Fiber Optics Bring You Internet. Now They’re Also Listening to Trains
“Distributed acoustic sensing” looks for disturbances in fiber to detect earthquakes and even insects. Can it also improve rail safety? ..
“Distributed acoustic sensing” looks for disturbances in fiber to detect earthquakes and even insects. Can it also improve rail safety? ..
Air quality, heat, and food in your neighborhood have a big influence on your health. Future urban design needs to take this into account. ..
Researchers are honing in on what helps societies survive climate shocks, like the volcanic eruptions that helped fell the Roman Empire or the drought ..
Climate change is robbing some hydro dams of water while oversupplying others—forcing managers to employ new forecasting technology and clever strategies ..
Devastating deluges around the world point to the metropolis of tomorrow: the “sponge city.” Think more parks and fewer parking lots. ..
The American Climate Corps will employ tens of thousands to prepare the country for the pain ahead. But it'll need to get much, much bigger. ..
Rebates from the Inflation Reduction Act could help households save thousands on heat pumps, weatherstripping, and other efficiency upgrades. ..
As dry soils contract, underground pipes rupture—disrupting cities, frustrating conservation efforts, and highlighting the vulnerability of critical ..
Tiny houses started as a minimalist revolution. They ended up as an Instagram aesthetic. ..
Investigators are eying the Lahaina wildfire as yet another deadly blaze started by electrical equipment. Putting lines underground would help—at a steep ..