Decades of languishing industrial pollution, combined with emerging threats like invasive species and a spike in a new chemical compounds known as endocrine disrupters, have rendered large sections of the Great Lakes inhospitable to …
Three UK transport and retail companies — First Group, Halfords and Countrywide Car and Van Rental — have joined forces with business consulting services.
The market speaks. From the inbox: Dear Contributor, I have much pleasure in informing you that the [paperback version of the] book ‘Handbook on Contingent Valuation’ edited by Anna Alberini and James R
Many people will have personal experience at how difficult it is for computers to deal with spoken language – people who “communicate” with automated telephone systems need a great deal of patience because if they speak just a little …
One challenge in the pursuit of the science of sustainability, then, is to recognize that in nature there is no waste. How do we live, work and play in an environment based on this natural foundation? …
Folsom, CA – August 11, 2009 – On Monday, August 17th at 1:30PM in Hensill Hall 113, attendees of the 90th Annual Pacific Division Meeting of the AAAS in San Francisco will get to learn about the latest efforts in science communication …
A study shows some forms of train travel have a carbon footprint similar to flying, when measured per kilometer of passenger travel .
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Computers need resources. Whether it’s logging on at work, sending Tweets from the train station or powering big laboratory ideas, firing up all those.
A group of researchers from Indiana University’s Center for Health Policy and Professionalism Research (CHPPR) say they have found that support for government health insurance for individuals under age 65 remains virtually the same …