Air Analysis – News and Features

Californian-based study show that Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons is associated with increase in premature births.

Airborne viruses remain one of the major public health issues worldwide. Detection and quantification of airborne viruses is essential in order to provide information regarding public health risk assessment.

Berkeley Lab’s scientists used a powerful microscope to detect remnants of protein and chitin in the exoskeleton of a 417-million-year-old fossil of an extinct mega-scorpion.

In research described as “a stark warning” to those tempted to start smoking, scientists are reporting that cigarette smoke begins to cause genetic damage within minutes — not years — after inhalation into the lungs.

Scientists develop new DNA technique to aid crops and trees at risk from deadly 'honey fungus'

China’s Yangtze River Delta is one of the most heavily polluted and densely populated areas of the world, the population density of some districts of Shanghai exceed 40,000 people/km2. A new study suggests regions as highly polluted as the Yangtze River Delta can clear the air and in the process save thousands of lives by adopting common pollution-control technologies.

Delphi Automotive have announced that it has joined the SmartWay(SM) Transport Partnership, an innovative collaboration between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and industry designed to significantly reduce greenhouse gases and air pollution.

Verantis Corporation, a global provider of turnkey environmental and process solutions for industrial plants, announced today that it acquired the assets of Atlanta-based Andersen 2000.

CTIC's new publication explores the breadth of the environmental benefits of conservation tillage practices, which are facilitated significantly by biotechnology crops.

'To fight poverty and overpopulation, crops need coaxing. Advances in deep-root food plants may trigger a new Green Revolution.'