News tagged with minor road
Driver misjudgment and landscape variations cause collisions at stop sign intersections
(PhysOrg.com) -- Stop signs are supposed to be traffic safety tools, but how effective are they? According to one Ryerson University researcher, intersections with stop signs can be some of the deadliest places ...
Sep 29, 2009 |
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Meteorites found in Calif. along path of fireball
Robert Ward has been hunting and collecting meteorites for more than 20 years so he knew he'd found something special in the Sierra foothills along the path of a flaming fireball that shook parts of Northern ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 26, 2012 |
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Fracking brings boom, fears to rural US
Underneath the ground in southwestern Pennsylvania, bedrock is put under explosive pressure to fracture and spill out its lucrative cache of natural gas.
Apr 22, 2012 |
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Refining solar power: student's research may help increase solar cell efficiency
(Phys.org) -- Stephen Mulligan, a University of Delaware senior studying mechanical engineering, has co-authored a paper explaining the effects of gas flow on newly developed solar cells. The paper, entitled ...
Apr 13, 2012 |
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3Qs: A tankful of reasons for gas price surge
Gas prices tend to increase in the summer, but the most recent spike, which began in February and appears on track to continue through March, has caught many drivers off guard. Northeastern University news ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
Mar 12, 2012 |
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O, Pioneers! (Part 1): The motes in God's eye
March 2012 marks the fortieth anniversary of the launch of one of the most extraordinary spacecraft ever constructed - Pioneer 10 - the first true deep space probe. The story of the Voyager spacecraft is well ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 27, 2012 |
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The case of the missing gas mileage
Contrary to common perception, the major automakers have produced large increases in fuel efficiency through better technology in recent decades. There’s just one catch: All those advances have barely ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jan 04, 2012 |
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MIT student builds self-balancing electric unicycle
(PhysOrg.com) -- If ever you go look outside at all the traffic on the road, it's hard to not come to the conclusion that what’s needed is a smaller vehicle; perhaps one that doesn’t take up any ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Dec 29, 2011 |
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Research warns drivers about most deadly, accident-prone intersections
(PhysOrg.com) -- The difference between an intersection controlled by flashing lights and one controlled by a stop sign can play a big role in accident prevention, according to a new study by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin. ...
Dec 20, 2011 |
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Durban climate deal leaves difficult road ahead
The world's nations on Sunday set their sights on a new all-encompassing pact on climate change that marks a break with the past and will also be gruelling to achieve.
Dec 11, 2011 |
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Health check on the road
Safety in traffic depends on a number of factors. One decisive aspect is how fit the driver is. A research team at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM), in collaboration with researchers at the BMW Group, ...
Nov 03, 2011 |
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