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Modeling study suggests 1.8M excess deaths attributable to urban air pollution in 2019

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concentrations and associated mortality trends in more than 13,000 cities globally between 2000-2019. attributable mortality rates between 2000 and 2019 for the top 250 most populated urban areas based on 2019 WorldPop estimates. (A) concentration between 2000-2019. In both 2000 and 2019, 1.2 This new study examines PM 2.5

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Founder of MIT’s Microsystems Technology Labs Dies at 88

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His first job was designing microwave radio systems in Yugoslavia for a radio equipment design and manufacturing startup. He left the company in 1986 and founded Communications Research, a consulting service for manufacturers, in Palo Alto, Calif. Louis, Axelrod joined the U.S. He earned a bachelor's degree and Ph.D.

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Labour's £5,000 sweetener to launch electric car revolution | Environment | The Guardian

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Car manufacturers are a key part of the strategy: £100m will be available for research to car makers. What we want to see is the UK firmly in the lead in the manufacturing sense because we want to ensure the incentives. benefit, broadly, manufacturing in the UK," said Hoon. based in st. louis, wwt works closely.