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12 December 2007

Chemical spray to banish fog

An aircraft has been flying around the Cheltenham area spraying fog banks with water droplets. While the reason for this is not initially apparent to an observer on the ground, Dr George Elton at Battersea Polytechnic does have one. He is testing a technique for condensing water droplets and, while the first reports from the pilot are optimistic, Dr Elton has not yet had the opportunity to analyse the results for himself. This means it is much too early to think that an end to our fog problems is in sight.

The new method depends…

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