News tagged with interior design
Research examines the economic value of on-premise signs
Good signage holds benefits for both businesses and their customers. But what qualifies as good signs?
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Oct 11, 2011 |
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Interior design now has a language all its own
In the 1990s, Professor Jan Jennings struggled to talk with her interior design students about design practices that had been used throughout history and across cultures. There were no names, for example, ...
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Nanoscale protein containers could aid drug, vaccine delivery
UCLA biochemists have designed specialized proteins that assemble themselves to form tiny molecular cages hundreds of times smaller than a single cell. The creation of these miniature structures may be the ...
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
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New York is vying to become global high-tech hub
(AP) -- Just as a trench dug in the 1800s created a shortcut to the nation's interior and helped make New York a global trading hub, the city is now hoping for another "Erie Canal moment" with a high-tech research complex ...
May 28, 2012 |
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Lying in wait for WIMPs: Researchers seek to dramatically increase sensitivity of Large Underground Xenon detector
Although it's invisible, dark matter accounts for at least 80 percent of the matter in the universe. No one knows what it is, but most scientists would bet on weakly interacting massive particles, or WIMPs.
May 23, 2012 |
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'Copper pump's' potential benefit in cancer treatment
(Phys.org) -- A team of University of California, San Diego researchers has made new discoveries about a copper-transporting protein in the membranes of human cells that drug-discovery scientists can co-opt ...
May 17, 2012 |
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New nanostructure for batteries keeps going and going
(Phys.org) -- For more than a decade, scientists have tried to improve lithium-based batteries by replacing the graphite in one terminal with silicon, which can store 10 times more charge. But after just a ...
May 11, 2012 |
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The Sun's crowning glory
(Phys.org) -- Those who experience a total solar eclipse are overwhelmed as they look at the circle of light that surrounds our Sun. Laypeople may find it enchanting, but researchers have been racking their ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 11, 2012 |
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Improved waiting area design increases customer comfort, study finds
Many diners cringe at the thought of waiting for a table in a crowded restaurant, while restaurant managers hope they do not lose customers due to long waits. Now, a University of Missouri researcher has studied restaurant ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 09, 2012 |
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Opportunity rover rolling again after fifth Mars winter
(Phys.org) -- With its daily supply of solar energy increasing, NASA's durable Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has driven off the sunward-tilted outcrop, called Greeley Haven, where it worked during its ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 09, 2012 |
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Harnessing natural light, indoors
(Phys.org) -- Using the most recent generation windows, architects and lighting designers can to control daylight, directing it where they want within a room. An EPFL laboratory has developed a simulation ...
May 08, 2012 |
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Co-workers can be as important as supervisors for effective student internships, researcher finds
Summer internships are beginning, and career-related research from Kansas State University is helping determine what can make those internships more meaningful for students.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 08, 2012 |
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