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Researchers find magnetite nanoparticles similar to those from traffic pollution in brain; possible link with Alzheimer’s

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Separately, a team from Argentina and India had reported earlier this year on the magnetic properties of air-suspended particles in 38 cities from south India. Dobson (2003) “Preliminary evaluation of nanoscale biogenic magnetite in Alzheimer’s disease brain tissue” Proc. Hautot et al. India study. Gargiulo et al. 2016.02.008.

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NOAA: Global temperatures in March make coolest March since 1999 even with US’ record-breaking warmth

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C), making it the 18 th warmest March on record and the coolest global land-only March temperature anomaly since 2003. Warmer-than-average conditions occurred across nearly all of Canada, the contiguous United States, Mexico, Europe, Argentina, Peru, and parts of northern and central Russia, India, China, and eastern Brazil.

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Korean consortium forming JV with Bolivian miner Comibol for lithium production in Salar de Uyuni

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China and Argentina total 5.4 Prices reached $4,752 per ton as of 28 July, up $200 compared with last month and almost 100% from 2003, government data show. Among the other countries, identified lithium resources for Bolivia and Chile total 9 million tons and in excess of 7.5 million tons, respectively. million tons and 2.6

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