News tagged with urban
Computers unlock more secrets of the mysterious Indus Valley script
Technology / Computer Sciences
Aug 03, 2009 |
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Four-thousand years ago, an urban civilization lived and traded on what is now the border between Pakistan and India. During the past century, thousands of artifacts bearing hieroglyphics left by this prehistoric ...
Network turns soldiers' helmets into sniper location system
Mar 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Imagine a platoon of soldiers fighting in a hazardous urban environment who carry personal digital assistants that can display the location of enemy shooters in three dimensions and accurately ...
Can PUMA Really Transform Urban Transportation?
Apr 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- With a June 1 deadline for settling its differences with creditors and unions looming for GM, the American automaker unveiled a joint project with Segway.
Skyscraper greenhouses to sprout in crowded cities: expert
Jun 05, 2009 |
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Vertical greenhouses that grow organic fruit and vegetables smack in the middle of crowded cities where land is scarce may soon be a reality, a Swedish company developing the project said Friday.
Flying MAV Navigates Without GPS (w/ Video)
Nov 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- During the last several years, researchers have been building micro air vehicles (MAVs) that can autonomously fly through different environments by relying on GPS for navigation. Recently, ...
Urban trees enhance water infiltration
Nov 19, 2008 |
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Global land use patterns and increasing pressures on water resources demand creative urban stormwater management. Traditional stormwater management focuses on regulating the flow of runoff to waterways, but generally does ...
Statistical road safety: 18th century math, 21st century road safety
Mar 27, 2009 |
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What possible connection could there be between an eighteenth century British Presbyterian minister and preventing road traffic accidents in Hartford, Connecticut. Everything, according to a report in the International Jo ...
Declining road fatalities: Less driving not the only cause
Jun 04, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Fewer Americans are dying on our nation's roads, not only because they are driving less, but also because the type of driving has changed, says a researcher at the University of Michigan Transportation ...
Glass-walled buildings can mean death for birds, killing 1 to 5 percent of them a year
Aug 07, 2009 |
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The front of Temple University's student center is an almost seamless wall of glass, reflecting trees and sky in lifelike detail and adding visual appeal to the urban landscape.
Study links gridlock to slow job growth
Jan 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Commuters well versed in the physical and psychological tolls of traffic congestion can now add an economic effect to the list. A new UC Irvine study found that places with sluggish commutes ...
ACS podcast: Grow a garden on your roof to battle climate change
Oct 19, 2009 |
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"Green" roofs, those increasingly popular urban rooftops covered with plants, could help fight global warming, scientists in Michigan report in the latest episode in the American Chemical Society's (ACS) award-winning podcast ...
Why California should consider Australia's 'prepare, stay and defend' wildfire policy
Feb 26, 2009 |
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Even as debate rages over the safety of Australia's "Prepare, stay and defend, or leave early" policy of wildfire defense, fire researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, and in Australia say that the strategy ...
Cholesterol-busting bug with a taste for waste
May 14, 2009 |
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A novel species of bacteria with cholesterol-busting properties has been discovered by scientists at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain. Dr Oliver Drzyzga and colleagues isolated the new bug, called Gordonia ch ...
San Francisco vs Amsterdam in green city rivalry
Dec 02, 2009 |
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San Francisco and Amsterdam set an online stage for an environmental rivalry regarding which city is more nature-friendly.
Vehicles that drive themselves
May 26, 2009 |
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The thought of a car or truck that can drive itself is at once both exciting and frightening. Autonomous vehicle navigation, as the technology is known, may make life more convenient if it allows people to kick back and enjoy ...
