UBCO researchers find a new use for waste
Pulp mill waste hits the road instead of the landfillCredit: UBCO Waste materials from the pulp and paper industry have ...
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UTA team working to predict lifespan of Texas roads
How much life is left in Texas roadways? A UTA project aims to find out.Credit: UT Arlington A University of ...
World’s largest public scenario database for testing and assuring safe autonomous vehicle
The Safety PoolTM Scenario Database, the largest public repository of scenarios for testing autonomous vehicles in the world, has been ...
Professor Qingwei Ma seeks to unlock the potential of marine wave energy
The City, University of London academic will lead on the development of a new generation modelling suite, combining machine learning ...
Mobile app generates data for the energy management of the future
Credit: © Lunghammer - TU Graz Wind farms and solar plants play a central role in the success of the ...
Stay on track! Support system to help the visually impaired navigate tactile paving
Scientists develop improved image processing algorithm that can more accurately detect tactile paving in various lighting conditions and environmentsCredit: Shibaura ...
Mixed reality gets a machine learning upgrade
Researchers at Osaka University use machine learning to enhance the ability of a mixed-reality mobile viewer to digitally remove obstructions ...
Houston refines hunt for COVID in wastewater
Rice University-led study evaluates methods to find signs of virus in municipal plantsCredit: Zachary LaTurner/Rice University HOUSTON - (March 22, ...
TU Graz researchers identify chemical processes as key to understanding landslides
Credit: © Kieffer - TU Graz/DCNA Mass movements such as landslides and hill-slope debris flows cause billions of euros in ...
Scientists develop new magnetic nanomaterial for ?ounterfeit money prevention
Credit: Sergey Gnuskov, NUST MISIS An international research team led by NUST MISIS has developed a new iron-cobalt-nickel nanocomposite with ...
Researchers modify air quality models to reflect polluted reality in Latin America
Credit: James East Computational models of air quality have long been used to shed light on pollution control efforts in ...
Geological engineers create landslide atlas of Kerala, India
Credit: Sajinkumar KS Dedicated to the thousands of lives lost in landslides, the new atlas assesses landslide risk in 13 ...
UTA engineer aims to reduce natural disaster damage to transportation infrastructure
UTA gauges resilience of highways, bridges during natural disastersCredit: UT Arlington A University of Texas at Arlington civil engineering assistant ...
Cooperative eco-driving automation improves energy efficiency and safety
Credit: Sarah Atkinson/Michigan Tech Imagine you're driving up a hill toward a traffic light. The light is still green so ...
Indoors, outdoors, 6 feet apart? Transmission risk of airborne viruses can be quantified
The dynamics of how aerosols travel from one person to another, under different circumstancesCredit: Mj Riches In the 1995 movie ...
Toronto’s COVID-19 bike lane expansion boosted access to jobs, retail
A study by University of Toronto Engineering researchers found Toronto's temporary cycling infrastructure increased low-stress road access to jobs and ...
Short-term climate modeling forecasts drought for Southeast US
Credit: Photo courtesy Mundoo CHAMPAIGN, Ill. --Many climate models focus on scenarios decades into the future, making their outcomes seem ...
Showcasing the green construction sites of tomorrow
There hasn't been much focus on green transition of construction sites, but there's a lot to be gained; a number ...
DOD selects NPS to advance research in environmental resilience and surprise
Credit: U.S. Navy Illustration by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Nathan K. Serpico The Department of Defense's (DOD) Strategic Environmental ...
Transformed by light: Fast photochromism discovered in an inexpensive inorganic material
Copper-doped zinc sulfide changes color reversibly when illuminated and could be used in smart adaptive windows and sunglassesCredit: Ritsumeikan University ...
