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Something I often think about when I visit the #NewRiverValley is the disused railroad bridge across the New River between Radford University and the Virginia Tech golf course. I recognize that they are separate and competing athletics organizations and it is always hard to collaborate across organizational structures, but I can imagine some pretty big benefits to recreation and student athletics in connecting the two #virginia #RailsToTrails #RadfordVA #VATech #RadfordRiverwayTrail #BikeTooter

#VATech #scientists are building a better #fogharp
Combining vertical "strings" with periodic horizontal wires boosts efficiency.
#Fog harvesting is an ancient practice dating as far back as Incas, who placed buckets under trees to collect #condensation. Efficiency of #water harvesters depends on decreasing size of filaments & mesh holes. "If the holes were too big, the microscopic droplets would pass through it, and it wouldn't harvest much water," co-author James Kaindu
arstechnica.com/science/2025/0

samples of updated hybrid structure for a prototype fog harp
Ars Technica · These VA Tech scientists are building a better fog harpBy Jennifer Ouellette