EU lawmakers reject restrictions on right to post photos
It is still OK to post photos of the London Eye—or other modern buildings or artworks in the European Union—online.
Internet
Jul 9, 2015
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Clearing the air: The hidden wonders of indoor plants
It may come as a surprise but air pollution levels indoors are almost always higher than outside, even in busy city centres. Even more surprising is that indoor plants have the ability to mitigate high levels of most airborne ...
Environment
Jul 11, 2013
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Intelligent door seal prevents poor air quality
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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A solar sandwich to power future buildings
All in one: A new electricity generating building component is being developed at EPFL.
Engineering
Jun 8, 2012
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Spin structure reveals key to new forms of digital storage, study shows
A synthetic compound long known to exhibit interesting transition properties may hold the key to new, non-magnetic forms of information storage, say researchers at the RIKEN SPring-8 Center and their collaborators. The team's ...
General Physics
Jun 7, 2012
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Video: The farm of the future?
There's a new trend in agriculture called vertical farming. As humans learned to farm, we arranged plants outside in horizontal fields, and invented irrigation and fertilizer to grow bumper crops.
Environment
Feb 28, 2017
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Exeter scientists key to creating one of UK's greenest schools
Scientists at the University of Exeter have been heavily involved in developing a school which is in the national top ten for energy efficiency.
Energy & Green Tech
Oct 29, 2012
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Minimally invasive building renovation
Renovation projects to improve the energy performance of residential buildings involve a lot of messy construction work. Researchers have come up with a new modernization concept that reduces on-site installation times. Prefabricated ...
Engineering
Aug 3, 2012
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