News tagged with urban
Climate skeptic admits he was wrong to doubt global-warming data
Remember when scientists who had cast doubt on global temperature studies boldly embarked on an effort to "reconsider" the evidence?
Oct 25, 2011 |
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Junior, the robotic car, learns to slide park (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- "Junior," an autonomous car developed by the Stanford Racing Team, has been taught how to park itself -- by putting itself into reverse, accelerating up to 25 miles per hour, and then suddenly ...
May 11, 2010 |
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Pterosaur-inspired aircraft makes sharper turns
(PhysOrg.com) -- By morphing and repositioning a small aircraft's vertical tail to resemble the cranial crest of a pterosaur, researchers have shown that the aircraft's turn radius can be reduced by 14%. The ...
Jun 14, 2011 |
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How to see the best meteor showers of 2012: Tools, tips and 'save the dates'
(PhysOrg.com) -- Whether you're watching from a downtown area or the dark countryside, here are some tips to help you enjoy these celestial shows of shooting stars. Those streaks of light are really caused ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 02, 2012 |
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Flying MAV Navigates Without GPS (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- During the last several years, researchers have been building micro air vehicles (MAVs) that can autonomously fly through different environments by relying on GPS for navigation. Recently, ...
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Global model confirms: Cool roofs can offset carbon dioxide emissions and mitigate global warming
(PhysOrg.com) -- Can light-colored rooftops and roads really curb carbon emissions and combat global climate change? The idea has been around for years, but now, a new study by researchers at Lawrence Berkeley ...
Jul 19, 2010 |
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Stanford's robotic Audi to brave Pikes Peak without a driver (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- When the Pikes Peak race of Colorado Springs began in 1916, drivers ascended the dusty switchbacks hoping their car would not overheat or fall apart before reaching the 14,000-foot summit. This September, ...
Feb 03, 2010 |
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Resurfacing urban areas to offset 150 billion tons of carbon dioxide
Imagine a world where the rooftops and pavements of every urban area are resurfaced to increase the reflection of the Sun's light rays. Well, this is exactly what a group of Canadian researchers have done ...
Apr 12, 2012 |
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Growth of cities endangers global environment
The explosive growth of cities worldwide over the next two decades poses significant risks to people and the global environment, according to a meta-analysis published today in Plos One.
Aug 19, 2011 |
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Urban 'heat island' effect is a small part of global warming; white roofs don't reduce it
Cities release more heat to the atmosphere than the rural vegetated areas around them, but how much influence these urban "heat islands" have on global warming has been a matter of debate. Now a study by Stanford researchers ...
Oct 19, 2011 |
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Bright is the new black: New York roofs go cool
On the hottest day of the New York City summer in 2011, a white roof covering was measured at 42 degrees Fahrenheit cooler than the traditional black roof it was being compared to, according to a study including NASA scientists ...
Mar 07, 2012 |
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Animals talk, sing and act like humans?
How do children reason about the natural world? How do they understand the relation between human and non-human animals?
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 10, 2010 |
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GM Unveils Electric Networked-Vehicle (EN-V) Concept (w/ Video)
By 2030, urban areas will be home to more than 60 percent of the world's 8 billion people. This will put tremendous pressure on a public infrastructure that is already struggling to meet the growing demand ...
Mar 25, 2010 |
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Kids understand the relationship between humans and other animals
Parents, educators and developmental psychologists have long been interested in how children understand the relationship between human and non-human animals. For decades, the consensus was that as children begin reasoning ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
May 17, 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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