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Study: Volkswagen’s excess emissions 'could lead to 1,200 premature deaths in Europe'
Countries hit hardest by automaker’s emissions scandal include Germany, Poland, France, and Czech Republic. In September 2015, the German Volkswagen Group, the world’s largest car producer, admitted to having installed “defeat devices” in 11 million diesel cars sold worldwide between 2008 and 2015. The devices were designed to detect and adapt to laboratory tests, making […]
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Researchers move a step closer to first full-body PET scanner
Researchers from the University of California, Davis (UC Davis) have revealed the first results from the EXPLORER project – which aims to build world’s first full total-body positron emission tomography (PET) scanner. Positron emission tomography (PET) is a molecular imaging technique widely used in clinical diagnostics and clinical research to observe metabolic processes and molecular […]
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Changing transatlantic flight routes ‘could reduce climate impact’
Airlines could reduce their climate impact by up to 10 per cent in the future by optimising some flight routes, according to new research. The study shows the cost to airlines of changing flight routes to avoid areas where emissions have the largest impact would be comparatively small – around a one per cent increase […]
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Study shows dramatic increases in China’s economic exposure to earthquakes
China’s economic exposure to earthquakes has dramatically increased since 1990, researchers from Beijing Normal University have found. They found that rapid economic growth and urbanisation in the country have led to huge spatiotemporal changes in the economic value of the country’s assets (buildings and non-building infrastructure) and gross domestic product (GDP) exposed to seismic hazards. […]
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Matter wave gyroscope could offer precise direction in absence of GPS signal
Protocol for rotation sensing with trapped ions provides blueprint for big sensitivity boost in a small package Researchers in the USA have presented a protocol for a highly sensitive and compact gyroscope, capable of measuring very small changes in rotation. The design could form part of an inertial navigation system and offer directional information in […]
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Simple climate change contribution measure ‘remains elusive’
The search for a single and simple measure for each country’s contribution to global warming is unlikely to succeed, new research has warned. The question of how to fairly quantify national contributions to global warming historically, and inform future policy on sharing the burden of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, has long been part of international […]
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Researchers use mathematical modeling to explain complete destruction of Germanwings Flight 9525
An international team of researchers, led by Texas A&M mathematician Professor Goong Chen, has used the latest in visualization technology and their collective scientific expertise to chart the final moments of Germanwings Flight 9525, deliberately crashed in the French Alps on March 24, 2015. Although it happened almost two years ago, the crash is still […]
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Study shows dramatic increase in meltwater from Canadian glaciers
The ice loss from Canada’s Queen Elizabeth Islands glaciers has transformed them into a major contributor to sea level change, new research has found. By combining ice discharge calculated from remote sensing data with the latest version of the Regional Atmospheric Climate Model, the study tracked the mass loss from the islands’ glaciers and ice […]
