Googlefail! The Web reacts to virtual traffic jam
What would life be like without Google? Last week 83 million people found out.
Internet
May 20, 2009
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A travel app to make you—and your environment—feel better
Did you ever find yourself wondering what would be the quickest, healthiest and least costly transport options for a trip? Thanks to the SUNSET project and its 'tripzoom' app for Android and iOS, making the most efficient ...
Engineering
Jul 9, 2013
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Study provides first direct evidence of heat-trapping effects of wildfire smoke particles
(Phys.org)—When the Fourmile Canyon Fire erupted west of Boulder in 2010, smoke from the wildfire poured into parts of the city including a site housing scientists from the University of Colorado Boulder's Cooperative Institute ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 28, 2012
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California dreaming: LA imagines life without cars
Los Angeles is famous for its addiction to cars -- whether cruising in their convertibles, or (more often) sitting in monster traffic jams on the freeway, the car is definitely king for Angelenos.
Other
Jul 27, 2011
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Drafting without drivers
Fewer accidents, less fuel consumption, and fewer traffic jams: Autonomous, computer-controlled vehicles have many advantages in road traffic. In particular, if many cars join to form long convoys. On May 14 and 15, 2011, ...
Engineering
May 11, 2011
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Capital flight: Indonesian move could prompt new environment crisis
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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High-tech pipelines aim to cut freight traffic
When it comes to moving freight around Europe, road transport remains a driving force. But trucks get stuck in traffic and pollute the environment. Now innovators are looking below the surface at a greener, more efficient ...
Energy & Green Tech
Sep 23, 2015
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Cells under stress get into molecular 'traffic jams,' triggering a suicide pathway
When cells experience a high level of stress—for example, when they are exposed to too much UV light—ribosomes inside the cell collide and get into traffic jams. Now, Johns Hopkins scientists have found a protein that ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 5, 2020
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Biophysicists unravel cellular 'traffic jams' in active transport
UMass Amherst biophysicists, using a unique microscope, have improved upon earlier studies that used too-simple models not able to account for the densely crowded, dynamic conditions of a active transport in a real cell.
Biochemistry
Dec 3, 2012
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Strung along -- easing holiday traffic pain
This Easter, motorists will experience the familiar frustration of being stuck on a motorway in a stop-start traffic jam that eventually disperses with no apparent cause.
Mathematics
Apr 2, 2010
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