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United Kingdom: Nanotech poster absorbs pollution
2014-05-15 12:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: A scientist and an award winning poet, both at the University of Sheffield, have made a giant poster that uses nanotechnology to gobble up pollution. It can absorb the poisonous compounds from around 20 cars each day if you put it by a busy road. Prof Tony Ryan (the science expert) and Prof Simon Armitage (the words expert) came up with the idea to highlight one possible way to cut disease and save lives by taking poisonous compounds from the air in our towns and cities. First the science...
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S. Korea's Samsung SDI absorbs materials unit
2014-03-31 09:35:15| Chemicals - Topix.net
Samsung SDI, the world's largest smartphone battery maker, said Monday it would absorb an affiliate producing electronic chemical materials, in the latest restructuring of the giant Samsung Group.
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Thawing Arctic releases more carbon than it absorbs
2014-03-25 12:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: The benefits of an Arctic region that stays greener for longer because of warming temperatures are not sufficient to offset the carbon released by the thawing permafrost, scientists have found. As the Arctic climate warms at twice the rate of the rest of the globe, the regions growing season is lasting longer each year. This means that plant growth is increasing, meaning that more of the greenhouse gas carbon is absorbed out of the atmosphere. However, new research from the Woods Hole Research...
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Southern Co. absorbs $450M in additional losses for over-budget Mississippi coal plant
2013-07-31 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Southern Co. shareholders will absorb $450 million in losses incurred while building a new coal-fired power plant in Mississippi, raising the total write-offs on the construction project to nearly $1 billion, utility officials said Tuesday. The utility announced the pre-tax write-off on its massive project in Mississippis Kemper County before releasing its second-quarter earnings Wednesday. Company officials had earlier estimated the most recent charge would be around $160 million or more, significantly...
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Life Sciences Real Estate Demand Shrinks as R&D Absorbs Funding
2013-07-16 21:55:00| National Real Estate Investor
Its a time of contraction for the life sciences industry, as executives at major biosciences firms attempt to decipher not only how to create the next big drug, but also where to locate facilities for the next wave of product development. read more
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