Tag: Infrastructure
Lighter pavement really does cool cities when it’s done right
Hessam AzariJafari, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Randolph E. Kirchain, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
When heat waves hit, people...
How electric cars can advance environmental justice: By putting low-income and...
Andrea Marpillero-Colomina, The New School
The global auto industry has begun a historic shift from gas- and diesel-fueled cars...
Women-dominated child and home care work is critical infrastructure that has...
Mignon Duffy, University of Massachusetts Lowell
A fiery debate has erupted over the definition of “infrastructure.”
Biden’s infrastructure plan targets lead pipes that threaten public health across...
Gabriel Filippelli, IUPUI
President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan includes a proposal to upgrade the U.S. drinking water distribution system...
GPS tracking could help tigers and traffic coexist in Asia
Neil Carter, University of Michigan
More than 100,000 tigers ranged across Asia a century ago, from the Indian subcontinent...
Nearly 60 million Americans don’t drink their tap water, research suggests...
Asher Rosinger, Penn State
Imagine seeing a news report about lead contamination in drinking water in a community that...
Bendable concrete and other CO2-infused cement mixes could dramatically cut global...
Lucca Henrion, University of Michigan; Duo Zhang, University of Michigan; Victor C. Li, University of Michigan, and Volker Sick, University of Michigan
To make less-harmful road salts, we’re studying natural antifreezes produced by...
Monika Bleszynski, University of Denver
Many people associate a fresh snowfall with pleasures like hot chocolate and winter sports. But for city dwellers, it can...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
