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To clean the air, Dutch scientists invent pavement that eats smog
| Posted on August 10, 2013 at 9:05 AM |
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By Tony Barboza
July 5, 2013, 12:13 p.m.
What if the solution to smog was right where the rubber meets the road?
Scientists in the Netherlands have found that installing special air-purifying pavement on city streets can cut air pollution nearly in half.
Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology outfitted one block in the city of Hengelo, Nethe...
Read Full Post »New bird flu threat emerges in China
| Posted on August 7, 2013 at 10:10 PM |
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Virologists are nervously keeping track of a strain of avian influenza that has, for the first time, infected humans.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) was notified of three H7N5 infections last month by China's Health and Family Planning Commission. Genetic blueprints of the viruses involved in the three cases have been mapped and released for virologists worldwide, who a...
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At least 123 dead in Bangladesh factory collapse
| Posted on May 6, 2013 at 7:30 AM |
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Rubble being searched for survivors
April 24, 2013
An estimated 123 people are dead after the collapse of a Bangladesh garment factory building Wednesday morning, news sources are reporting.
The death toll could rise; many more may be trapped in the rubble. Because garment factories in that area are generally in operation around the clock, as ...
Read Full Post »A new "SARS-like" virus has been detected
| Posted on October 15, 2012 at 3:45 PM |
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2 October, 2012
A new “SARS-like” virus has been detected in the UK, according to widespread media reports.
The headlines are based on press releases from the UK’s Health Protection Agency (HPA) and the World Health Organization (WHO) about a new coronavirus.
SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) is a serious and potentially life-threatening viral infection that mostly affects the lungs. SARS is caused by a family o...
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