Green spaces in towns and cities need extra consideration as they may be damaging buildings in the area, according to new research from the Universities of Southampton and Surrey.
Environment
Jun 27, 2014
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Virginia Walker (Biology) and her research team have revealed how common additives in building materials (nanoparticles) could possibly disrupt populations of microorganisms found in Arctic soils.
Environment
Jun 18, 2014
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Last year a team of students from Eindhoven (the Netherlands) built the world's biggest ice dome, with a diameter of 30 meters, in Finland. At the end of this year another team from Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 9, 2014
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Once the snow melts, Canada's bee population will be back in business—pollinating, making honey and keeping busy doing bee things. For at least two urban bee species, that means making nests out of plastic waste.
Plants & Animals
Feb 11, 2014
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For a long time, heat insulation was en vogue – and nearly no one was concerned about poor indoor air quality. And yet excess CO2 hampers concentration. Now, researchers have come up with an intelligent door seal system.
Engineering
Jun 5, 2013
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Scientists are reporting development of what they describe as the first self-healing protective coating for cracks in concrete, the world's most widely used building material. Their study on the material—which is inexpensive ...
Materials Science
Feb 20, 2013
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In the case of earthquakes, only seconds may remain for a safe escape from buildings. Debris falling down and obstructing the escape routes may even aggravate the situation. A product developed at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology ...
Engineering
Jan 7, 2013
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People power has become a new form of alternative energy at Northern Arizona University.
Engineering
Dec 13, 2012
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Every year several millions of tons of building rubble are produced. An efficient way of recycling concrete – the building material of the 20th and 21st century – does not yet exist. Researchers are working on new recycling ...
Engineering
Oct 1, 2012
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For six weeks the rover "Curiosity" is now working on Mars. NASA also plans to send humans to Mars within the next 20 years. On the flight and during the stay on Moon or Mars the astronauts have to be protected against long ...
Space Exploration
Sep 18, 2012
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