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New study links traffic-related air pollution to facial dark spots

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A large-scale study that included women from Germany and China has demonstrated a link between levels of traffic-related air pollution and air pollution-associated gases with the formation of dark spots on the skin, known as lentigenes, or liver spots. The report is published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology.

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KS Kolbenschmidt introducing 5th generation LITEKS piston system for improved fuel savings through friction reduction

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KS Kolbenschmidt has developed its LITEKS concept for particularly low-friction piston systems installed in highly loaded gasoline engines. The concept achieves an improved interaction of the piston skirt with the cylinder liner surface through the influence of skirt stiffness and a further improved piston profile.

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Tesla and GM sign on to use supply chain emissions database

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It’s expected to use a combination of tools such as satellites and machine learning to track ongoing greenhouse gas emissions from potential pollution sources around the world. “We It’s also looking to publish air pollution information in the database on either a weekly or a monthly basis.

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DOE to award up to $100M for SuperTruck3 and $62.75M for Low-GHG Vehicles Technology funding opportunities

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The overall objective of each project should be to demonstrate how a substantial (75% or greater) reduction in the GHGs and local pollutants from the movement of goods in trucks can be achieved in a way that is economical and scaleable. Technology Integration (Natural Gas Vehicle Technology Proof of Concept).

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USC study shows promising potential for giant-kelp-based biofuel with depth-cycling approach

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The National Research Council has indicated that generating biofuels from feedstocks such as corn and soybeans can increase water pollution. Farmers use pesticides and fertilizers on the crops that can end up polluting streams, rivers and lakes. But in open oceans, the sunlit surface layer lacks nutrients available in deeper water.

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New nanostructured earth abundant metal catalysts rival platinum on a weight basis; diesel emissions treatment

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This is referred to as “chemistry at a point”. The utility of structures prepared via this concept has been demonstrated in relation to exhaust clean-up from diesel emissions, oxidizing CO and NO simultaneously over hundreds of hours of operation. The findings are published in the journal Nature Communications. Papaioannou, Wan K.

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PNNL-led international study finds ultrafine aerosols have outsize impact on storm clouds, precipitation

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vehicles) and industrial air pollution—fuel powerful storms and influence weather much more than has been appreciated, according to a study published in the journal Science. This differs from the previous “cold-cloud invigoration” concept, which does not consider aerosol impacts on condensational heating. —Fan et al.