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Self-Cleaning Buildings to Fight Smog

bryan8m writes "Using technology already available for self-cleaning windows and bathroom tiles, scientists hope to paint up cities with materials that dissolve and wash away pollutants when exposed to sun and rain. The idea: UV rays hitting the titanium dioxide coated cement and concrete trigger a catalytic reaction that destroys the molecules of pollutants, including nitrogen oxides."

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  1. first by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    hello!

  2. Everyone's asleep but me? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    nite nite