Noise Is Not Just Annoying: Landmark Review Reveals Its Heavy Socioeconomic Toll
A systematic review of 58 studies finds that environmental noise—dominated by transportation sources—is tied to economic losses, psychological distress, sleep ...
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AI-Powered 4D City Maps Predict Which Buildings Will Fall and What Materials They Will Release
Researchers in Japan used a Weibull survival model and four-dimensional GIS data to forecast building-level demolition probabilities and construction material ...
Simulations Reveal the Hidden Traffic Threat to Brazil’s Newest Innovation District
Microsimulation of Brazil's HIDS-UNICAMP innovation district shows through traffic, not the district itself, could overwhelm its planned roads, and that ...
New GeoAI Framework Helps Cities Forecast and Map Future Traffic Congestion
NYU Tandon researchers have built a locally hosted GeoAI framework that combines LSTM traffic forecasting, hexagonal spatial mapping and a ...
Green Parks Can Displace the Poor—Unless Housing Rules Stop It
A comparative study of green regeneration in Malmö and Rotterdam shows that binding equity indicators and integrated social-housing governance, not ...
Scientists Map Flood Danger in Hamedan by Merging River Simulations with Urban Priority Rankings
A new study integrates HEC-RAS hydraulic simulation, GIS mapping and expert-based AHP weighting to identify flood-vulnerable critical urban centers in ...
Tsunami-planning platform passes real-world test with Chilean city officials
A tsunami resilience decision-support platform tested by 72 Chilean municipal officials scored above usability benchmarks and generated 45 concrete planning ...
Lightweight AI Predicts Future Satellite Images Using Semi-Supervised Learning
Researchers have developed CADE, a lightweight semi-supervised AI framework that predicts and generates future satellite imagery with high accuracy and ...
Machine Learning Maps the Spreading Heat Island of Nepal’s Fast-Growing Bharatpur
A 24-year satellite and machine learning study shows Bharatpur's heat island is expanding across the city rather than intensifying at ...
Living Near Parks Shapes How Nigerians Perceive Green Space Benefits
A survey of 366 residents in Delta State, Nigeria, found that people living near parks and green spaces perceive significantly ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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