Harnessing smartphones to track how people use green spaces
A new study demonstrates how anonymized GPS data from people’s smartphones can be used to monitor the public’s use of ...
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Co-working spaces limit creativity in the long run, finds new study
Co-working spaces can limit the creativity and innovation of new businesses, a study has found. These shared spaces, which have ...
With training, people in mind-controlled wheelchairs can navigate normal, cluttered spaces
A mind-controlled wheelchair can help a paralyzed person gain new mobility by translating users’ thoughts into mechanical commands. On November ...
Navigating urban spaces: Indoor & outdoor wayfinding technology for vision-impaired people
Navigating an unfamiliar place is uniquely challenging for people with disabilities. People with blindness, deafblindness, visual impairment or low vision, ...
Positive childhood experiences of blue spaces linked to better adult well-being
New research based on data from 18 countries concludes that adults with better mental health are more likely to report ...
How to improve landscape visual aesthetic effects of street pedestrian spaces in China’s mountainous cities
With the increasing demand of urbanization for land, Chinese cities and towns are gradually growing from plains to mountainous areas. ...
Active matter, curved spaces: mini robots learn to ‘swim’ on stretchy surfaces
When self-propelling objects interact with each other, interesting phenomena can occur. Birds align with each other when they flock together. ...
A European project involving the UOC aims to improve urban spaces to help children with autism
A project led by the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) and involving Barcelona City Council, the Global Institute of Neurodevelopment Integrated Care (IGAIN) and LEMUR urban emergency ...
Duke-led center seeks to examine and engineer the microbial communities of indoor spaces
DURHAM, N.C. – A multidisciplinary team of researchers led by Duke University will undertake an ambitious endeavor to understand and ...
Bacteria make a beeline to escape tight spaces
A newly published study by researchers at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa revealed that bacteria alter their swimming patterns ...
New research highlights the role of green spaces in conflict
Green spaces can promote well-being, but they may not always be benign. Sometimes, they can be a tool for control. ...
The Rule of Two helps make spaces sound better
Acoustics researchers of Aalto University have improved the most common method for measuring the acoustics of a room, the sine ...
Scientists use GPS to track baboon troop’s movement in urban spaces for the first time
In a unique study, researchers from Swansea University (UK) and the University of Cape Town in South Africa have used ...
Carbon nanotubes could help electronics withstand outer space’s harsh conditions
Space missions, such as NASA’s Orion that will take astronauts to Mars, are pushing the limits of human exploration. But ...