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Researchers discover links between city walkability and air pollution exposure
A new study compares neighborhoods' walkability (degree of ease for walking) with local levels of air pollution and finds that some neighborhoods might be good for walking, but have poor air qual...
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Read moreTanked-up teens: Cheap alcohol strongly linked to harmful underage drinking in the UK
Mark Bellis worked with a team from Liverpool John Moores University and Trading Standards (North West) to survey the teens' alcohol consumption patterns, drink types consumed, drinking locations...
Studies and Analyses | Read more'Chicago Parakeet Project' Seeks Help Tracking Green Invaders
Whole colonies have descended from a few pets that escaped or were freed by their owners, as the garrulous green birds have adapted to Chicago's temperate climate and spread beyond initial feral ...
Life Sciences | Read moreBats use love songs during mating
Researchers Kirsten Bohn and Mike Smotherman in the Department of Biology at Texas A&M, George Pollak at the University of Texas at Austin and Barbara Schmidt-French from Bat Conservation Internationa...
Life Sciences | Read moreWhat Sets the Stone Rolling - New Insights into Cancer Pathogenesis
At the same time they were able to shed light on the translocation process, which also plays a crucial role in cancer pathogenesis. During translocation, fragments of genes move from one chromosome to...
Life Sciences | Read moreBus Left You Waiting in the Cold? Use Your Cell Phone to Track It Down
It's a question heard at countless bus stops: "Have you seen the number 48 go by?" Cold, impatient bus riders stamp their feet, check their watches, and wonder if that bus is ev...
Information Technology | Read more"Smart" Surveillance System May Tag Suspicious or Lost People
Intelligent video cameras, large video screens, and geo-referencing software are among the technologies that will soon be available to law enforcement and security agencies.In the recent Proce...
Information Technology | Read moreBreaking the Cycle of Urban Poverty
Millions of people around the world live in informal urban communities where a lack of resources leads to degradation of the environment. Deteriorating environmental conditions, in turn, create more p...
Business and Finance | Read moreZeroing in on Wi-Fi 'dead zones'
Rooting out Wi-Fi "dead zones" in large wireless networks that cover whole neighborhoods or cities is an expensive proposition. Pre-deployment testing is so costly that most WiFi providers s...
Information Technology | Read morePervasive games promise to spice up daily life
Pervasive games eliminate many of the social, spatial and temporal boundaries usually associated with playing a game by intertwining game play with peoples’ everyday lives. Armed with their mo...
Information Technology | Read moreClosest Look Ever at the Edge of a Black Hole
"This technique gives us an unmatched view of the region near the Milky Way's central black hole," said Sheperd Doeleman of MIT, first author of the study that will be published in the ...
Physics and Astronomy | Read moreEarthquakes may endanger New York more than thought
A study by a group of prominent seismologists suggests that a pattern of subtle but active faults makes the risk of earthquakes to the New York City area substantially greater than formerly believed. ...
Earth Sciences | Read moreFirst national study to examine golf cart-related injuries
The popularity of golf carts has skyrocketed in recent years, and unfortunately so has the number of golf cart-related injuries. In fact, a new study conducted by researchers in the Center for Injury ...
Studies and Analyses | Read moreOn shaky ground: UH Prof finds geological faults threaten Houston
After finding more than 300 surface faults in Harris County, a University of Houston geologist now has information that could be vitally useful to the region’s builders and city planners. This...
Earth Sciences | Read moreHygiene habits stall: Public handwashing down
When it comes to washing with soap and water, some Americans seem be slipping up.In an observational study sponsored by the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) and The Soap and Detergent A...
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