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Study: 15% of US alcohol-related motor vehicle fatalities involve alcohol under the legal limit

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Naimi, MD, MPH, Section of General Internal Medicine, Boston Medical Center, and Department of Community Health Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health. —lead investigator Timothy S.

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INRIX study identifies routes with greatest potential for e-VTOL services

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By analyzing trillions of anonymous data points from hundreds of millions of connected devices, INRIX Research identified the current routes with the greatest market potential in the Atlanta, Austin, Boston and San Francisco metropolitan areas. The benefits of VTOL will accrue in the the near-term to long-distance commuters from city centers.

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Study: even relatively low levels of air pollution appear to affect a child’s lungs

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Rice, MD, MPH, an instructor at Harvard Medical School and lead author. levels in Boston have declined by more than 30% between 1996 and 2006. Kaufman, MD, MPH, of the University of Washington, in an accompanying editorial. —Mary B. Dr. Rice noted that PM 2.5 — Cora S. Sack, MD, and Joel D.

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CALSTART Small Hybrid Bus Working Group Selects StarTrans-Azure Dynamics for National Hybrid Bus Deployment

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The Azure Balance system includes engine-off at idle and at below 20 mph (32 km/h), while electronically supporting key ancillary functions like air conditioning, power steering and braking. engine and the 5-speed automatic TorqShift transmission.

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Optimus: The Tesla Bot Here’s What We Know…Or, At Least Been Shown

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” Musk admitted that there are robots out today that look to be more capable, maybe from companies like Boston Dynamics but stated that Optimus, unlike them, is intended for mass production: millions of units.

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Study links traffic-related pollution to risk of asthma in children

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Rice, MD, MPH, a pulmonary and critical care physician at BIDMC. In the Boston area, the presence of black carbon is linked to traffic-related pollution—as opposed to other regions where soot may come from a mix of sources. Co-authors included Nicole Liebman and Murray Mittleman MD, MPH of BIDMC; Sheryl L.

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Study finds even moderate air pollution can raise stroke risks; risk rises within hours of exposure

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—Gregory Wellenius, ScD, the study’s lead author and an Assistant Professor of Community Health at Brown University. While researchers acknowledge results need to be replicated in other cities, they note that Boston is considered to have relatively clean air. Burger, MD, and Gottfried Schlaug, MD, MPH of BIDMC, Brent A.

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