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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.

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The scientists suggest that something comparable might occur among subatomic particles.

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The opposing electrostatic force, generated by the charged particles in the salt solution, prevents them from sticking completely.

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Work to clean up the pollution began in the 1980s, after particles were found washed up on the nearby foreshore.

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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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