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International travelers experience adverse cardiopulmonary health effects even after short stay in polluted cities

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For the study, researchers analyzed 6 measurements of lung and heart health in 34 men and women traveling abroad for at least a week from the metropolitan New York City area. Specifically, the study found that being in a polluted city reduced measures of lung function by an average of 6% and by as much as 20% in some people.

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Why Are We Still Doing What Simon Says?

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Baer, Morrison, and Cope were granted a U.S. After a few more tweaks—including making the plastic case round and adding three levels of difficulty— Simon was launched in May 1978 at Studio 54 in New York City. One shaped like Darth Vader’s head was introduced in 2017; it features the first four notes of Vader’s leitmotif.

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Virtual Reality Helps Students Improve Their Math Literacy

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She also served in executive positions in Boston public schools , New York City public schools , and Success Academy charter schools, also in New York City. She left in 2017 and joined Success Academy as dean of mathematics. The startup received grants from the U.S. million.

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IEEE Power & Energy Society President Dies at 69

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Williams was granted 27 U.S. He was granted 15 patents. He received several recognitions including this year's IEEE PELS Owen Distinguished Service Award , the 2017 IEEE Industry Applications Society 's Outstanding Achievement Award , and that society's 2014 Kliman Innovator Award. patents during his time at IBM.

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Worldwide Campaign for Neurorights Notches Its First Win

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constitutional amendment that was passed by the National Congress of Chile and signed by the president, the people of Chile are the first in the world to be granted a new kind of human rights—“neurorights”—which advocates say are made necessary by rapid advances in neurotechnology. Thanks to a. Neurotech includes.

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NYU Researchers Paving New Path for Robotics

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These researchers were recruited to NYU Tandon as part of a “cluster hire” over two years from 2017-2019 to anchor Tandon Dean Jelena Kova?evi?’s NYU is also designed to be part of the fabric of the city—the fact that New York City is our campus makes it very unique and special. The tech ecosystem is growing here.

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How to make heavy-duty electric trucks work in practice

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Among its first announced customers, back in December 2017, was Pepsi, which reserved 100 of the trucks and plans to use them in the California regions of Modesto and Sacramento. Publicity magnet Tesla said it delivered its first battery-electric Semi tractor on December 1.

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