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 Scientists develop 'electronic nose' that can sniff out toxins by changing colors [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 37, Hits: 237]
A team of scientists has developed a sensor that works as an 'electronic nose' in sniffing out some known poisonous gases and toxins, simply by changing colors...
Updated On: 10/3/2009
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Team of scientists, Electronic nose, Poisonous gases and toxins, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Serious health risks, Physicists, Radiation badges, Potentially toxic chemicals, Chemists and workers, GEI Exposure Biology Program, NIEHS, NIEHS Director Linda Birnbaum, Multiple airborne toxins, Kenneth S. Suslick, M.T. Schmidt Professor of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Optoelectronic nose, Artificial nose for detection, Toxic industrial chemicals (TICs), Unique molecular fingerprint, Library of color fingerprints, Toxic industrial chemicals, Ammonia, Chlorine, Nitric acid, Sulfur dioxide, Health, Nose
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 Sextant [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 728, Hits: 4030]
An instrument used for measuring angles primarily of celestial bodies like sun or a star...
Updated On: 10/11/2007
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John Hadley, measuring angles, American Physicists, movable radial, Ericsons propeller, Englishman
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 Quarks [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 513, Hits: 16540]
A few years ago scientists discovered that these elementary particles are again made up of extremely small particles called quarks...
Updated On: 10/11/2007
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elementary particles, Murray Gell Mann, American Physicists, development of aviation, Ericsons propeller, giant propeller
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 Invention of Combustion-Engine [Vote Average: 3, Total Votes: 556, Hits: 5780]
Modern civilization is entirely dependent on the internal combustion engine...
Updated On: 10/10/2007
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Modern civilization, internal combustion engine, thousands of vehicles, fixed crankshaft, Beau de Rochas, first combustion engine
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