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Artificial Viral Shells Could Be Useful Nano-Containers
January 18, 2008 — Researchers are designing an artificial viral shell as a valuable nano-container for pinpoint drug delivery, molecular computing components, and a host of other applications. Chemists were inspired ... > full story -
'Green' Energy Efficient Mobile Home Designed
January 4, 2008 — When someone mentions a mobile home or "house trailer," the image usually doesn't make others green with envy. Mobile homes haven't earned recognition for long-term quality, environmental ... > full story -
Sound Waves Can Trigger Earthquake Aftershocks
January 3, 2008 — Using a novel device that simulates earthquakes in a laboratory setting, scientists have shown that seismic waves -- the sounds radiated from earthquakes -- can induce earthquake aftershocks, often ... > full story -
Quicky Assembled Bamboo Bridge, Strong Enough For Trucks, Opens In China
December 12, 2007 — In China, bamboo is used for furniture, artwork, building scaffolding, panels for concrete casting and now, truck bridges. The sustainable design is the first of its kind: the 10-meter span in Hunan ... > full story -
Steps You Can Take To Protect Your Home During Wildfire Season
November 1, 2007 — The state of California is adopting new building and fire codes, effective January 2008, that will primarily affect new construction. But homeowners with existing homes to worry about can take ... > full story -
Housing: Location Key With Environmentally Friendly Cluster Developments
October 24, 2007 — As housing developments sprout across the United States, smart growth proponents have urged communities to cluster developments in concentrated pockets, instead of the more standard and familiar ... > full story -
Recycling Of E-Waste In China May Expose Mothers, Infants To High Dioxin Levels
October 22, 2007 — With China now the destination for 70 percent of the computers, TVs, cell phones, and other electronic waste (e-waste) recycled worldwide each year, a new study has concluded that Chinese recycling ... > full story -
Hospital Room Shook Up In First Seismic Experiment Of Its Kind
October 19, 2007 — Seismic test have been designed and run on nonstructural hospital components providing engineers with the first realistic, experimental method of simulating and evaluating how earthquakes damage ... > full story -
Giant Wave Experiment Reveals Poorly Understood Behavior Of Tsunamis
October 14, 2007 — With the goal of saving lives and preventing environmental and structural damage during real tsunamis, Princeton Engineering researchers have been creating experimental mini-tsunamis. Existing models ... > full story -
Home Fire Sprinklers Score 'A' In Cost-Benefit Study
October 11, 2007 — Sometimes life-saving technologies seem beyond the reach of the average person. If you put residential fire sprinklers in that category, think again. Economists ran the numbers. Their benefit-cost ... > full story
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