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Urban areas offer hidden biodiversity
Mar 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Urban areas around the world are places of hidden biodiversity that need to be protected and encouraged through smart urban design, said an authority in green city design.
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Virtual Reality Becoming a Valuable Resource for Researchers
Technology / Computer Sciences
Feb 21, 2007 |
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Virtual reality isn’t just for gamers anymore. At the University of Arizona, the technology that used to be synonymous with the video game industry is now supporting the efforts of UA researchers in fields ...
New designs for smarter buildings
Oct 08, 2009 |
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After two years of design, experimentation, fund-raising and building, the University of Arizona's Solar Decathlon team has completed construction of its 800-square-foot solar-powered house on the National Mall in Washington, ...
Experts: Disease-resistant plants enhance profits, client satisfaction
Dec 11, 2009 |
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New varieties of plants marketed as "disease-resistant" or "insect-resistant" are becoming more accessible to consumers. Available through local garden centers and catalogues, these attractive ornamentals ...
Japanese architectural trends reflect unique realities, scholar says
Mar 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When Japan was hit with a major economic downturn in the 1990s, it affected architectural and construction practices in Japan. Those seeking lessons applicable to related industry practices ...
Palpable computing: a taste of things to come
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jan 21, 2008 |
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Virtually everyone stands to benefit from the more pervasive use of computer technology. But while adding microchips to more everyday objects can make lives easier – and even save them – the approach creates ...
Ethiopia's climate 27 million years ago had higher rainfall, warmer soil
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Oct 22, 2009 |
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Thirty million years ago, before Ethiopia's mountainous highlands split and the Great Rift Valley formed, the tropical zone had warmer soil temperatures, higher rainfall and different atmospheric circulation patterns than ...
Physics Model Determines Dynamics of Friends and Enemies
Dec 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Sometimes friends can become enemies and enemies become friends, and it’s difficult to understand exactly how or why the changes took place. A new study shows that when the shifting of alliances ...
After mastodons and mammoths, a transformed landscape
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Roughly 15,000 years ago, at the end of the last ice age, North America's vast assemblage of large animals -- including such iconic creatures as mammoths, mastodons, camels, horses, ground ...
UC team virtually rebuilds lost architecture of the Shakers
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Nov 06, 2008 |
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The Shakers, a religious group that built 19 communities in the United States during the 1800s, had a prolific and distinct architectural construction and design style. Much of that architecture has been lost; however, a ...
Weather-sensitive architectural skins integrate form with function
Nov 06, 2009 |
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Buildings typically provide shelter from the elements, but one Ryerson University researcher thinks structures ought to relate more to the environment instead. To this end, she has created architectural "skins," ...
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