By Nicole Jewell, Source: Inhabitat

A team of ambitious students at the University of California at Riverside have developed an incredible new weapon in the battle against air pollution. For their entry in the Environmental Protection Agency student design competition, the UC students created roof tiles coated with titanium dioxide that can break down smog-forming particles in the atmosphere, essentially eliminating a large percentage of harmful nitrogen oxide gas emitted by vehicles and power plants.

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