News tagged with smart growth

The future of power

What is power, and how can the United States effectively project power in the information or cyber age? This was the focus of a recent lecture by Joseph Nye as part of a seminar series on U.S. foreign policy ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

New understanding of how materials change when rapidly heated

Collaboration between the University of Southampton and the University of Cambridge has made ground-breaking advances in our understanding of the changes that materials undergo when rapidly heated.

Physics / Condensed Matter

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Why smart growth frustrates players in the system: study

Maryland planners, developers and land-use advocates consider the state's smart growth tools too weak, frustrating their desire for development within existing urban areas, finds a new University of Maryland ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Cities fail to recognize full potential of smart technologies

Cities are wasting the potential of smart technologies by failing to realise the value of their hidden infrastructure and digital assets.

Technology / Other

created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Smart Coating Opens Door To Safer Hip, Knee and Dental Implants

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a "smart coating" that helps surgical implants bond more closely with bone and ward off infection.

Chemistry / Materials Science

created Feb 03, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Reducing CO2 through technology and smart growth

A Georgia Tech City and Regional Planning study on climate change, published February 10, 2009 online by Environmental Science and Technology, shows that "smart growth" combined with the use of hybrid vehicl ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0