Local leaders are working to make greater Los Angeles more reliant on local water in order to prepare for a hotter and more crowded future. A UCLA study published today is a reminder that achieving water independence would ...
Environment
Sep 20, 2017
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In a groundbreaking study released today, scientists at the South Coast Air Quality Management District and the University of Southern California have found that widespread installation of certain "cool roof" materials in ...
Environment
Aug 7, 2017
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In recent years, 14 states in the U.S. have begun assessing teachers and schools using Value-Added Models, or VAMs. The idea is simple enough: A VAM looks at year-to-year changes in standardized test scores among students, ...
Social Sciences
Jun 14, 2017
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The main aim of current experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is to study fundamental properties of matter. With the help of proton-proton collisions, a precise study of the Standard Model and properties of the recently ...
General Physics
Aug 1, 2016
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Cars were partially banished from the streets of Milan and Rome on Monday as Italy battled a buildup of health-threatening pollution caused by freakishly dry and warm winter weather.
Environment
Dec 28, 2015
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A spacecraft tool is now improving car safety by stress-testing many of the internal computer systems to be sure they work well when the car is on the road.
Engineering
Sep 28, 2015
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European beach and river bathing sites have cleaned up their acts, with 95 percent now meeting water quality standards in time for the summer holiday season, the EU said Wednesday.
Environment
May 20, 2015
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In order to cut down fewer trees and avoid wasting water, a group of young Mexicans designed a system that converts used PET bottles into mineral paper or peta paper, which is biodegradable and meets quality standards required ...
Engineering
Jan 15, 2015
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Chemicals released into the air by oil and gas exploration, extraction and related activities can spark reactions that lead to high levels of ozone in wintertime, high enough to exceed federal health standards, according ...
Environment
Oct 1, 2014
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The globalization of production in the food and beverage sectors has brought increasingly stringent product quality and safety regulations, with sometimes Darwinian results. Leading firms in the international production line ...
Economics & Business
Dec 12, 2013
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