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Metal Made Like Plastic May Have Big Impact

By Guest PostOctober 16, 2014Science3d metall drucker, 3d printing, atoms, brigham young university, bulk metallic glasses, clean, digital strategy, elektronenstrahl druck verfahren, ernst rauch, flexibility, german reinsurance company, giovanni d, jpl, metal, model, munich re, NASA, science meets risk, spacecraft, thomas niendorf, understanding climate change

Open a door and watch what happens — the hinge allows it to open and close, but doesn’t permanently bend. This simple concept of mechanical motion is vital for making all kinds of movable structures, including mirrors and antennas on spacecraft. Material scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, are working on new, innovative methods of creating materials that can be used for motion-based mechanisms. (more…)

Mapping Tool Analyzes How Climate Change, Conflict and Aid Intersect in Africa

By Guest PostMarch 3, 2012Environmentafrica, aiddata, austin, brigham young university, ccaps data, climate change, dynamic mapping tool, dynamics, francis j gavin, ken lipenga, malawi, minerva initiative, patterns of conflict, policymakers, stability in africa, university of texas, world bank

AUSTIN, Texas — Researchers have developed a new dynamic mapping tool that will help policymakers and other groups determine a country’s vulnerabilities to climate change and conflicts and show how these two issues intersect in Africa.

The pilot version of the tool was released this month by the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law at The University of Texas at Austin and additional data tools are expected to come online starting this spring. (more…)

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Metal Made Like Plastic May Have Big Impact

Mapping Tool Analyzes How Climate Change, Conflict and Aid Intersect in Africa