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From Lab to Landscape: Environmental Biohybrid Robotics for Ecological Futures

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This Perspective explores environmental biohybrid robotics, integrating living tissues, microorganisms, and insects for operation in real‐world ecosystems. It traces the leap from laboratory experiments to forests, wetlands, and urban environments and discusses key challenges, development pathways, and opportunities for ecological monitoring and ...
Miriam Filippi
wiley   +1 more source

Anticipating experimentation as the ‘the new normal’ through urban living labs 2.0: lessons learnt by JPI Urban Europe

open access: yesUrban Transformations, 2022
Urban living labs (ULLs) can be an important way to approach multi-stakeholder co-creation with regard to urban transitions and transformations. They have become a common type of co-creative experimentation, offering the opportunity to research and ...
Jonas Bylund   +2 more
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Lessons learned in effective community-university-industry collaboration models for smart and connected communities research [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
In 2017, the Boston University Hariri Institute for Computing and the Initiative on Cities co-hosted two workshops on “Effective Community-University-Industry Collaboration Models for Smart and Connected Communities Research,” with the support of the ...
Lusk, Katharine
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Microbial Contribution to Soiling and Its Impact on Photovoltaic Module Soiling in Arid Zones of the Atacama Desert

open access: yesAdvanced Sustainable Systems, EarlyView.
Microorganisms colonizing photovoltaic surfaces in the Atacama desert form biofilms that enhance particle adhesion and reduce energy yield. This study identifies UV‐resistant bacteria and carotenoid‐producing strains that interfere with PV performance.
Douglas Olivares   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

MEDLAB Sicilia Le occasioni per l\u2019innovazione sociale e territoriale MEDLAB in Sicily An opportunity for social and territorial innovation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
The volume contains written in italian and english language on the reflections and the final results of international partnership experience by Medlab (project promoted by European Commission, MED Program) concerning the case of Living Labs in Sicily ...
Di Bono, S   +7 more
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Transformative spaces in the making: key lessons from nine cases in the Global South [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Creating a just and sustainable planet will require not only small changes, but also systemic transformations in how humans relate to the planet and to each other, i.e., social–ecological transformations.
Charli-Joseph, Lakshmi   +16 more
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Manchester Urban Living Lab Implementation Plan

open access: yes, 2018
This document is organised into sections corresponding to the template in D4.1. The section headings are Place, People, Priorities, Platforms and Process. Within these sections a tentative implementation plan is laid out, or in the case of stages already completed, the approach taken is described. The plan is tentative because the Manchester (Brunswick)
Astbury, Janice, Evans, James
openaire   +1 more source

Long‐Term Elevated CO2 Improves Soil Health and Rice Yields in Paddy Fields

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
Combining the two longest‐running rice free‐air CO2 enrichment experiments with a global data synthesis, this study demonstrates that long‐term elevated CO2 consistently enhances soil health. In rice paddies, this improvement sustains the CO2 fertilization effect over decades.
Fan Jiang   +22 more
wiley   +1 more source

URBAN LIVING LABS AS AN INNOVATIVE TOOL FOR ACHIEVING THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS? EVIDENCE FROM POLAND

open access: yesCentral European Journal of Geography and Sustainable Development
The aim of the article is to analyse the activities of Urban Living Labs (ULL) in Poland from the perspective of supporting the realization of sustainable development goals at the local level. The article is based on an analysis of Internet materials (1,
Dagmara Helena Brzeziecka   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Transition UGent: a bottom-up initiative towards a more sustainable university [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The vibrant think-tank ‘Transition UGent’ engaged over 250 academics, students and people from the university management in suggesting objectives and actions for the Sustainability Policy of Ghent University (Belgium).
Block, Thomas, Van de Velde, Riet
core   +1 more source

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