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Buying Homes Of Tomorrow Now Saves Money, Energy
June 21, 2005 — While energy prices rise, buyers of new homes continually ignore a simple way to cut energy costs close to 50 per cent -- requesting their home be built to be energy efficient with technology already ... > full story -
MIT Team Designs Tsunami-Resistant Houses
June 8, 2005 — Using high-tech engineering principles, an MIT/Harvard team has developed a low-tech solution to the problem of how to build homes in tsunami-prone areas. The team recently produced an architectural ... > full story -
Solar Thermal Building Product Demonstrates Energy Savings Of 48 Per Cent
June 3, 2005 — Researchers at the Alberta Research Council Inc. (ARC) have completed a pilot study identifying a more efficient technology to insulate homes, reducing space heating costs for homeowners. Researchers ... > full story -
Yale Scientists 'See' Basis Of Antibiotic Resistance
May 9, 2005 — Using X-ray crystallography, researchers at Yale have "seen" the structural basis for antibiotic resistance to common pathogenic bacteria, facilitating design of a new class of antibiotic drugs, ... > full story -
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New Test On Tap For Detecting Pesticide-Resistant Mites
April 21, 2005 — Commercial apiarists and state bee inspectors now have a fast new way to check Varroa mites for this honeybee parasite's resistance to the pesticides coumaphos and ... > full story -
Latest Findings From NIST World Trade Center Investigation Released
April 11, 2005 — The Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) presented its analysis of how the World Trade Center (WTC) towers collapsed after two aircraft were flown into ... > full story -
Post-Tsunami Thailand Yields Lessons For Coastal Construction
March 26, 2005 — An inspection of Thai villages and ports struck by tsunami waves has uncovered some engineering lessons that might reduce casualties and destruction in future oceanic upheavals, a Johns Hopkins ... > full story -
Researchers Go Into Action After Tsunami
March 25, 2005 — Funded by grants from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), teams from the University of Cambridge, the University of Newcastle, and University College London have looked at ... > full story -
Tiny Porphyrin Tubes Developed By Sandia May Lead To New Nanodevices
March 25, 2005 — Sunlight splitting water molecules to produce hydrogen using devices too small to be seen in a standard microscope. That's a goal of a research team from the National Nuclear Security ... > full story -
NIST Rhode Island Nightclub Fire Investigation Team Calls For Improvements
March 9, 2005 — The Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is calling on the organizations that develop building and fire safety codes, standards and practices—and ... > full story
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