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APRIL 11, 2019

About 4 million children worldwide develop asthma each year because of inhaling nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ) air pollution, according to an open-access study published in The Lancet Planetary Health by researchers at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health (Milken Institute SPH).

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

In a cohort study of a subset of 2050 newborns from the Children’s Health Study in southern California, researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) found that an increase of 2 standard deviations in prenatal exposure to particulate matter in air pollution was associated with higher newborn total thyroxine (TT4) measures.

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MAY 25, 2016

A major, decade-long study of thousands of Americans has now found that people living in areas with more outdoor pollution—even at lower levels common in the United States—accumulate deposits in the arteries that supply the heart faster than do people living in less polluted areas. The study is published in The Lancet.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Consumer products such as shampoo, cleaning products and paint now contribute as much to emitted volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in cities as tailpipe emissions from vehicles, according to a new study led by NOAA. Total VOC emission factors for end uses of petrochemical sources in the study. de Gouw, Stuart A.

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JANUARY 21, 2014

Chinese air pollution blowing across the Pacific Ocean is often caused by the manufacturing of goods there for export to the US and Europe, according to findings of a new study to be published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Jintai Lin of Beijing’s Peking University is the paper’s lead author.

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AUGUST 10, 2018

The federal Clean Air Act and associated environmental regulations have driven steep declines in air pollution emissions over the past several decades, even as US manufacturers increased production, according to a study by two University of California, Berkeley, economists. Shapiro and Reed Walker (2018) “ Why is Pollution from U.S.

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JULY 23, 2019

Air quality in the US may be linked with increased mortality and reduced life expectancy according to new research from Imperial College London and the Center for Air, Climate and Energy Solutions at Carnegie Mellon University. The study, published in the journal PLOS Medicine , analyzed concentrations of PM 2.5 At any PM 2.5

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

In China, people breathe ozone-laden air two to six times more often than people in the United States, Europe, Japan, or South Korea, according to a new international study published in Environmental Science & Technology Letters. The inset shows ozone trends in Beijing (red) and Los Angeles (blue).

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FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The projects would also help improve air quality in underserved areas of major American cities, including New York, Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago, San Francisco, Oakland, and Salt Lake City. Gas Technology Institute: Houston to Los Angeles (H2LA)–I-10 Hydrogen Corridor Project.

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MARCH 1, 2019

A new study provides the most detailed picture available to date of the global, regional, and local health impacts attributable to emissions from four transportation subsectors: on-road diesel vehicles; other on-road vehicles; shipping; and non-road mobile engines such as agricultural and construction equipment. Source: The ICCT.

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APRIL 14, 2018

is associated with the development of acute lower respiratory infection (ALRI) in young children, according to a new, large-scale study published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine , an American Thoracic Society journal. The exact biological implications of the study’s findings require further investigation.

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MARCH 11, 2020

The study found the two greatest opportunities to reduce community greenhouse gas emissions existed in ridership increases and reduction of fleet vehicle emissions. In assessing its transition to sustainable mobility, LTD employed a partnership with the University of Oregon (UO) to study opportunities and challenges.

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JULY 28, 2017

A study by the University of California, Riverside College of Engineering Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT) found that a Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Agency (Metro) bus equipped with an ultra-low emission natural gas engine performs significantly cleaner than its certification standards across all duty cycles.

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JUNE 22, 2017

The findings of a study by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, with colleagues at UC Berkeley, suggest that changing atmospheric NO x levels over the next two decades will likely significantly reduce the effectiveness of stricter new gasoline vehicle emissions standards in reducing concentrations of secondary organic aerosol (SOA).

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APRIL 18, 2022

A joint research team from Tohoku University and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has made a significant advance towards high-voltage metal-free lithium-ion batteries by using a small organic molecule: croconic acid. An open-access paper on their work is published in the journal Advanced Science.

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AUGUST 22, 2016

A new study suggests that focusing on a gasoline-fueled vehicle’s cold start is the best target for future design changes to reduce emissions of criteria pollutants. It was also a very forward-thinking study in anticipation of how cars that meet future emissions standards will lead to reductions in air pollution. —Greg Drozd.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Now Madni—a professor of astronautics, aerospace, and mechanical engineering at the University of Southern California —is working to transform engineering education. Kennedy at Rice University , in Houston. He moved to the United States to pursue a bachelor’s degree in engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Latino children who live in areas with higher levels of air pollution have a heightened risk of developing Type 2 diabetes, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) and published in the journal Diabetes. Scientists tracked the Los Angeles County children for an average of 3.5

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DECEMBER 14, 2011

A new study published in the journal Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board estimates total automobile air emission costs in 86 US metropolitan areas to be US$145 million/day, with Los Angeles, California, and New York City (each US$23 million per day) having the highest totals.

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JUNE 10, 2021

Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder are developing new computational tools and models to better understand and manage the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in fuel cells. Other partners include the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility and Research Computing at the University of Colorado Boulder. —Hendrik Heinz.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Children living in polluted megacities are at increased risk for brain inflammation and neurodegenerative changes, including Alzheimer or Parkinson’s disease, according to a study led by University of Montana Professor Dr. Lilian Calderón-Garcidueñas and her colleagues.

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AUGUST 26, 2014

A recently released total fuel cycle analysis for maritime case studies shows that natural gas fuels reduce some air quality pollutants substantially, and reduce major greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions slightly, when compared to conventional petroleum-based marine fuels (low-sulfur and high-sulfur). —Corbett et al.

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JANUARY 8, 2024

A new University of Michigan study compares the cost of ownership for EVs and internal-combustion vehicles across 14 U.S. The study found that the total cost of ownership for a 300-mile midsize electric SUV varies by $52,000 across all the cities studied. There was some crossover, however.

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AUGUST 29, 2013

2000 (90% CI: 0–4,000) early deaths from ozone, according to the study. The researchers collected data from the year 2005, the most recent data available at the time of the study. While the study is based on data from 2005, Barrett says the results are likely representative of today’s pollution-related health risks.

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AUGUST 9, 2012

In California’s Los Angeles Basin, levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) pollutants have decreased by about 98% since the 1960s, even as area residents now burn approximately three times as much gasoline and diesel fuel. Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the University of Colorado Boulder.

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OCTOBER 12, 2013

Results of a study funded and released by the California Air Resources Board (ARB) suggest that the organic constituents of ultrafine PM (UFP, particles ? Numerous studies have found that exposure to PM air pollution may contribute to both disease and death. Source: Kleinman presentation. Click to enlarge. Led by Dr. Michael T.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Barroso was born in Brazil and earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in 1989 in electrical engineering from Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro. He then moved to Los Angeles, where he earned a Ph.D. in computer engineering in 1996 from the University of Southern California. He received the 2002 U.S.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2015

The gas fields we studied for this paper produced about 20% of the natural gas in the United States, and more than half the shale gas, so this moves us closer to understanding methane leaks from US natural gas production. CIRES is a partnership of NOAA and the University of Colorado Boulder. tons (33,000 lbs) per hour, or 0.18-0.41%

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AUGUST 11, 2016

are based on scores of national and international epidemiological, animal and human exposure studies. By including the two most important air pollutants in the analysis, the new study “gives policy makers and local air quality managers a much better picture of what is going on.”. Cromar et al. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 4, 2012

The variation in performance among the five ICs tested in this study should raise caution about IC assumptions and terminology, particularly as some so-called “improved” stoves in the natural draft category may at times perform even worse than a traditional mud cookstove. —Kar et al.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

And Parker, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Southern California has delivered. At the time, her father was a professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The university’s brochure persuaded her to apply to its graduate program, she says, because it featured Michael A.

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MARCH 17, 2017

Greyrock Energy, a developer of a gas-to-liquids (GTL) process that produces synthetic diesel, will participate with Tsinghua University of Beijing, China and the Desert Research Institute (DRI) of Reno, Nevada to quantify the positive impact on air quality from the use of synthetic diesel fuels as compared with petroleum derived diesel fuels.

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MAY 4, 2016

A study by researchers from the University of Denver and the University of Puget Sound indicates that high-mileage light-duty fleets contribute higher emissions and emissions share than expected based on their actual numbers in the fleet. In their study, Bishop et al. —Bishop et al.

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DECEMBER 10, 2015

As an alternative approach, the team, made up of LLNL scientist Mark Zelinka and colleagues from the University of California, Los Angeles, including lead author Anthony DeAngelis, evaluated model-simulated global precipitation change through consideration of the physical processes that govern it.

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JUNE 8, 2011

The international study could have implications for the air quality of fast-growing coastal cities in the United States and other mid-latitude regions overseas—the proliferation of strip malls, subdivisions, and other paved areas may interfere with breezes needed to clear away smog and other pollution.

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AUGUST 10, 2016

The grantees will also study the accuracy of data produced by sensors and sensor networks. The grants, which are funded through the EPA’s Science to Achieve Results ( STAR ) program, are being awarded to the following: Carnegie Mellon University will research the accuracy of air pollution sensors and the usefulness of the sensor data.

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AUGUST 31, 2011

million to study the effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The Research Consortia funded are: Lead Institution: The University of Texas at Austin, Marine Science Institute. Lead Institution: Texas A&M University at College Station. Lead Institution: Florida State University. Buskey, Ph.D.

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