NTU Singapore scientists develop tougher, safer bicycle helmets using new plastic material
Credit: NTU Singapore As cities worldwide expand their networks of cycling paths and more cyclists take to the streets, the ...
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Project Air View maps ultrafine particles, soot and other substances in Amsterdam air
Credit: Google Maps & Utrecht University Over the past two years, the municipality of Amsterdam, Utrecht University and Google have ...
More than half of wheelchair users with spinal cord injury needed repairs in past 6 months
Vulnerable populations are most likely to experience negative consequences of wheelchair breakdown, such as missing work or school or being ...
NUST MISIS scientists create unique alloy for air, rail transports
Credit: Sergey Gnuskov, NUST MISIS Scientists from the National University of Science and Technology "MISIS" (NUST MISIS) in cooperation with ...
The quiet of pandemic-era lockdowns allowed some pumas to venture closer to urban areas
Tracking data show how pumas in California's Santa Cruz Mountains responded to regional shelter-in-place ordersCredit: Santa Cruz Puma Project New ...
The future on rails
The railway system - Styria as an international centre of research and innovationCredit: © Lunghammer - TU Graz In the ...
Lazy, hazy days no more: A call-to-action to better understand air pollution mechanisms
Credit: Advances in Atmospheric Sciences Earth's atmosphere has a budget, and when expenses outpace savings, secondary aerosols form in areas ...
Most cities in São Paulo state have low potential capacity to adapt to climate change
Cities located in metropolitan areas of this Brazilian state score better according to an index that measures the existence of ...
Ten-fold increase in carbon offset cost predicted
Credit: Trove Research The cost of offsetting corporate carbon emissions needs to increase ten-fold to drive meaningful climate action, says ...
Railway infrastructure susceptible to greater damages from climate change
$2.06 billion/year can be saved by keeping warming to 1.5 °C instead of 3 °C for Chinese railwayCredit: Kai Liu ...
E-scooters as a new micro-mobility service
SMART researchers found that e-scooters are not only a last-mile solution to complement transit services, but also provide a mobility ...
Study: Drivers with shift work sleep disorder 3x more likely to be in crash
Researchers at the University of Missouri College of Engineering also examined the relationship between vehicle crashes and two other sleep ...
Does driving wear you out? You might be experiencing ‘accelerousal’
Researchers introduce new factor to explain stress while drivingCredit: University of Houston Admit it: Daily commutes - those stops, the ...
SMART evaluates impact of competition between autonomous vehicles and public transit
The study conducted in Singapore determined benefits of competition and the potential impact for future urban cities and transport systemsCredit: ...