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WINCHESTER, England, Aug. 2 (UPI) — Billboards like those depicted in the film “Minority Report” that “recognized” Tom Cruise’s character to deliver targeted ads may be here soon, scientists say.
Researchers at an IBM laboratory near Winchester, England, say they are working on technology that will have consumers being shown tailor made ads based [...]

NEW YORK, July 29 (UPI) — New Yorkers should brace themselves for more frequent and more intense heat waves in the future, climate scientists say.
Temperatures like those baking the city this month are likely to continue, and their effects will be particularly felt in densely built urban environments like Manhattan, a City College of [...]

NEW YORK, July 29 (UPI) — The New York City Council is expected to agree to cut sulfur levels in half by requiring buildings to burn low-sulfur oil to improve health, officials said.
Mayor Bloomberg and council leaders agreed on legislation that requires buildings to burn low-sulfur No. 4 oil by October 2011. The fuel [...]

BERKELEY, Calif., July 20 (UPI) — Light-colored rooftops and roads could significantly cut emissions and combat global climate change by cooling cities and the world, researchers say.
Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California say cool roofs and cool pavements in cities around the world could cancel the heating effect of up to [...]

CHAMPAIGN, Ill., July 12 (UPI) — An engineering technique used to design high-rise buildings may soon give facial reconstruction patients better chances of a good outcome, U.S. researchers say.
An engineering design technique called topology optimization can be used to aid in bone replacement that improves the patient’s ability to chew, swallow, speak and [...]