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Air pollution top environmental health risk
2014-03-25 09:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Al Jazeera: Air pollution kills about 7 million people worldwide every year, and is now the single biggest environmental health risk, with more than half of the fatalities due to fumes from indoor stoves, according to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) published Tuesday. "The evidence signals the need for concerted action to clean up the air we all breathe," said Maria Neira, head of the WHO's environmental and social public health department. "The risks from air pollution are now far greater...
RFMD Awarded $9.7M Air Force Contract to Produce Millimeter Wave GaN Integrated Circuits
2014-03-25 05:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Company Transferring 0.14 Micron GaN Technology and Manufacturing on 6-Inch Wafers to Combine Technology and Cost Leadership<br /> <br /> GREENSBORO, N.C. – RFMD (Nasdaq:RFMD), a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-performance radio frequency solutions, today announced it has signed a $9.7 million agreement with the Manufacturing and Industrial Technologies Directorate within the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to transfer and produce a 0.14 micron Gallium Nitride ...This story is related to the following:Communication Systems and EquipmentSearch for suppliers of: Microwave Monolithic Integrated Circuits (MMIC) | Military Specification Integrated Circuits | Microwave Circuits
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Polluted air linked to 7 million deaths in 2012 - WHO
2014-03-24 18:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Air pollution killed about 7 million people in 2012, making it the world's single biggest environmental health risk, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Tuesday. The toll, a doubling of previous estimates, means one in eight of all global deaths in 2012 was linked to polluted air and shows how reducing pollution inside and outside of people's homes could save millions of lives in future, the United Nations health agency said. Air pollution deaths are most commonly from heart disease,...
Polluted air linked to 7 million deaths in 2012 : WHO
2014-03-24 18:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Air pollution killed about 7 million people in 2012, making it the world's single biggest environmental health risk, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. The toll, a doubling of previous estimates, means one in eight of all global deaths in 2012 was linked to polluted air and shows how reducing pollution inside and outside of people's homes could save millions of lives in future, the United Nations health agency said. Air pollution deaths are most commonly from heart disease,...
Nitrogendoped coral-like carbon fiber arrays shown to be highly efficient air electrodes for high-performance Li-air batteries
2014-03-24 11:30:29| Green Car Congress
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