An international team of health experts, hygienists, pollution specialists and biostatisticians has found, via systematic review of almost 200 studies on air pollution, a strong positive association between long-term exposure ...
Indonesian capital Jakarta has been the world's most polluted city on four days this week, according to air quality monitor IQAir, as authorities fail to grapple with a spike in toxic smog.
Environment
Aug 10, 2023
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Inside neurons, motor proteins haul precious cargo, moving essential goods along thread-like roadways called microtubule tracks.
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 20, 2022
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In the EU, 13 percent of deaths are linked to pollution, said a new report published on Tuesday by the European Environment Agency (EEA), which stressed the current pandemic put environmental health factors in the spotlight.
Environment
Sep 8, 2020
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All new cars and light trucks would be able to talk wirelessly with each other, with traffic lights and with other roadway infrastructure under a rule the Transportation Department proposed Tuesday. Officials say the technology ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Dec 13, 2016
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The government wants smartphone makers to lock out most apps when the phone is being used by someone driving a car.
Software
Nov 23, 2016
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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 those fatalities ...
Engineering
Nov 30, 2011
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The COVID-19 pandemic has sparked renewed interest in remote work arrangements, which also could help improve occupational and traffic safety, according to a study by researchers at Florida Atlantic University and the University ...
Social Sciences
Jun 17, 2021
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Abandoning Jakarta for a new capital in Borneo won't save the fast-sinking Indonesian megacity from disaster and could even spark a fresh environmental crisis in a region home to rainforests and endangered orangutans, critics ...
Environment
Aug 30, 2019
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While the era of app-based ridehailing services, such as Uber and Lyft, has been credited with keeping more impaired drivers off the road, increasing job opportunities and offering new levels of convenience, it is also linked ...
Other
Jul 8, 2019
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