ool of Medicine Researchers used mice and airborne particulate matter with diminishing size down to .5m to demonstrate an incremental capacity to penetrate to the ...'High efficiency' vacuum cleaners no better at protecting against dust mites
...covered that vacuum cleaners with 'high-efficiency particulate air' or HEPA filters are no more effective than standard models at reducing exposure to dust-mites. The team compared nasal air samples taken before and during vacuum cleaning using both HEPA and non-HEPA vacuum cleaners. They found a small increase...Fine particles increase hospital admissions for heart failure and cardiovascular disease
Short-term exposure to fine particulate matter--the microscopic particles that pollute the...ent school. In 2002, for every 10 g/m3 increase in particulate matter, the researchers calculated 11,000 additional cardiovascular and respiratory disease hospital...Harvard Six Cities Study follow up: Reducing soot particles is associated with longer lives
...ving longer and cities reducing the amount of fine particulate matter, or soot, in their air. The study has been ...on of one g/m3 in the average levels of PM2.5 fine particulate matter, defined as having a diameter of 2.5 microns or less -- narrower than the width of a human ha...Pollutant haze heats the Arctic
...e far north: the Arctic's well-known haze made of particulate pollution from mid-latitude cities mixes with thi...os) called it "poo-jok." Scientists already knew particulate pollutants make clouds more effective at reflecting sunlight, which reduces surface temperatures. So...Loss of just one species makes big difference in freshwater ecosystem, study finds
...stream and downstream to quantify the transport of particulate organic carbon (POC). "Although there are more than 80 fish species in this small river, the detritivores, like Prochilodus, make up 50-80 percent of the fish biomass. Their abundance makes them attractive targets for harvesting by people. So when ...UCI scientists first to predict air quality impact of small-scale power sources
... Results showed that maximum levels of ozone and particulate matter could increase slightly in Southern Califor... of breath and nausea. The peak concentration of particulate matter -- small specks of chemicals and soot that can lodge in the lungs and cause health problems -...Ecological change, climate variation addressed at international conference, September 20-24
... Ocean abyss The effects of climate variation on particulate organic carbon (POC) in the deep ocean are largely unknown. Abyss-dwelling animals rely on this organic material sinking from surface waters above as their primary food source. Variations in POC affect deep-sea animal populations, but time-series dat...