News tagged with congestion
Beijing to get rid of 1,200 polluting enterprises
Authorities in Beijing said Wednesday they plan to get rid of 1,200 high-polluting enterprises by 2015 to improve air quality in the Chinese capital, one of the world's most polluted cities.
May 09, 2012 |
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Honda develops technology to detect the potential for traffic congestion
Honda Motor announced the development of the world’s first technology to detect the potential for traffic congestion and determine whether the driving pattern of the vehicle is likely to create traffic ...
Apr 26, 2012 |
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Kinder Houston Area Survey reveals more Houstonians support mass transit
One of America's most automobile-dependent large cities may be heading into a new era, according to the 31st annual Kinder Houston Area Survey conducted by Rice University. Among the findings in this year's survey: Houstonians ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Apr 24, 2012 |
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Pasta-shaped radio waves beamed across Venice
A group of Italian and Swedish researchers appears to have solved the problem of radio congestion by cleverly twisting radio waves into the shape of fusilli pasta, allowing a potentially infinite number of channels to be ...
Mar 02, 2012 |
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Using real-time road traffic data to evaluate congestion
A new project has shown that by using existing sources of information about traffic flow it is possible to create a minute-by-minute image of congestion in cities.
Jan 26, 2012 |
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Study finds congestion pricing works best when partnered with land-use planning
What does it take to convince motorists to drive less -- and thereby reduce traffic congestion, air pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions?
Sep 23, 2011 |
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Diabetes becomes a disease of the young
Some people say aiming to look sleek in your swimsuit or wedding duds is the biggest motivator for losing weight. But Mike Durbin's incentive for dropping pounds beats all.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 27, 2011 |
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Heart drug cuts prostate cancer risk; holds potential for therapeutic use
Johns Hopkins scientists and their colleagues paired laboratory and epidemiologic data to find that men using the cardiac drug, digoxin, had a 24 percent lower risk for prostate cancer. The scientists say further research ...
Apr 03, 2011 |
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Tiny heart pump helps heart attack, heart failure patients
In 2008, physicians at the West Virginia University Heart Institute became the first in the state to use the Impella left ventricular assist device. Now, they are among the first in the nation to use it in ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 25, 2011 |
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New study adds weight to diabetes drug link to heart problems
A new study published in the British Medical Journal today adds to mounting evidence that rosiglitazone - a drug used to treat type 2 diabetes - is associated with an increased risk of major heart problems.
Medicine & Health / Medications
Mar 17, 2011 |
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Newly identified spider toxin may help uncover novel ways of treating pain and human diseases
Spider venom toxins are useful tools for exploring how ion channels operate in the body. These channels control the flow of ions across cell membranes, and are key components in a wide variety of biological processes and ...
Mar 09, 2011 |
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Simple blood test at discharge could help reduce hospital readmissions for heart failure patients
An inexpensive, routine blood test could hold the key to why some patients with congestive heart failure do well after being discharged from the hospital and why others risk relapse, costly readmission or death within a year, ...
Mar 01, 2011 |
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Safety of biologic treatment for arthritis depends on the drug
Some biologic drugs may be safer than others according to a new systematic review by Cochrane researchers. Biologics are a broad class of drugs based on biological molecules. The drugs are used to reduce inflammation in diseases ...
Medicine & Health / Medications
Feb 16, 2011 |
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Moderate-to-heavy alcohol intake may increase risk of atrial fibrillation
Atrial Fibrillation (AF) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia (abnormal heart rhythm). Its name comes from the fibrillating (i.e., quivering) of the heart muscles of the atria, instead of a coordinated contraction. The result ...
Feb 14, 2011 |
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A change of heart keeps bears healthy while hibernating
Hibernating, it turns out, is much more complicated than one might think.
Feb 07, 2011 |
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