'Air-purifying' concrete sucks up pollution- August 7, 2008 A road in a small Dutch town is to be paved with air-purifying concrete in a trial that could lead to a new method to fight exhaust pollution.http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/2119/air-purifying-concrete-sucks-pollution Primates being eaten to extinction- August 6, 2008 Nearly half the world's species of primates face extinction unless urgent action is taken to curb hunting and protect their habitat, says a new study.http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/2118/primates-being-eaten-extinction Cleaning up CO2 with a twist of lime- August 6, 2008 A new calculation suggests that adding vast quantities of limestone to the world's oceans could be an effective solution to climate change. Experts remain to be convinced, however.http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/2117/cleaning-cosub2subwith-a-twist-lime IM study confirms six degrees of separation- August 5, 2008 A social graph derived from billions of instant messages validates folklore that there are about six degrees of separation between any two strangers on the planet.http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/2116/instant-messaging-confirms-six-degrees-separation Antimatter bouncier than thought- August 5, 2008 Beams of antimatter fired into an aluminium tube have revealed that antimatter bounces much more than we thought, with implications for our understanding of its balance with matter in the universe.http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/2115/antimatter-bouncier-thought |