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MIT study: half of US deaths related to air pollution are linked to out-of-state emissions

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More than half of all air-quality-related early deaths in the United States are a result of emissions originating outside of the state in which those deaths occur, MIT researchers report in a paper in the journal Nature. —study leader Steven Barrett, an associate professor of aeronautics and astronautics at MIT. Dedoussi, I.C.,

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Audi and MIT develop Road Frustration Index

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Driving in chaotic urban traffic can be as nearly as stressful as jumping out of an airplane, according to new findings from an Audi and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) study. —Kael Greco, project leader, MIT SENSEable City Laboratory. —Professor Carlo Ratti, director, MIT SENSEable City Laboratory.

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Ford, MIT project uses LiDAR, cameras to measure pedestrian traffic & predict demand for new, on-demand electric shuttles

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Ford Motor Company and MIT are collaborating on a new research project that measures how pedestrians move in urban areas to improve certain public transportation services, such as ride-hailing and point-to-point shuttles services. The MIT research is being conducted by the Aeronautics and Astronautics Department’s Aerospace Controls Lab.

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Daimler joining MIT CSAIL Alliance Program for AI work; cognitive vehicles

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Daimler is becoming a new member of the MIT CSAIL Alliance Program. MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory ( CSAIL ) is the largest research laboratory at MIT and one of the world’s most important centers of information technology research. The new cooperation with the MIT ideally complements this.

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Czech government, ?EZ sign MOU on $2.4B, 40GWh gigafactory; ?EZ lithium mine project progressing

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The Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIT) and majority state-owned energy group ?EZ The document sets forth the basic conditions for the establishment of the factory and is a prerequisite for agreements with other potential investors, including automakers and battery manufacturers. ?

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California ARB Releases Peer Review Documents for Low Carbon Fuel Standard

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The staff of the California Air Resources Board (ARB) has released the final external peer review documents regarding the proposed Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) regulation. John Reilly, MIT. Pollutant credit trading, particularly GHG/carbon trading schemes. The four peer reviewers were: Linsey Marr, Virginia Tech.

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Twitter sees all-time high user growth amid Musk’s takeover: report

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These reports came following a post from the MIT Technology Review , which noted that Bot Sentinel estimates suggest that over 875,000 users deactivated their accounts between October 27 and November 1, while half a million more were suspended. Other reports also pushed the idea that Twitter was losing its users to rival Mastodon. .

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