Wednesday, April 14th, 2010
A natural product found in both coconut oil and human breast milk - lauric acid -- shines as a possible new acne treatment thanks to a bioengineering graduate student from the UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering. The student developed a "smart delivery system" - published in the journal ACS Nano in March - capable of delivering lauric-acid-filled nano-scale bombs directly to skin-dwelling ...
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Monday, September 7th, 2009
By including upstream emissions from fuels, GHG emissions from cities exceed those attributed to direct end-use by up to 24% (for Toronto). Tonnes CO 2 e/capita. Credit: ACS, Kennedy et al. 2009. Click to enlarge. An international study of 10 global cities found that a balance of geophysical factors (climate, access to resources, and gateway status) and technical factors (power generation, urban design, and waste processing) determine the greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) attributable to citi
Tags: Acs, Capita, Climate, Exceed, Gateway Status, Geophysical, Ghg Emissions, Global Cities, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Power Generation, Technical Factors, Tonnes, Toronto, Urban Design, Waste Processing
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