Archive for January 2014

Live longer with Silver Birch Trees

January 14th, 2014 An experiment was conducted in a BBC Two article where 24 silver young birch trees where placed in front of four terrace houses and there was another 4 terraces without the birch trees. The experiment was simple – to measure Particulate Matter (PM) which is gathered from traffic next to houses for […]

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Super-Hydrophobic Material – the latest in waterproof technology

January 7th, 2014 Over the course of December and early January, England endured heavy rain falls and drenching floods in parks and fields. Even though we still struggle in times of floods, we may be able to stay more protected and drier when popping out to the store. In a recent discovery, US scientists have […]

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