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A Bamboo Carbon Filter for Diesels Could Reduce Emissions

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Looking to make replacement filters more environmentally friendly and affordable, a team of engineering students from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology , in Dhaka, designed a carbon-based version with bamboo. The filters can cost thousands of dollars to replace, however, because they’re made with precious metals.

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Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program accepting application for 2017 awards

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Toyota Motor Corporation has begun accepting applications today for this year’s Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program , which is designed to support environmental revitalization and conservation activities aimed at sustainable development both in Japan and overseas. Association to Save Shallow Water and Tidal Flat in Asia.

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Inventor of AT&T’s Datakit, the First Virtual Connection Switch, Dies at 85

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His research interests included the design and fabrication of neuromorphic devices and circuits, flash memories, and silicon quantum devices. Five years after graduating in 1952, he joined utility company Hydro-Québec in Montreal as a systems design engineer. He worked at the university at the time of his death.

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U.K. Startup’s Digital Dyeing Printers Save Energy, Water

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Miles of fabrics are immersed in gigantic “washing machines” full of dye and water. Alchemie’s machines dye cotton using 95 percent less water and 70 percent less energy. They dye polyester using 95 percent less water and 85 percent less energy. They dye polyester using 95 percent less water and 85 percent less energy.

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Study Finds Black Carbon a Significant Factor in Melting of Himalayan Glaciers

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The thick blue band across the Himalayas designates decreases of at least 16%, while a few smaller patches (red) saw increases. The glacial melt feeds rivers in China and throughout the Indian subcontinent and provide fresh water to more than one billion people. Change in annual linear snow cover from 1990 to 2001. Menon et al.

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