News tagged with roadside beautification
New roadside beautification concept studied
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Jul 17, 2008 |
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Travel America's highways or drive down any city street this summer and you'll probably see them. From small, manicured beds of flowers maintained by community volunteers to extensive landscaping projects ...
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Safer, easier system for remote explosive detection
Apr 10, 2008 |
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Detecting roadside bombs may become easier, thanks to chemical sensors being developed at the University of Michigan.
Clemson researchers study energy savings with electric cars and IntelliDrive technology
Sep 28, 2009 |
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Clemson University researchers have been awarded a $470,000 National Science Foundation grant to study making plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) more efficient to reduce fossil fuel use.
Researchers Help U.S. Military Thwart Explosive Threats
Jul 18, 2008 |
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Researchers at UC San Diego are using statistical pattern recognition and image processing to help the U.S. military better detect hidden roadside explosives.
Review: AAA iPhone app offers member discounts
May 26, 2009 |
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(AP) -- An organization rooted in 20th century car culture is joining 21st century smartphone culture. AAA has introduced a free iPhone application called AAA Discounts, which uses GPS technology to instantly ...
Preventing traffic accidents before they happen?
Nov 05, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new automotive safety systems built by European researchers will alert drivers to potential hazards by using information from the car, other road users and the roadside infrastructure to predict and prevent ...
Search for salt tolerant grasses aims to improve roadside plantings
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Jul 02, 2008 |
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Standing in a greenhouse at the University of Rhode Island, Rebecca Brown was smiling even though it appeared that something had gone terribly wrong. Almost all of the 16 species of grass she planted last February in hundreds ...
On the road to secure car-to-car communications
Technology / Computer Sciences
Sep 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A European research project works out how to keep car-to-car data transmissions private and secure from malicious hackers.
The beauty machine
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 06, 2008 |
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Our mothers told us that true beauty is more than skin deep — but researchers from Tel Aviv University are now challenging Mom.
There's no such thing as a picky grizzly bear
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Feb 22, 2007 |
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A new University of Alberta study, which tracked eating habits of grizzly bears living in the Alberta foothills, sheds some light on the animal's varied diet and their activity pattern.
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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