Nov 11, 2021 | Drones, Environment, Featured
When an endangered plant’s favorite place to live is the side of a mountain, keeping track of its numbers typically requires rappelling down cliff faces with specialized gear––no mean feat. Now, a drone-based approach developed by researchers from North Carolina...
Nov 4, 2021 | Electric Vehicles, Environment
The shift to electrified transport represents a societal and technological change on par with the industrial revolution, the New Deal and the more recent digitalization of everything. The effects will have lasting impacts on our economy and built environment. The...
Nov 4, 2021 | Environment, Featured, Robots
Recycling on a large scale has always proved to be a challenging endeavor, especially as the production of plastic surged exponentially after the 1970s. But new technology made to streamline the process may help the U.S. make strides in eliminating the amount of...
Oct 14, 2021 | Communications, Environment, Oceanography, Satellites, Solar
Animals have been tracked from air and space for decades, with ever-greater success as the number of satellites circling the planet multiplied. The cell towers that now cover the globe have added precision to measurements. At the same time, the actual tracking devices...
Oct 7, 2021 | Artificial Intelligence, Environment
Since the 19th century, red squirrels have faced a rival in our woodlands – bigger grey squirrels, which were imported from North America. This constant competition has meant that red squirrels are now almost extinct in Southern England, except for a few on the Isle...
Jul 22, 2021 | Environment, Mobility
An international collaborative study led by University of Helsinki has conducted a holistic study to investigate the effects of COVID-19 restrictions on several air quality pollutants for the Po Valley region in northern Italy. The area is well known to have one of...
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