A pair of environmental engineers at the National University of Singapore has found that many bacteria in common sewer water are able to detoxify tetrachloroethene. In their study published in the ...

When a droplet of water falls on a hot pan, it dances across the surface, skimming on a thin layer of steam like a tiny hovercraft ... of fires and improving engine efficiency.

IN this, the third edition, Dr. Ewing has thoroughly revised his well-known text-book, and to some extent he has rewritten certain chapters; for example, the chapter on steam turbines is new, and ...

Data suggest that this decline was 20 to 50% in major urban areas. This led to a pronounced increase in ozone pollution, which, in turn facilitated the formation of secondary PM 2.5. While this ...

One potential culprit? Your humidifier. During winter, air pollution is a concern indoors as much as it is outdoors. Stoves, fireplaces, and ultrasonic humidifiers produce pollutants that can be ...

Mongolia’s air pollution crisis has reached its peak, with an estimated 7,000-plus Mongolians dying each year from polluted air. The public is not sitting idle. Since January, activists and ...

(c) London Museum of Water and Steam The grant, which followed a recent crowdfunder campaign supported by over 660 people, will go towards restoring the museum’s Great Engine House, home to the ...

The power producing States bear the burden of all this pollution to provide electricity to the consuming States. So, who should pay for the pollution burdens of thermal power plants? This article ...

In fact, the nanoparticle pollution from wax melts rivals that ... or exceeds what's emitted from cars with internal combustion engines. At that rate, you might be inhaling 10-100 times more ...