News tagged with maximum speed limit
Inexperience a key factor in youth crashes
(PhysOrg.com) -- A University of Adelaide (Australia) study has found that young drivers are twice as likely to have an accident during their first few months of driving on a provisional licence than after ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 02, 2009 |
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Higher speed limits cost lives (w/ Podcast)
The repeal of the federal speed control law in 1995 has resulted in an increase in road fatalities and injuries, according to researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health.
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Unsafe at any speed: Even for driving pros, distractions increase crash risk
(Phys.org) -- The ringing cell phone you're reaching to answer. The text message that demands a reply now. The GPS you're trying to program as you're frantically rushing to your destination.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 16, 2012 |
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Save big on heating, cooling costs with efficiency controls
U.S. commercial building owners could save an average of 38 percent on their heating and cooling bills if they installed a handful of energy efficiency controls that make their heating, ventilation and air ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Apr 20, 2012 |
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Safety on two wheels revealed
Moped riders crash more frequently, and motorcyclists are more than three times as likely to die in accidents, a Queensland University of Technology (QUT) road safety researcher has found.
Apr 19, 2012 |
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Chips as mini Internets
Computer chips have stopped getting faster. In order to keep increasing chips’ computational power at the rate to which we’ve grown accustomed, chipmakers are instead giving them additional “cores,” or ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Apr 10, 2012 |
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Tech review: New iPad an all-around upgrade
Apple used to be good at keeping secrets, but when you start building millions of "something new," details are bound to start trickling out. Such was the case with Apple's new iPad, which was announced just ...
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Apr 06, 2012 |
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How Usain Bolt can run faster -- effortlessly
Usain Bolt can achieve faster running times with no extra effort on his part or improvement to his fitness, according to a study published today in Significance, the magazine of the Royal Statistical Society and the Americ ...
Apr 04, 2012 |
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Powerhouse in the Crab Nebula
MAGIC telescopes measure the highest-energy gamma rays from a pulsar to date, calling theory into question.
Mar 29, 2012 |
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Fossil raindrop impressions imply greenhouse gases loaded early Earth's atmosphere
In ancient Earth history, the sun burned as much as 30 percent dimmer than it does now. Theoretically that should have encased the planet in ice, but there is geologic evidence for rivers and ocean sediments ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 28, 2012 |
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No bumps in the road for DARPA's robotic suspension system (w/ video)
The use of ground robots in military explosive-ordinance-disposal missions already saves many lives and prevents thousands of other casualties. If the current limitations on mobility and manipulation capabilities of robots ...
Mar 26, 2012 |
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'Faster-than-light' particles fade after cross-check
Neutrinos do not go faster than light, according to fresh measurements of a test last year that had suggested the particles broke the Universe's speed limit, CERN said on Friday.
Mar 16, 2012 |
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