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NASA
New Timing for Stubble Burning in India
Every year for decades, long rivers of smoke and haze have spread across the Indo-Gangetic Plain in northern India from October to December. That’s when farmers in Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and other states burn off plant “stubble” after the rice harvest. When winds are weak and the atmosphere becomes stagnant, the haze can push levels of air pollution several times higher…
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NASA
What is Air Quality?
Clean air is essential for healthy living, but according to the World Health Organization (WHO), almost 99% of the global population breathes air exceeding their guideline limits of air pollution. “Air quality is a measure of how much stuff is in the air, which includes particulates and gaseous pollutants,” said Kristina Pistone, a research scientist at NASA Ames Research Center. Pistone’s research covers…
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Press Releases
Realtek Semiconductor and Alango Technologies Partner to Offer a Solution for Hearing Loss
Realtek Semiconductor Corporation (Taiwan) and Alango Technologies, Ltd. (Israel) have announced a collaboration to provide a joint solution that delivers the Alango PersonaSound™ suite of software technologies, ported and optimized for the latest Realtek Bluetooth SoCs. This collaboration aims to address the global problem of hearing loss, which affects 1.5 billion people worldwide, with 430 million requiring rehabilitation services, according…
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Press Releases
Ship & Shore Environmental, Inc. Establishes Regional Operations in Thailand
Long Beach, CA & Bangkok, Thailand, November 12, 2019 – Ship & Shore Environmental, Inc. a multinational environmental pollution abatement and energy solutions firm, today announced that it has expanded its manufacturing operations in Bangkok, Thailand. The new Ship & Shore Thailand effort offers the same solution planning and fulfillment capabilities as its U.S. and Chinese counterpart locations. The S&SE move into Thailand arose from both…
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CES 2014: Medissimo unveils award winning Smart Pill Box
According to the World Health Organization, “Solving the problem of medication non-adherence would be more effective than achieving any other medical progress.” With imedipac, medissimo is inventing a new benchmark in connected health enabling correct medication adherence, shared in real time. Imedipac is a communicating and secure device for the preparation of unit doses. It comprises a Smart Pill Box…
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