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Patches of snow and bare ice near the edge of the snowline provide an illustration of the difference in reflectivity between the two surfaces. Credit Clément Miège PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — In a finding...

Rhode Island-based design collective Pneuhaus created small inflatable bubbles that place visitors in the ever-changing environment of the RGB color spectrum...

As a college student, you would hope to attend an institution that values enlightened ideals and sound investments. However, at many universities across the country, portions of large endowments have long been used to support...

From Brown University: Statistical physics offers an approach to studying climate change that could dramatically reduce the time and brute-force computing that current simulation techniques require...

The quick rise and depressing downward spiral of the ethanol industry proved that using food to make biofuel is both wasteful and costly. Non food-based biofuels, such as those derived from grasses, trees, or algae, are far...

A team of engineers from MIT has developed a new glucose fuel cell that runs on the same sugar that powers the human body. The team believes that the device will be able to “drive highly efficient brain implants”...

Here at Inhabitat, we are huge fans of any technology that can improve the lives of disabled people, such as exoskeletons and robotic suits. However, Brown University, working with the Department of Veteran Affairs, the...

Bottled water is drying up on college campuses, thanks to a growing movement led by student activists to ban its sale on school grounds. In their place, schools are handing out reusable bottles to incoming freshmen at orientation...

There is a new  paper published yesterday in the journal Geophysical Research Letters from NASA GISS/Columbia University and Brown University titled  Hydroclimate of the northeastern United States is highly sensitive to...

From Brown University it seems we need a new variation on the popular bumper sticker: Over 65 million years North American mammal evolution has tracked with climate change Rise and fall of groups of fauna driven by temperature...

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We are eagerly awaiting the 2011 A Better World by Design conference coming up this weekend, Sept. 30 – Oct. 2, on the campuses of the Rhode Island School of Design and Brown University. We have covered this energetic,...

Calling all students! Do you have a smart design solution that will protect vulnerable coastal communities against climate change? Then submit your design for a better coastline to the Better World Challenge...

Check out A Better World by Design October 1st – 3rd! We’re thrilled to announce that the third annual Better World by Design conference is coming up at the start of October! Exclusively organized and hosted by...