News tagged with smart growth

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

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

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

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