Transforming urban systems: Toward sustainability
Synthesis of five frameworks seeks to advance global urban scienceCredit: Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program Urban areas are on the rise ...
Tag: Urbanization
Bristol-led research will disrupt solar and expedite efforts toward Net-Zero target
New technology means solar panels could be integrated into windows, claddingCredit: David Fermin A team of researchers, led by chemists ...
Solar awnings over parking lots help companies and customers
Credit: Sarah Atkinson/Michigan Tech The number of people who own electric vehicles (EVs) is increasing, but they face a conundrum: ...
5G testing center for rapid connectivity to launch at Purdue’s Discovery Park District
The NineTwelve center is the first of its kind in the U.S. to create 5G rapid development for faster, low-cost ...
Environmentally friendly behavior is easy — tourists just need a ‘nudge’
Simple cues reduce cognitive strain and provide a nudge -- helping tourists to demonstrate environmentally conscious behavior, such as refusing ...
Radiative cooling and solar heating from one system, no electricity needed
Study describes passive cooling system that aims to help impoverished communities, reduce cooling and heating costs, lower CO2 emissionsCredit: University ...
‘Runway Roadkill’ rapidly increasing at airports across the world, UCC study finds
Study hopes to aid aviation authorities worldwide to protect wildlife and prevent costly damage.Credit: Samantha Ball UCC - World's wildlife, ...
$4 million grant will help teach computer coding skills to rural Missouri students
MU's eMINTS National Center earns grant to help advance STEM education in underserved Missouri school districtsCredit: MU College of Education ...
How does incident solar radiation affect urban canyons?
Prediction of the upward-to-downward reflection ratio of glass bead retro-reflective material applied to the outer walls of buildingsCredit: COPYRIGHT (C) ...
Unmanned aerial vehicles to scale new heights thanks to NASA
NASA is funding a major project on the future of autonomous air cargo transportation, and The University of Texas at ...
Rare lichen unique to Florida discovered in museum collections, may be extinct
Credit: Robert Lücking GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Scientists have found a new species of fleshy verdigris lichen, thanks to DNA analysis ...
Research to advance environmental sound classification wins IEEE Best Paper Award
Credit: NYU Tandon BROOKLYN, New York, January 13, 2021 - The paper "Deep Convolutional Neural Networks and Data Augmentation for ...
Oxford Brookes University hosts £5 million project to document endangered wooden buildings
The School of Architecture's grant-giving worldwide programme will make records freely available onlineCredit: Ronald G. Knapp, 2019. The School of ...
When Uber and Lyft enter cities, vehicle ownership increases
Credit: Jeremy Michalek When ridesourcing companies Uber and Lyft show up in urban areas, vehicle registrations per capita increase by ...
New data-driven global climate model provides projections for urban environments
Credit: Graphic by Michael Vincent CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Cities only occupy about 3% of the Earth's total land surface, but ...
Scientists develop the first virtual model of a new Moscow metro station in Russia
Credit: NUST MISIS Scientists from the NUST MISIS Mining Institute have proposed a new approach to urban space design, presenting ...
Scientists develop new land surface model including multiple processes and human activities
Credit: Longhuan WANG Human activities, such as urban planning, irrigation and agricultural fertilization, can affect terrestrial carbon, nitrogen and water ...
Buildings-related CO2 emissions hit record high: UN
Including construction, building sector now accounts for 38% of CO2 emissions; Direct building CO2 emissions need to halve by 2030 ...
Sights set on curbing gun crime
Sub-culture and supply fuel drug-related violence: studyCredit: Flinders University A community or sub-culture encouraging young men's exposure and obsession with ...
Capacity-building for nature-based solutions: The ReNature open-access research collection
EU project ReNature launches a collection of research articles in the RIO journal collating key outputs on the excellence of ...
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