Engineering
Area landfills conjure up so many negative feelings for a lot of people—the odor, the litter—it's no wonder so many communities are struggling to find new locations for them. Working to create a better environment and ...
Sep 22, 2021
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Robotics
The distance between the Norwegian towns of Røros and Trondheim is about 100 kilometers as the crow flies. Three entrepreneurs from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)want to use drones to transport ...
Sep 9, 2021
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Engineering
The summer of 2018 saw temperatures far above the long-term average in the Northern Hemisphere. It was England's hottest ever summer, with four heat waves resulting in 1,067 excess deaths. The temperatures experienced in ...
Jul 26, 2021
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Engineering
NC State assistant civil engineering professor Eleni Bardaka grew up in Athens, Greece, watching her mom take public transportation to work every day and eventually finding her own personal independence using multiple options ...
Jul 9, 2021
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Engineering
Crushed wine bottles and other recycled glass could replace sand in vital tunneling supports, cutting construction costs and improving the sustainability of sand mining.
May 31, 2021
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Engineering
Artificial intelligence is providing new opportunities in a range of fields, from business to industrial design to entertainment. But how about civil engineering and city planning? How might machine- and deep-learning help ...
May 19, 2021
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Software
New software developed at EPFL can help architects to design building structures that incorporate both new and reused components, thereby lowering their environmental impact.
Oct 30, 2020
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Energy & Green Tech
The UK electricity system is undergoing significant and rapid change. It has the world's largest installed capacity of offshore wind, has effectively stopped generating electricity from coal, and has recorded a 20% drop in ...
Jul 27, 2020
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Engineering
Two tree species native to the Northeast have been found to be structurally sound for use in cross-laminated timber (CLT) - a revolutionary new type of building material with sought-after sustainability characteristics, according ...
Feb 27, 2020
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Engineering
In two new papers, civil engineers explore how to make decisions using quantifiable social, economic and environmental guidelines.
Nov 13, 2019
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