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MIT study says combustion emissions cause ~200,000 premature deaths/year in US; vehicles and power generation top sources

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Researchers from MIT’s Laboratory for Aviation and the Environment have concluded that ground-level PM 2.5 2000 (90% CI: 0–4,000) early deaths from ozone, according to the study. Barrett says that a person who dies from an air pollution-related cause typically dies about a decade earlier than he or she otherwise might have.

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Greenius Says The Congresswoman Gets It. Harman Calls Lack of Bold or Binding Agreement to Cap GHG Emissions in Copenhagen, “Stunning.”

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And what I also love is the obvious way the Congresswoman studies the issues and isn’t afraid to say and do the right things – despite opposition from the far right as well as the far left of her own party. Nowhere is this truer than in California, which has long been at the vanguard in the nation on progressive climate policy.

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Study on Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Global Cities Highlights Importance of Geophysical and Technical Factors

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An international study of 10 global cities found that a balance of geophysical factors (climate, access to resources, and gateway status) and technical factors (power generation, urban design, and waste processing) determine the greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) attributable to cities. Tonnes CO 2 e/capita. Credit: ACS, Kennedy et al.

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Getting More Students to Develop Tech That Benefits Society

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The professor is the recipient of this year’s IEEE John von Neumann Medal for “leadership in mobile and wireless sensing systems technologies and applications, including personal health management.” In the 1950s he was her father’s first supervisor at the Institute for Advanced Studies , in Princeton, N.J. As study chair of the U.S.

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Can We Identify a Person From Their Voice?

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Secret Service claims to be able to identify an unknown person in a voice-only lineup, comparing a recording of an unknown voice with a recording of a known speaker, as a reference. Each recording is studied in its entirety, and all conclusions are based on quantitative measures obtained from complete signals,” she said. A 2020 U.S.

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Princeton Engineering Dean Hailed as IEEE Top Educator

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The importance of mentors Growing up in Los Angeles, Goldsmith was interested in European politics and history as well as culture and languages. She focused on the basics courses, learned better study habits, and cut back the hours at her job. “I Her grades suffered from the stress of juggling school and work.

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At Last, a Self-Driving Car That Can Explain Itself

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After all, Apple’s Siri , Microsoft’s Cortana , Amazon’s Alexa and Google Home are all very impressive , but these systems function solely on voice input: They can’t understand or react to the environment around them. As we drive down a street in downtown Los Angeles, our system’s synthesized voice provides navigation instructions.

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