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Just Ten Minutes in a Car With a Smoker Boosts Harmful Pollutants by Up to Thirty Percent
November 21, 2012 — Just ten minutes spent in the back seat of a car with a smoker in the front, boosts a child's daily exposure to harmful pollutants by up to 30 percent, reveals new ... > full story -
Clues to Cause of Hydrogen Embrittlement in Metals: Findings Could Guide Design of New Embrittlement-Resistant Materials
November 19, 2012 — Hydrogen can easily dissolve and migrate within metals to make these otherwise ductile materials brittle and more prone to failures. Now, researchers have shown that the physics of hydrogen ... > full story -
Innovative Sobriety Project Reduces DUI and Domestic Violence Arrests, Study Finds
November 15, 2012 — An innovative alcohol monitoring program that requires daily testing of alcohol-involved offenders helps reduce both repeat DUI arrests and domestic violence arrests, according to a new ... > full story -
Technology Harvests Energy from Railroad Train Vibrations
November 15, 2012 — Engineers have won a national award for an innovative energy harvester that has the potential to save millions of dollars in energy costs for railroads while reducing carbon dioxide emissions. The ... > full story -
Cellphone Bans Associated With Fewer Urban Accidents
November 15, 2012 — Cellphones and driving go together like knives and juggling. But when cellphone use is banned, are drivers any safer? It depends on where you're driving, a new study says. The study found that, ... > full story -
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Grasshoppers Change Their Tune to Stay Tuned Over Traffic Noise
November 13, 2012 — Grasshoppers are having to change their song -- one of the iconic sounds of summer -- to make themselves heard above the din of road traffic, ecologists have discovered. The study is the first to ... > full story -
Glaucoma-Related Vision Loss May Increase Risk for Auto Accidents
November 11, 2012 — The first study to compare accident rates for drivers who have advanced glaucoma − an eye disease that affects peripheral vision -- with normal-vision drivers, found that the glaucoma group had ... > full story -
Are High Capacity Vehicles the Future?
November 9, 2012 — Research by a transport and logistics expert has shown that there would be economic and environmental benefits to individual companies and the country if the UK changed the rules to allow high ... > full story -
Vehicles, Roadways 'Talk' in Efforts to Improve Traffic Safety
November 5, 2012 — One day, your auto and the roadway will be in constant communication and able to suggest route changes to avoid accidents, construction, and congestion; coordinate your vehicle with signal lights, ... > full story -
Salting Roads May Damage Steel-Reinforced Concrete Structures
November 5, 2012 — Swedish scientists have studied models to help road and bridge maintenance engineers work out how much damage salting the roads in winter might cause to steel-reinforced concrete ... > full story
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