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Study provides more insight into air pollution mechanisms that cause cardiovascular diseases

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Of particular interest is the fact that with regard to the much-discussed diesel exhaust emissions, particulate matter and not nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ), both of which are produced by burning diesel fuel, have a negative effect on vascular function. —Thomas Münzel. —Professor Jos Lelieveld.

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Army Research Lab team working to design piston engines optimized for JP-8

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designed for Diesel Fuel (DF-2) operating with reduced performance with JP-8. As a result of these factors, power and torque output from a COTS diesel engine operated on JP-8 rather than DF-2 can be reduced on the order of 5%. (In Small companies do not have the capability to perform basic fundamental research.

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