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Rice University team links PM2.5 and ozone levels with cardiac arrest

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A team from Rice University and the Houston Fire Department EMS has found a direct correlation between out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) and levels of air pollution and ozone. Ensor is a professor and chair of Rice’s Department of Statistics, and Raun is a research professor in Rice’s Department of Statistics.

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UK researchers report that alcohols in windshield washer fluid are major unreported source of VOCs emissions from cars, including EVs

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In a recent open-access paper published in ACS’ Environmental Science & Technology , researchers from the University of York report that alcohols in windshield washer fluid account for a larger fraction of real-world vehicle emissions than previous estimates have suggested. —Cliff et al.

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TOAR shows present-day global ozone distribution and trends relevant to health; public database

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Even so, during 2010-2014, people in parts of California, Arizona, Colorado, Texas, the Midwest and the Middle Atlantic still experienced more than 15 days a year in which ozone levels exceeded the US health-based air quality standard of 70 parts per billion (ppb) averaged over eight hours. Source: University of Leicester.

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Sandia team uses computational approaches to develop high-entropy alloys with attractive hydrogen storage properties rapidly

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Data-driven materials’ discovery paradigms provide an alternative to traditional approaches, whereby machine/statistical learning (ML) models are used to efficiently screen materials for desired properties and significantly narrow the scope of expensive/time-consuming first-principles modeling and experimental validation. —Witman et al.

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New Quantum Sensors Promise Precision and Secrecy

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Our scheme is hybridizing two different quantum technologies, says Jacob Dunningham , professor of physics at the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom. Bob then performs the measurement, encoding his results onto the phase of the single photons that Alice has sent as part of the process.

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Study links increased black carbon pollution to increase in cases of lung adenocarcinoma worldwide

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Lung adenocarcinoma—an aggressive non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC)—is a type of cancer for which research strongly suggests that genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors play a part. This study, done in collaboration between NTU and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, showed that a 0.1 micrograms per cubic meter (?g/m

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Study finds link between sleep apnea and increases in PM2.5, NO2

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Similarly, air pollution has been linked with cerebrovascular disease, cancer and cardiovascular morbidity and overall mortality, attributed in part to an increased systemic inflammatory response to fine particles. Martha Billings, lead study author and associate professor of medicine at the University of Washington. exposure; and.

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