An automated way of allowing cars to drive much closer to each other in heavy moving traffic, so-called platooning, could cut congestion, save fuel and cut greenhouse gas emissions, according to research published today in Inderscience's International Journal of the Environment and Pollution.

Does air pollution have a bigger effect on the immune system of females than males? It did among mice exposed to ozone - a major component in air pollution that is known to negatively affect lung function - and then infected with pneumonia, as significantly more females died from the infection than males.

IT industry giants Google and Intel are going greener to reduce gas emissions and to save energy costs.

Researchers have found that bricks made from fly ash--fine ash particles captured as waste by coal-fired power plants--may be even safer than predicted. Instead of leaching minute amounts of mercury as some researchers had predicted, the bricks apparently do the reverse, pulling minute amounts of the toxic metal out of ambient air.

Air pollution is turning the Taj Mahal, India's famed white-marble monument to love, a decidedly unromantic yellow. But as with many aging beauties, a therapeutic mud pack has been recommended to restore its natural allure.

New study examines how cultural differences influence government policy on technological innovation

The grime that accumulates on windows, buildings, roads, and other surfaces in urban areas could be an important source of nitrogen oxide air pollutants, scientists in Canada conclude in a report scheduled for the June 15 issue of ACS' Environmental Science & Technology, a semi-monthly journal. Nitrogen oxides, emitted in the burning of fossil fuels, combine with other air pollutants termed volatile organic compounds to form smog.

Researchers have created the first computational model to track engine performance from one combustion cycle to the next for a new type of engine that could dramatically reduce oil consumption and the emission of global warming pollutants.

Energy indicators for sustainable development represent an important component in national planning, says a new report analyzing results in seven countries that was issued today by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.

The Chinese government's restrictions on Beijing motorists during a three-day conference last November - widely viewed as a dress rehearsal for efforts to slash smog and airborne pollutants during the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing - succeeded in cutting the city's emissions of one important class of atmospheric gases by an impressive 40 percent.

Biodiesel could increase rather than reduce greenhouse emissions compared to conventional diesel

This is the first nation-wide study of child health in relation to air quality to be conducted in Australia.