Students and scientists at the Inner Space Center at the University of Rhode Island. (Photos courtesy of Zara Mirmalek) A new article appears in the May issue of the Journal…
As plants grow, they transpire, releasing water into the atmosphere. During the summer in a city, trees help to cool the immediate surroundings through transpiration. New research from Carnegie’s Global…
Modeling 1,000 PV panels in a desert Solar radiation simulation We have just added new modeling capacities to our Energy3D software for simulating photovoltaic (PV) power stations. With these additions,…
Modeling 1,000 PV panels in a desert Solar radiation simulation We have just added new modeling capacities to our Energy3D software for simulating photovoltaic (PV) power stations. With these additions,…
…the roof is insulated, the less its color impacts the energy cost. With Energy3D, students can easily explore these design variables. This new feature, along with others such as the…
…improves — you can see this big improvement by comparing Figure 1 (new algorithm) with Figure 2 (old algorithm). Figure 2. Results without considering reflected short-wave radiation. This degree of…
What does irrigation have to do with climate change? Possibly a lot. According to a new study from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, irrigation has increased agricultural productivity by an amount…
…free of charge. We will soon announce a contest to create new activities incorporating graphs, for use in mathematics, science or social science classes. Stay tuned for more information about…
…the results of some programming fun. NLIs are deeply rooted in cognitive science. Constructivism views learning as a process in which the learner actively constructs or builds new ideas or…
[Editor’s note: Vaibhav Ahlawat was a Google Summer of Code 2012 student at the Concord Consortium.] At any time, the Concord Consortium runs a number of small research projects and…