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3D Bioinspired Hair‐Based Solar Evaporator for Efficient Water Harvesting

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A bio‐derived solar evaporator inspired by blackbody radiation is developed using human hair waste. The vertically aligned hair structure enables broadband light absorption, efficient thermal localization, and rapid water transport, achieving high evaporation rates and stable desalination performance.
Yi Liu   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Urban air pollution and health inequities: a workshop report. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
Over the past three decades, an array of legislation with attendant regulations has been implemented to enhance the quality of the environment and thereby improve the public's health.
American Lung Association
core   +1 more source

Fungi and environmental pollution [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Environmental Science and Health, Part B, 2017
Jerzy, Falandysz, Roland, Treu
openaire   +3 more sources

Removal of Steroid Hormone Micropollutants by an Electrochemical Carbon Nanotube Membrane Flow‐Through Reactor: Role of Concentration and Degradation Mechanisms

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
A flow‐through electrochemical membrane reactor equipped with a carbon nanotube membrane eliminates the mass transfer limitation, achieving removals >97.5% for steroid hormone (SH) micropollutants through electrochemical adsorption and degradation, over a broad initial concentration varying from 50 to 106 ng L−1.
Siqi Liu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Strategic Environmental Policy Under Free Trade with Transboundary Pollution [PDF]

open access: yes
We analyze the effects of free trade on environmental policies in a strategic setting with transboundary pollution. Trade liberalization can result in a race to the bottom in environmental outcomes, making both countries worse off.
Lapan, Harvey E., Sikdar, Shiva
core   +3 more sources

Environmental pollution and asthma.

open access: yesInternational journal of immunopathology and pharmacology, 2011
Clinical evidences and epidemiological studies show that allergic pathologies of the respiratory tract are increasing in the world areas with high pollution impact, demonstrating how many polluting substances favor both allergic sensitization and the bronchial inflammatory changes characteristic of asthma.
Di Giampaolo Luca   +6 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Glutathione and Laccase Dual‐Responsive Lignin Nanocarriers Inspired by Host‐Pathogen Interactions for Fungicide Delivery

open access: yesAdvanced Functional Materials, EarlyView.
Discover bio‐inspired fungicide‐loaded lignin nanocarriers that mimic host‐pathogen interactions, unleashing targeted fungicide release in response to glutathione and laccase. These innovative biobased nanocarriers promise superior crop protection, with increased photostability, enhanced foliar retention, and enabling bidirectional translocation for a ...
Wenlong Liang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Migration Behaviour of the Combined Pollutants of Cadmium and 2,2′,4,4′,5,5′-Hexabrominated Diphenyl Ether (BDE-153) in Amaranthus mangostanus L. and Their Toxicity to A. mangostanus

open access: yesApplied Sciences
The effects of different concentrations of cadmium and 2,2′,4,4′,5,5′-hexabrominated diphenyl ether (BDE-153) on the growth and related physiological and biochemical indexes of Amaranthus mangostanus L. (amaranth) were studied.
Weijie Pan   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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