News tagged with smart growth

Why smart growth frustrates players in the system: study

Maryland planners, developers and land-use advocates consider the state's smart growth tools too weak, frustrating their desire for development within existing urban areas, finds a new University of Maryland ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Cities fail to recognize full potential of smart technologies

Cities are wasting the potential of smart technologies by failing to realise the value of their hidden infrastructure and digital assets.

Technology / Other

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers explain why cancer 'smart drugs' may not be so smart

(Medical Xpress) -- Some of the most effective and expensive cancer drugs, dubbed "smart drugs" for their ability to stop tumors by targeting key drivers of cancer cell growth, are not effective in some patients. ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Smart Coating Opens Door To Safer Hip, Knee and Dental Implants

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a "smart coating" that helps surgical implants bond more closely with bone and ward off infection.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Feb 03, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Reducing CO2 through technology and smart growth

A Georgia Tech City and Regional Planning study on climate change, published February 10, 2009 online by Environmental Science and Technology, shows that "smart growth" combined with the use of hybrid vehicl ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0