FEATURE VIDEO: Learn about Home Performance WaterWorks – a Ductless Story: An Animated Tale About What Makes Barron Different: What is a Home Performance Assessment? Energy Star with Home Performance Explained: A Personal Experience with Barron: About Us: Barron Heating TV Commercial – Now Open!: TV Commercial – 24/7 for you: Hometime TV Show Installation: Infinity® 20 Heat Pump Hometime TV Show Installation: Money-saving Infinity® 98 Furnace Hometime TV Show Installation: Zoning for Comfort Using the Infinity Touch Control with Remote Access Capability Make us your home page Tampa Bay's Gold Star Mothers hold day of love and remembrance for fallen sons, daughters Gennifer Flowers said she would attend debate for Trump, but Trump camp says no FHP: Passenger in Hernando SUV overturn crash dies from injuries Deputies investigating shooting at Gandy Boulevard strip club St. Petersburg woman hit, killed while crossing road in Lealman, authorities say

Armed subject enters Tampa Ross store, found dead after shots fired All Eyes photo blog The Feed (Pop culture & media) LIST OF ALL BLOGS A fact-checker's advice to debate moderators The political stink of sewage: Kriseman says probes are attacks by GOP Pinellas elections chief balks at request for additional early voting site in St. Petersburg In about-face, Cruz says he'll vote for Trump Live blog: Marlins ace, Alonso grad Jose Fernandez dies in boating accident Meet the Rays videos Jose Fernandez, Marlins ace and Alonso grad, dies in boating accident Rays say Kevin Cash has gained comfort, confidence in second year Jones: You never know what you'll get when picking a QB No. 1 How to fix Jameis Winston No. 14 Tennessee emphatically snaps 11-game skid vs. No. 19 Florida Top 50 restaurants 2016 20 local museums will be free Saturday for Free Museum Day Renowned chef Ferran Adrià talks food as art at the Dalí Museum

Submit a letter to the editor Editorial: Pinellas makes progress on student suspensions Editorial: Hillsborough should expand civil citation program for youths Editorial: Florida's land of fun, sun and guns Editorial: A promising vision for Tampa's Channelside After bullying, St. Petersburg teen stumbles on a purpose, and the perfect viola Today’s top headlines delivered to you daily. A University of South Florida professor's latest invention promises to help asthma and allergy sufferers breathe easier by ridding their homes of pollutants. Yogi Goswami, 68, a mechanical engineer at USF, says he has developed the world's first molecular air purifier, which not only traps pollutants in the air, but also breaks them down into natural compounds like water and carbon dioxide. "We don't just filter pollutants, we destroy them," Goswami said. Goswami unveiled his new Molekule air purifier, a sleek, 2-foot tall aluminum cylinder, Wednesday at USF.

It took more than two decades, however, to get to that point. The invention grew out of a desire to help his son, Dilip, overcome allergic reactions that would frequently trigger asthma attacks and land him in the emergency room. air purifier for wood burning stoveThe family could combat his food allergies by closely monitoring his diet, but couldn't protect him from irritants in the air.air purifier good for allergies The commercial air purifiers available in the 1980s, when Goswami began his research, only trapped microorganisms in HEPA filters, where they could continue to multiply and be released back into the air. cleaning cigarette smoke from air ductsThe filters also provided ideal conditions for mold to grow.

"The problem is the very technology we use as a safeguard was now becoming the source of the pollution," said Jaya Rao, 30, Goswami's daughter and COO of his company. Dilip, now 35, is working as CEO of Molekule. Hoping to use his experience as a scientist to help his son, Goswami decided to attend an annual conference for the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers, but was disappointed by the lack of innovation in indoor air quality. On his flight home, Goswami began thinking about his years of solar research, particularly a project where he used solar photocatalytic technology to clean contaminated groundwater. "I just thought that maybe that technology could work indoors also, except instead of sun light we would have to use light of a specific wavelength," Goswami said. "We just need light, the catalyst, and water, which we have naturally through humidity in the air. Everything we need is there." After about 20 years of research, Goswami invented a new process to detoxify air called photo electrochemical oxidation.

A LED light inside the Molekule air purifier simulates sunlight to create a chemical reaction in a replaceable, nano-coated filter that quickly breaks down harmful molecules like allergens and chemicals. "It's a tremendous feeling," Yogi Goswami said. "The first great feeling was when we showed we could 100 percent disinfect the air completely, but my main motivation was seeing that this is helping my son, and I hope it will help everyone else also." Goswami beta tested his Molekule air purifier with 30 testers across the country, all of which he said saw tremendous health benefits. The Molekule can trap pollutants about 1,000 times smaller than the smallest elements caught by HEPA filters, Rao said. Stephen Liggett, vice dean for research at the USF Morsani College of Medicine, suffers from asthma and began using Molekule in his home about three years ago. "I brought it into the bedroom, I keep it on all the time and I've really noticed a miraculous change in my symptoms," Liggett said.