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India trialled cloud seeding over its smog-filled capital for the first time, spraying a chemical from an aeroplane to encourage rain and wash deadly particles out of the air.
The scientists suggest that something comparable might occur among subatomic particles.
The opposing electrostatic force, generated by the charged particles in the salt solution, prevents them from sticking completely.
Work to clean up the pollution began in the 1980s, after particles were found washed up on the nearby foreshore.
An idea once dismissed as science fiction -- cooling Earth by scattering sunlight-reflecting particles into the upper atmosphere -- is now being taken seriously by researchers.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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