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Monday, 1 May 2017

Use pram covers 'to protect babies from air pollution'

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Traffic lights and bus stops were pollution hotspots and there were higher levels of pollution in the morning compared with the afternoo...
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Tube 'higher than driving' for air pollution, our study finds

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Travelling on the Underground exposes commuters to more than eight times as much air pollution as those who drive to work, a university ...
Monday, 4 January 2016

Why Delhi is the world's most polluted city

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In a bid to tackle its record air pollution, Delhi has banned cars from travelling on alternate days over the first two weeks of this...
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Friday, 6 March 2015

Optimal spraying of water could help in improving air quality in the city environments

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This guest article is contributed by: Sunil Kumar Mittal Sunil is an innovator and an alumnus of Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi,...
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Saturday, 14 February 2015

Stopping at red lights could be slowly killing you

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The average UK commuter spends about 1.5 hours a day at the wheel. While not great for stress levels in general, there are other ways tha...
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Wednesday, 7 January 2015

How smartphones can lead the fight against air pollution

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It’s no surprise that dirty air kills. In fact, air pollution was recently placed in the top ten health risks faced by human beings global...
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Sunday, 27 July 2014

Construction nanoparticles

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Construction of buildings is a part of both developing and developed society. Some aspects, such as particle emissions, are yet not under...
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Wednesday, 18 June 2014

City parks good for people, but not so good for buildings

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While city planners have been encouraged to plant trees and gardens to green the city for the health of its inhabitants, recent research ha...
Wednesday, 28 May 2014

Green corridors protect cyclists and pedestrians from pollution

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City-dwellers consider cycling or walking to work to be part of a healthy routine. But latest studies on air pollution show that nanopartic...
Thursday, 17 April 2014

Guest Edited Special Issue on "Nanomaterials and the Environment"

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Developments in nanoscience have brought industrial benefits as well as environmental concerns. Nanomaterials have been considered a potenti...
Saturday, 12 April 2014

Vegetation, nanoparticles and related exposure

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Trees play both negative and positive role in terms of pollution exposure to city dwellers. When these are planted along the roadsides w...

Ultrafine Particles in Cities

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Ultrafine particles (UFPs; diameter less than 100 nm) are ubiquitous in urban air, and an acknowledged risk to human health. Globally, the ...
Tuesday, 6 August 2013

Nanoparticles in Indian Environment

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Nanoparticles have at least one dimension in the 1−100 nm range and may originate by natural, incidental, or manufactured processes. In...
Saturday, 3 August 2013

Energy-Pollution Nexus for Urban Buildings

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Since the first oil crisis in 1974, economic reasons placed energy saving among the top priorities in most industrialized countries. In ...
Thursday, 25 July 2013

Nanoparticles in air pollution

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Hearing the words “airborne nanoparticles” for the first time, one would probably ask: just how tiny are they, where do they come from,...
Saturday, 5 March 2011

10 things a research presentation must have?

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When given an opportunity to make a presentation of your work, it is imperative that you make the best use of given few 10's of minut...
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Sunday, 3 October 2010

Evolving 'Scientists' into 'Science-twists'?

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First of all, it is worth defining the First of all, it is worth defining the terms 'scientist' and science-twist' in the contex...
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Saturday, 17 July 2010

Measuring your scientific productivity and impact on science?

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Academics, researchers or the scientists work hard for boosting their research and disseminate it through various channels such as conferenc...
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Wednesday, 9 June 2010

Tips for writing technical reports (BEng/MEng/MSc/EngD/D.Phil/PhD)

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It is crucial to present your work in a concise, effective and impressive way. Failing to do so also means that you are not doing justice to...
Thursday, 29 October 2009

Summer Internships - once in a lifetime opportunity

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Guest Article by: Saurabh Jain I thank Saurabh for writing this article. Saurabh completed his Bachelor of Technology in Civil Engineeri...
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