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Rehabilitating vacant lots improves urban health and safety, study finds

Greening of vacant urban land may affect the health and safety of nearby residents, according to a study published online in the American Journal of Epidemiology this week. The team, led by senior author Charle ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Hospital smoke-free policies should consider patient needs

While smoke-free policies on hospital grounds make sense for the objective of clean air, managing the tobacco withdrawal symptoms of hospitalized patients must also be addressed, states an article in CMAJ.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Relief from 'parking wars': Researcher develops computer software to revamp city parking

For those who live or work in cities, parking is a major source of stress and frustration. Researchers estimate that for every 110 vehicles circulating on the roads looking for spaces, there are 100 available spots, both ...

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

'Solar trees' sprout up in California county's parking lots

The frustrating search for a shady spot to park is about to get easier. But the new trees being planted at nine big parking lots in the San Jose, Calif., area aren't leafy green saplings, they're big silver specimens with ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Aug 28, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 20

Study finds widespread stream biodiversity declines at low levels of urban development

A new study from biology researchers at Baylor University and the University of Maryland-Baltimore has found that there are consistent and widespread declines in stream biodiversity at lower levels of urban development more ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Plainville, Conn. gets a solar carport

(PhysOrg.com) -- The city of Plainville, Conn. got a brand new carport, and this one runs entirely on the power of the sun. The carport makes use of solar panels that have been mounted of the roof in order ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 27, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 4 | with audio podcast weblog

Light-up cereal boxes powered by shelves on display at CES

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cereal boxes with blinking lights may or may not be the next big thing, but the underlying technology could prove useful for many other potential applications. At the recent CES in Las Vegas, ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jan 11, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (11) | comments 21 | with audio podcast weblog

Parking lots could become 'solar groves' (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Architect Robert Noble, who specializes in sustainable design has come up with the idea of turning parking lots into "solar groves" that shade the vehicles, generate electricity, and serve ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jul 12, 2010 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (23) | comments 10 | with audio podcast report

Sanyo sets up solar parking lots for electric bikes

Japanese electronics giant Sanyo said Tuesday it had opened two "solar parking lots" in Tokyo where 100 electric hybrid bicycles can be recharged from sunlight-powered panels.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 16, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Pavement sealcoat a source of toxins in stormwater runoff

Driveways and parking lots may look better with a layer of sealcoat applied to the pavement, but the water running off the surface into nearby streams will be carrying more than just oxygen and hydrogen molecules. ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1