News tagged with city
Researchers develop fast methods for making 3D city models
There is a growing demand for three-dimensional city models, but creating these models is expensive and labour-intensive. Shi Pu and Sander Oude Elberink of the University of Twente, The Netherlands, have ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Mar 29, 2010 |
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Women caught up in 'rug rat race'
College-educated mothers in the United States are caught up in a "rug rat race." They are going to extremes to secure elite college admission for their kids, say University of California, San Diego economists Garey and Valerie ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Mar 22, 2010 |
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Mexico detects first mutation of swine flu
Mexican officials said Wednesday they have confirmed the first mutation of the A(H1N1) flu virus in a girl who survived the infection.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 03, 2010 |
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Mexico: Maya tomb find could help explain collapse
(AP) -- Mexican archaeologists have found an 1,100-year-old tomb from the twilight of the Maya civilization that they hope may shed light on what happened to the once-glorious culture.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jan 28, 2010 |
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Giant sculptured Mayan head found
(PhysOrg.com) -- A decorated Mayan head measuring three meters (10 feet) at the base and sculptured out of stucco has been unearthed in northern Guatemala, near the border with Mexico. The sculpture had been ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jan 27, 2010 |
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No evidence of a post-Olympics boom or bust for host city real estate prices: study
Cities that win Olympic bids experience neither boom nor bust in their real estate prices, but gain construction jobs as they prepare for the Games, according to researchers at the Sauder School of Business at the University ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Jan 25, 2010 |
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Electric car Think to be assembled in US in 2011: report
Think, an electric car maker based in Norway, will assemble its vehicles in the United States next year and hopes to roll out more than 20,000 units a year, the Wall Street Journal said on Tuesday, quoting ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jan 05, 2010 |
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IBM Reveals Five Innovations that Will Change Cities in the Next Five Years (w/ Video)
Today, IBM unveiled a list of innovations that have the potential to change how people live, work and play in cities around the globe over the next five to ten years.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Dec 17, 2009 |
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Going vertical: Fleeing tsunamis by moving up, not out
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the minutes after a strong earthquake struck offshore of the Indonesian city of Padang on Sept. 30, fears of a tsunami prompted hundreds of thousands of residents to evacuate the coastal ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 14, 2009 |
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San Francisco vs Amsterdam in green city rivalry
San Francisco and Amsterdam set an online stage for an environmental rivalry regarding which city is more nature-friendly.
Dec 02, 2009 |
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Nearly half of Venice underwater
Much of the historic Italian city of Venice, including St. Mark's Square, was underwater Monday following a meteorological depression combined with natural tide waters, officials said.
Nov 30, 2009 |
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UQ archaeology digs into the life behind Pompeii
(PhysOrg.com) -- Brisbane may be 2000 years and half-a-world away from Pompeii, but it hasn’t stopped a UQ archaeologist from digging up some hidden treasures.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 25, 2009 |
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Remains of Minoan-style painting discovered during excavations of Canaanite palace
The remains of a Minoan-style wall painting, recognizable by a blue background, the first of its kind to be found in Israel, was discovered in the course of the recent excavation season at Tel Kabri. This fresco joins others ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Nov 09, 2009 |
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Los Angeles OKs plan to use Google Web services
(AP) -- The Los Angeles City Council has tentatively approved a multimillion-dollar proposal to tap Google Inc. for government e-mail and other Internet services.
Oct 27, 2009 |
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UCLA historian attempts to revive reputation of Union general, Reconstruction president
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a new book, UCLA historian Joan Waugh argues that Ulysses S. Grant deserves to be remembered with as much reverence and gratitude as Abraham Lincoln.
Oct 26, 2009 |
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