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Research indicates that dust is not just unsightly, but also bad for our waistlines.
Chawla has analyzed available research on children’s experiences with nature.
Data collected in England and Wales indicates that reducing street lighting does not necessarily produce calamitous results.
Licence and his colleagues have confirmed that people don’t walk in the same way while texting that they do otherwise.
Women are cold in offices for a good reason, it turns out.
Street seats, places to sit bordering roads and sidewalks, make cities more pleasant places to be, physically and psychologically.
Signs tell us what we should do and how we should do it. Sometimes the messages that we “read” from them are consistent with the objectives of the people who’ve designed the signs and other times they’re not. What distinguishes effective signs from ineffective ones?
Investigators have learned a great deal about the optimal design of workplaces in homes, co-working sites--and corporate centers.
Color choices have practical implications. Research by cognitive scientists on both surface colors and colors of light should inform designers' decisions.
Research reported by the University of Exeter corroborates earlier studies indicating that seeing aquariums makes people feel calmer.