News tagged with parking lot
Pavement sealcoat a source of toxins in stormwater runoff
Apr 08, 2009 |
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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. ...
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EPA's new green parking lot allows scientists to study permeable surfaces that may help the environment
Oct 28, 2009 |
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Paved parking lots and driveways make our lives easier, but they often create an easy pathway for pollutants to reach underground water sources and alter the natural flow of water back into the ground. The U.S. Environmental ...
Cooperative system could wipe out car alarm noise
Jun 24, 2008 |
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The persistent, annoying blare of an ignored car alarm may become a sound of the past if a cooperative, mutable and silent network of monitors proposed by Penn State researchers is deployed in automobiles and parking lots.
Hybrid Cars Are Harder to Hear
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Mar 31, 2008 |
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Hybrid cars are so quiet when operating only with their electric motors that they may pose a risk to the blind and some other pedestrians, research by a University of California, Riverside psychologist suggests.
Parking lot sealant may be polluter
Jun 24, 2005 |
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A Texas study found a coating used in many parking lots may be a major source of potentially harmful polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. PAHs are produced by the incomplete burning of organic substances, including coal, oil ...
Alternative energy hits the road
Aug 12, 2008 |
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Anyone who has walked barefoot across a parking lot on a hot summer day knows that blacktop is exceptionally good at soaking up the sun's warmth. Now, a research team at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has found a way ...
Congressman's data on stolen laptop
Apr 04, 2008 |
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U.S. Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, said he was among the 3,000 heart study patients whose medical information was on a laptop stolen this year.
How did they pick Dirk Nowitzki to speak for Guitar Hero?
Nov 11, 2008 |
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Dirk Nowitzki sure is a cool guy, but I'm not sure GameStop and the marketing experts behind the Guitar Hero franchise did enough research before picking the Dallas Mavericks star as their spokesman.
Washington turning to bike-sharing plan
Apr 28, 2008 |
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A new bike-sharing venture in Washington called SmartBike DC will allow people to rent bicycles using only a membership card, city officials say.
Tucson closer to having network of electric-car chargers
Mar 05, 2009 |
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The Pima Association of Governments has voted to back creation of a network of electric-vehicle charging stations all around Tucson.
Stanford Hospital does nation’s first drive-through pandemic exercise
Jun 13, 2009 |
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A couple of months ago, during the swine flu scare, Stanford Hospital & Clinics had a preview of what a real pandemic might look like: Hundreds of people, fearing they might be sick with the H1N1 virus, showed ...
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