Items tagged with Air

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MIT Solves 100-Year-Old Engineering Problem Friday, September 26th, 2008 - 14:59:17 - Ehud Rattner MIT scientists and colleagues have reported new mathematical and experimental work for predicting where aerodynamic separation will occur... read more

Walnut Trees Reduce Stress with Aspirin Saturday, September 20th, 2008 - 18:06:20 - Anuradha Menon Walnut trees respond to stress by producing significant amounts of a chemical form of aspirin, scientists have discovered. The finding, by scientists... read more

106 MPG 'Air Car' Sunday, August 10th, 2008 - 18:05:19 - Ehud Rattner You've heard of hybrids, electric cars and vehicles that can run on vegetable oil. But of all the contenders in the quest to produce the ultimate... read more

Scientists to Assess Olympics Air Pollution Saturday, August 9th, 2008 - 10:08:13 - Anuradha Menon As the Summer Olympics in Beijing kicks off this week, the event is giving scientists a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to observe how the atmosphere... read more

Air Quality Forecasts For China Thursday, July 24th, 2008 - 12:21:13 - Ehud Rattner With less than a month remaining before the Beijing Olympics, Chinese officials have introduced a series of measures to improve air quality for the... read more

Three Gram 'Dragonfly' Takes Flight Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 - 20:16:26 - Anuradha Menon Engineers have made a new tiny DelFly Micro air vehicle. This successor to the DelFly I and II weighs barely 3 grams, and with its flapping wings is... read more

The Dirtiest Air in China is in Beijing Tuesday, July 8th, 2008 - 14:05:57 - Ehud Rattner Despite advertised measures to decrease pollution, as we approach the one month countdown to the Beijing Olympics, the government's numbers rank... read more

Apple Drops Price Of MacBook Air Saturday, July 5th, 2008 - 08:17:13 - Anuradha Menon The price reduction appears to be the result of a drop in the price of the 1.8-GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor and a reduction in the price of the... read more

How Pollution Can Help to Clean the Air Sunday, March 23rd, 2008 - 22:28:17 - Ehud Rattner Some types of air pollution might be doing a good turn by creating extra doses of atmospheric cleaner, according to new research. A lab study has... read more

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