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Small, Portable Sensors Allow Users to Monitor Exposure to Pollution on Their Smart Phones
December 18, 2012 — Computer scientists have built a small fleet of portable pollution sensors that allow users to monitor air quality in real time on their smart phones. The sensors could be particularly useful to ... > full story -
Botany Experiment Will Try out Zero Gravity Aboard Space Station
December 18, 2012 — Gravity: It’s the law in these parts. But to reach the stars, humans may have to learn to live outside the ... > full story -
New Method for Estimating Thermal Comfort in Low-Energy Buildings at the Design Stage
December 18, 2012 — Indoor environments that are too hot, too cold or draughty create discomfort and lower human productivity. A new method for estimating the actual level of human thermal comfort in low-energy ... > full story -
Cutting Carbon Dioxide Emissions With Innovative Technology
December 18, 2012 — Researchers are testing a variety of technological solutions in the battle to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. On this technological front, there is room for not just one but many ... > full story -
Consequences of Abandoning Alpine Meadows: Scrubs Now Encroaching on Land That Had Been Cultivated for Centuries
December 18, 2012 — Agriculture is increasingly vanishing from the Alps. Land that was cultivated for centuries is now being abandoned and scrubs are encroaching on it. This affects not only the landscape, but also the ... > full story -
Density of Invasive Reed, Phragmites Australis, Mapped in Great Lakes
December 17, 2012 — Scientists have used satellite technologies to map the location and density of Phragmites australis, an invasive species of reed, in the coastal wetlands of all five Great ... > full story -
Plumes Across the Pacific Deliver Thousands of Microbial Species to North American West Coast
December 17, 2012 — Microorganisms -- 99 percent more kinds than had been reported in findings published just four months ago -- are leaping the biggest gap on the planet. Hitching rides in the upper troposphere, ... > full story -
Farm Soil Determines Environmental Fate of Phosphorus
December 17, 2012 — Brazil's soybean yields have become competitive with those of the United States and Argentina, but the soil demands a lot of phosphorus, which is not renewable. In the United States, meanwhile, ... > full story -
'Gusty Winds' in Space Turbulence: First Direct Measurement of Its Kind in the Lab
December 17, 2012 — Imagine riding in an airplane as the plane is jolted back and forth by gusts of wind that you can't prove exist but are there nonetheless. Similar turbulence exists in space, and a research team has ... > full story -
Hybrid Tunnel May Help Guide Severed Nerves Back to Health
December 17, 2012 — Building a tunnel made up of both hard and soft materials to guide the reconnection of severed nerve endings may be the first step toward helping patients who have suffered extensive nerve trauma ... > full story
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