03/28/2014 05:03 AM EDT
A green roof in New York City, constructed as part of an ongoing study by researchers at Columbia University and the Earth Institute. Information gleaned from the study will be used to help develop the best strategies for the design and spatial distribution of urban green roofs in the future. ...
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03/28/2014 05:03 AM EDT
Tube sponges off Little Cayman Island. With coral cover on Caribbean reefs at historic lows, sponges are now the dominant, habitat-forming animals on most of them. The decline in coral is due to disease, heat stress from warming waters and waves from storms. Additionally, scientists have ...
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03/27/2014 10:03 AM EDT
Exposing leafy vegetables grown during spaceflight to a few bright pulses of light daily could increase the amount of eye-protecting nutrients produced by the plants, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder.
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03/27/2014 01:03 PM EDT
21st Century Scientist: Origami chemistry: NYU chemist folds molecules New York University chemist Kent Kirshenbaum explains his work folding long-chain molecules into synthetic molecules, called peptoids, that might be developed into, among other things, "hunter-killer" antibiotics that target ...
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03/27/2014 01:03 PM EDT
Manmade "Wall of Wind" creates hurricane force winds to test construction A Category 5 hurricane is a monster of a storm that most people would want to avoid. But, civil engineer Arindam Chowdhury actually recreates those monster hurricane force winds in hopes of helping us better prepare for ...
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