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Architecture - Business/Economics - 11.06
Positive Peer Pressure More Effective Than Cash Incentives, Study Finds
Researchers show reputation concerns can encourage people to act for the public good - Appealing to people's desire for a good reputation is more effective than cold, hard cash, researchers at Harvard, Yale, the Federal Trade Commission and the University of California, San Diego, found in a study published June 18 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Architecture - 1.12.2011
Update on gas pipeline testing near campus
Just before Thanksgiving, PG&E work crews finished the hydrostatic pressure testing of gas transmission pipeline 132 near the Stanford campus. Two sections of pipe, called T-30 and T-31, were tested to more than 1.5 times their maximum allowable operating pressure.

Mathematics - Architecture - 8.11.2010
New study finds common brain organization among disparate mammals
Matthias Kaschube , a lecturer in physics and the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics at Princeton University, has published in the Nov. 4 online edition of Science Express results of research into the factors determining development of the brain's neural circuits.

Architecture - Physics/Material Science - 8.07.2010
Coral tests show fast construction pace for Polynesian temples
BERKELEY — Ancient Polynesians went from building small-scale temples to constructing monumental, pyramid-shaped temples in just 140 years, not in four or five centuries as previously calculated, according to research led by a University of California, Berkeley, anthropologist and published this week in the print edition of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

History/Archeology - Architecture - 21.03.2010
Columbia University Establishes Global Centers in South Asia and Europe
In a coordinated effort to further enhance its global perspective in teaching, research and problem solving, Columbia University is establishing the Columbia Global Center/South Asia in Mumbai, India, and the Columbia Global Center/Europe in Paris, France.

Science Wire

Environmental Sciences - Architecture - 3.12.2012
Innovation on the Cutting-Edge: Advancing Energy Efficiency Through Two New ARPA-E Projects at Berkeley Lab
Innovation on the Cutting-Edge: Advancing Energy Efficiency Through Two New ARPA
Two Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) research projects were awarded grants by the Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) to advance energy technologies.

Architecture - Administration/Government - 25.10.2012
Sharing space: Proximity breeds collaboration
Sharing space: Proximity breeds collaboration
ANN ARBOR-A new University of Michigan study shows that when researchers share a building, and especially a floor, the likelihood of forming new collaborations and obtaining funding increases dramatically.'? The findings have wide relevance to corporations, as well.

Architecture - Medicine/Pharmacology - 17.10.2012
Elevated Indoor Carbon Dioxide Impairs Decision-Making Performance
Elevated Indoor Carbon Dioxide Impairs Decision-Making Performance
Overturning decades of conventional wisdom, researchers at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have found that moderately high indoor concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) can significantly impair people's decision-making performance.

Architecture - Environmental Sciences - 30.03.2012
Earth Institute Develops Interactive Map of NYC’s Energy Use
To use the above map: Zoom in and out using the +/- buttons; click and drag to find a neighborhood; zoom in further to pinpoint a building lot. As you cursor touches the lot, a box will appear for that address showing estimated energy use (based on ZIP code-wide data), and a breakdown of how it's used.

Architecture - Microtechnics/Electroengineering - 25.05.2011
Error prevention, rather than correction, best for future of nanoelectronic devices
The move toward smarter, lighter and more powerful electronics, computers and smartphones depends on whether transistor circuits, the building blocks of such devices, can process large amounts of information.