Can cities make room for woodpeckers?
Researchers are deploying the latest mapping techniques to identify the most important suburban habitat for North America's largest woodpecker......»»
Self-driving vehicles may reshape transportation, whether the cities that host them like it or not
San Francisco serves as a case study for the rollout of robotaxis, especially as Cruise and Waymo get ready to ramp up their driverless services. Others are taking close note of the friction and complications there......»»
Q&A: Urban doom loop—what it is and how cities can stop it
Recent images of downtown San Francisco—emptied of office workers now dialing in remote and filled with wandering homeless people—has struck fear for the future of urban areas. A Columbia University professor coined the term "urban doom loop" for.....»»
Thousands flee wildfires in Canada"s far north
Thousands ordered to flee wildfires advancing on one of the largest cities in Canada's far north crammed into a local airport on Thursday to board emergency evacuation flights, as convoys snaked south to safety on the only open highway......»»
Bergstrom Automotive agrees to buy 5 Wisconsin stores
Bergstrom Automotive said it has agreed to buy dealerships in the eastern Wisconsin cities of Green Bay and Manitowoc......»»
It"s not just humans: City life is stressful for coyotes, too
Though cars are the biggest threat to coyotes taking up residence in U.S. cities, a new study suggests urban living poses a different kind of hazard to coyote health—in the form of chronic stress......»»
$220 billion is helping build US cleantech infrastructure. Here are the projects.
Financial Times identified 110 large-scale manufacturing announcements. Enlarge / President Joe Biden speaks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on May 13, 2021. (credit: Getty Images | Bloomberg) A year ago, Presi.....»»
Study examines role of urban agriculture in food-energy-water nexus policies
A new paper in Landscape and Urban Planning examines policies to advance urban agriculture that address the food-energy-water (FEW) nexus, the complex relationships among the flows of food, energy and water in cities......»»
Cities Aren’t Supposed to Burn Like This Anymore—Especially Lahaina
Humans figured out how to prevent huge fires in urban areas over a century ago. Why have they gotten so bad again?.....»»
Throwing shade: Model maps NYC street trees" cooling benefits
Cornell researchers' "leaf-level" visualization of every tree in New York City—and how much shade each provides—could inform new strategies for mitigating extreme heat there, and in other cities coping with record-breaking temperatures......»»
Creating "sponge cities" to cope with more rainfall need not cost billions—but NZ has to start now
Tune into news from about any part of the planet, and there will likely be a headline about extreme weather. While these stories will be specific to the location, they all tend to include the amplifying effects of climate change......»»
Dealmaster: Save on back-to-school tech from Lenovo, HP, Apple, and more
These tech deals will help make your academic life easier Enlarge / Apple calibrates its screens better than most others in the business. (credit: Samuel Axon) Moving into a new dorm room or apartment can be stressful. I.....»»
New metalens lights the way for advanced control of quantum emission
Quantum emission is pivotal to realizing photonic quantum technologies. Solid-state single photon emitters (SPEs), such as hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) defects, operate at room temperature. They are highly desirable due to their robustness and brigh.....»»
War-damaged urban environment in Kharkiv is fatal for bats: Loss of roosts and lethal traps in destroyed buildings
Russia's war in the Ukraine has severe consequences not only for humans, it also has detrimental effects on populations of urban and semi-urban wildlife in the attacked cities and regions......»»
Dealmaster: Save on Apple gear, Lenovo laptops, PlayStation 5, and more
Get ready for dorm move-in day with savings on great tech! Enlarge / A MacBook laptop. (credit: Samuel Axon) If you or your kids plan to move into a new dorm room or college apartment, we have the gear for you. From stor.....»»
Lack of public dealership megadeals in 2022 left room for private buyer transactions to dominate
The 2021 buy-sell year was notable for four supersize acquisitions that helped frame the latest wave of dealership consolidation. Deals of that size did not happen in 2022......»»
Microsoft dumps Cortana leaving Siri as one of the last smart assistants
Siri appears to be the last smart assistant standing as Microsoft quietly sunsets Cortana in Windows, but this may be a meaningless victory given the rise of AI-based chatbots.Microsoft makes room for Bing ChatCortana's death has been a long time com.....»»
How secondary cities can compete with superstar cities through innovation competitiveness
Local universities, global connectivity and entrepreneurship can help secondary cities combat the geographic polarization of innovation in superstar cities, according to new research being conducted in Trinity College Dublin and Ca' Foscari Universit.....»»
What’s going on with the reports of a room-temperature superconductor?
Rumors are flying of confirmation, but the situation is still frustratingly vague. Enlarge / The normal structure of the material (left) and distortions that occur once copper is substituted in (right). (credit: Sinéad Griffin).....»»
Toyota launches production of 2024 Grand Highlander
The Grand Highlander's third row features an additional 5.8 inches of legroom compared with the Highlander, 2.5 extra inches of shoulder room and more than an inch of extra headroom......»»
How local governments can combat cybercrime
Amid a recent uptick in cybercrime on local governments, cities have been left to recover for months after the initial attack. For example, leaders in Dallas, Texas are ready to spend months recovering from an attack that hindered the city’s 911 em.....»»