The low cost of parking in many American cities may contribute to urban development that relies on automobile use and undercuts planners' efforts to increase public transport, according to a new baseline study of comprehensive ...
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 24, 2014
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Time may be running out for some Olympic Winter Games host locations – including the 2014 host, Sochi (Russia) – according to an article in Current Issues in Tourism. Scott et al analyse two climatic indicators – minimum ...
Other
Mar 24, 2014
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(Phys.org) —The physics behind some of nature's spectacular sights have been observed at very low temperatures - less than a thousandth of a degree away from absolute zero - by a collaboration of researchers from the University ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 24, 2014
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If you weren't careful, you might end up beaten by grape thieves skulking in the darkness.
Archaeology
Mar 24, 2014
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Cisco Systems announced plans Monday to invest $1 billion to step up its cloud computing with several global partners.
Business
Mar 24, 2014
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Tropical Depression 04W formed in the Northwestern Pacific Ocean on March 23 and marched across the southern Philippines. NASA's TRMM satellite spotted moderate rainfall occurring near Palawan the next day from the storm's ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 24, 2014
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Researchers at UCL have developed a new antibacterial material which has potential for cutting hospital acquired infections. The combination of two simple dyes with nanoscopic particles of gold is deadly to bacteria when ...
Materials Science
Mar 24, 2014
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(Phys.org) —Imagine a field of small wires—standing at attention like a tiny field of wheat—gathering the Sun's rays as the first step in solar energy conversion.
Nanomaterials
Mar 24, 2014
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Large amounts of carbon dioxide equivalents taken up by plants on land are returned to the atmosphere from aquatic environments. This is the conclusions from a study carried out by two students at Linköping University, Sweden.
Environment
Mar 24, 2014
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Nanoparticles have a great deal of potential in medicine: for diagnostics, as a vehicle for active substances or a tool to kill off tumours using heat. ETH Zurich researchers have now developed particles that are relatively ...
Bio & Medicine
Mar 24, 2014
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