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Environment
Qualitative study highlights community-led strategies to clean air
University of Southern California Environmental Justice Research Institute (EJRL) members Connie Valencia, Dr. Manuel Pastor, and former California Congresswoman Cristina Garcia. Credit: Wen Public Health In Boyle Heights, a predominantly Hispanic/Latino neighborhood, residents are disproportionately exposed to toxic air pollution, which is associated with increased risk of chronic diseases such as asthma and death. The Natural Park Air Pollution Solution…
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Nanotechnology
Discarded silk can clean up polluted waterways – researchers develop hollow spherical silk particles to test adsorption
Conventional silk fabric: (A) Plain weave dyed fabric, PW-D. (B) Noil woven dyed fabric, NW-D. (C) Dyed single jersey knit fabric, JK-D. (D) Dyed satin (charmeuse) fabric, CW-D. (E) Dyed shantung (Duponi) fabric, SW-D. (F) SEM image of the electrospun fiber mat. (G) FTIR spectrum showing amide bands I, II, and III of silk dope or silk fibroin solution, SFS.…
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