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  U.S. CAFE Standards Create Profit Incentive for Larger Vehicles

  December 8, 2011 — The current Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards create a financial incentive for auto companies to make bigger vehicles that are allowed to meet lower targets, according to a new ... > full story
• Healthy Aging
  Menopause
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  Many Older Floridians Have No Backup Plan After Hanging Up Their Keys

  December 2, 2011 — Florida is home to one of the highest percentages of residents ages 65 and older in the United States, but very few of them have thought ahead to a time when they will no longer be able to drive a ... > full story
• Transportation Science
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  At a Crossroads: New Research Predicts Which Cars Are Likeliest to Run Lights at Intersections

  November 30, 2011 — Researchers have developed an algorithm that predicts which cars are likeliest to run lights at ... > full story
• Controlled Substances
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  Medical Marijuana Laws Reduce Traffic Deaths, Preliminary Research Suggests

  November 29, 2011 — A new study shows that laws legalizing medical marijuana lead to fewer traffic deaths and less consumption of ... > full story
• Molecular Biology
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  How a Molecular Traffic Jam Impacts Cell Division

  November 7, 2011 — Interdisciplinary research between biology and physics aims to understand the cell and how it organizes internally. Researchers are investigating the interplay of so-called molecular motors with the ... > full story
• Transportation Science
  Diseases and Conditions
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  Health Check While Driving the Car

  November 3, 2011 — Researchers have developed a sensor system integrated into the steering wheel that can monitor the driver's state of health while driving. The driver can use his time behind the wheel for a minor ... > full story
• New Species
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  Roads Are Detrimental to Europe's Protected Bats, New Study Finds

  November 1, 2011 — Major roads significantly reduce bat numbers, activity and diversity -- raising serious issues for how road construction projects mitigate their impact on these protected species, according to new ... > full story
• Transportation Science
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  Software
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  Relief from 'Parking Wars': Computer Software to Revamp City Parking

  October 31, 2011 — Researchers have developed a traffic simulator that takes into account real parking policies, the habits of urban drivers, and the movements of traffic inspectors to identify strategies for ... > full story
• Mobile Computing
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  Distributed Computing
   

  Aggregating Bandwidth for Faster Mobile Networks

  October 21, 2011 — A new study reveals that the value of mobile spectrum, the capacity to transfer data across mobile networks, is only likely to increase as the demand for data transfer increases. However, it is only ... > full story
• Transportation Issues
  Alcoholism
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  Fatal Crashes in the US: Fewer Canadian Drivers Under the Influence

  October 18, 2011 — Alcohol-related fatal motor vehicle crashes in the US are much lower among drivers with Canadian licenses than drivers with US or Mexican licenses. Research from other countries finds foreign drivers ... > full story

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