South Africa has been financing domestic rainwater harvesting tanks in informal low-income settlements and rural areas in five of that nation's nine provinces. But pathogens inhabit such harvested rainwater, potentially posing ...
Environment
Feb 26, 2014
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To better their survival chances, entrepreneurs and owners of small businesses in rural areas must successfully pitch their ventures to "faraway, unknown banking officials" rather than relying on local lenders as in the past, ...
Economics & Business
Feb 25, 2014
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Creative workers are more likely to be drawn to live in rural locations offering diverse physical landscapes and high socio-economic and cultural settings, according to new research.
Social Sciences
Jan 24, 2014
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Sprint and Dish Network are collaborating on a wireless broadband service targeting underserved areas.
Telecom
Dec 17, 2013
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Removing nitrogen from the environment "the natural way" by creating a wetland is a long-term, nutrient-removal solution, more cost effective than upgrading a wastewater treatment plant, but it isn't necessarily socially ...
Environment
Sep 17, 2013
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(Phys.org) —In the wake of deadly tornadoes in Oklahoma this past spring, Florida State University researchers have developed a new statistical model that will help determine whether the risk of tornadoes is increasing ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 11, 2013
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China unseated the United States last year as the top market for personal computers due to demand in rural areas where people opt for desktop machines, according to market tracker IHS iSuppli.
Business
Apr 29, 2013
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The European Union on Tuesday took the debate about genetically modified crops to the public with a survey asking citizens to share their thoughts on organic farming.
Biotechnology
Jan 15, 2013
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Cellphones and driving go together like knives and juggling. But when cellphone use is banned, are drivers any safer?
Social Sciences
Nov 15, 2012
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A new surveying technique developed at The University of Nottingham is giving geologists their first detailed picture of how ground movement associated with historical mining is changing the face of our landscape.
Earth Sciences
Nov 14, 2012
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