News tagged with motor vehicle collisions
Study finds airbags reduce risk of kidney injury in car crashes
Occupants in motor vehicles with airbags are much less likely to suffer kidney or renal damage in a crash than are occupants in vehicles without airbags, according to a new study in the September Journal of the American Co ...
Oct 21, 2010 |
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Risk of facial fractures in motor vehicle crashes decreasing
Facial fractures from motor vehicle crashes appear to be decreasing, most likely due to design improvements in newer vehicles, according to a report in the May/June issue of Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery.
May 18, 2009 |
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Commercial rocket will fly to the space station
For the first time, a private company will launch a rocket to the International Space Station, sending it on a grocery run this weekend that could be the shape of things to come for America's space program.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 17, 2012 |
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Debris from way out there
"Well, here it is," said aerospace engineer William Ailor as he paused next to the hulking metal shells arrayed along the plaza outside a visitor entrance at Aerospace Corp.'s El Segundo, Calif., headquarters.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jan 25, 2012 |
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Wildlife find path to safety under US roads
So how did the chicken cross the road? Or the raccoon, Virginia opossum, woodchuck, red fox, white-tailed deer or great blue heron?
Jan 02, 2012 |
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At a crossroads: New research predicts which cars are likeliest to run lights at intersections
In 2008, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2.3 million automobile crashes occurred at intersections across the United States, resulting in some 7,000 deaths. More than 700 of ...
Nov 30, 2011 |
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GM: Self-driving vehicles could be ready by end of decade
Vehicles that partially drive themselves will be available by the middle of the decade with more sophisticated self-driving systems by the end of the decade, General Motors Vice President of Global Research ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Oct 17, 2011 |
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General Motors announces first center mounted airbags (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- General Motors, in a move to make driving automobiles safer, has announced it will be installing center-mounted airbags in three of its 2013 crossover vehicles. The center mounted airbags ...
Oct 03, 2011 |
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Toyota's new pre-crash technology directs steering
Toyota is developing a safety technology that takes control of the steering so the vehicle can veer away when it isn't able to stop before impact.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Jul 21, 2011 |
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Europe looks into helicopter commuting
A European research program is studying the feasibility of a new kind of individual transport that avoids traffic jams by taking to the skies. Two laboratories at EPFL participate in this project.
Jun 20, 2011 |
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New site maps state's severe traffic collisions
Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, are launching a powerful new tool for sorting through and mapping all of California’s fatal and serious traffic collisions.
Apr 07, 2011 |
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Heading into the bonus round -- in space
(PhysOrg.com) -- A bonus round is something one usually associates with the likes of a TV game show, not a pioneering deep space mission.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Feb 10, 2011 |
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