Vehicles equipped with automatic braking or front-collision warning are less likely to cause a rear-end crash, according to a study released Thursday by the insurance indu33stry.
Engineering
Jan 28, 2016
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In one of the first case studies to examine how neighborhoods with different racial and economic makeups dealt with similar, unpopular highway construction projects in the 1970s, a researcher at Rice University's Kinder Institute ...
Social Sciences
Nov 2, 2015
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Rutgers is launching the world's first outdoor laboratory capable of simulating deterioration that occurs on bridges by inflicting and intensifying stresses from the environment and heavy traffic on sections of bridges in ...
Engineering
Oct 16, 2015
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U.S. auto safety regulators are investigating reports that air bags on some older Honda Accords may not inflate in a crash.
Business
Aug 21, 2015
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Many companies producing software employ people as penetration testers, whose job it is to find security holes before others with less pure motives get a chance. This is especially common in the finance sector, but following ...
Security
Jul 30, 2015
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The problem of exploding air bags could be widening beyond Japanese manufacturer Takata Corp.
Business
Jul 14, 2015
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At 4:35 a.m. each weekday, Stan Paul drives out of his Southern California suburb with 10 passengers in a van, headed to his job as an undergraduate counselor at the University of California, Los Angeles. Some 80 miles and ...
Other
Jun 26, 2015
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U.S. regulators have confirmed that an air bag made by Takata Corp. was involved in the April death of a woman in Louisiana , connecting the defective air bags to a seventh fatality.
Business
Jun 12, 2015
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Automakers should immediately include as standard equipment in all new cars and commercial trucks systems that automatically brake or warn drivers to avoid rear-end collisions, the National Transportation Safety Board said ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jun 8, 2015
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The U.S. government's auto safety agency acknowledged Friday that staffers' failure to understand technology and lack of skepticism prevented them from rooting out a deadly problem with General Motors ignition switches for ...
Business
Jun 5, 2015
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