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U. of Iowa researchers find smoke impacts on severity of tornados

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University of Iowa researchers have found that smoke resulting from spring agricultural land-clearing fires in Central America and transported across the Gulf of Mexico intensified tornado conditions already in process in the United States. —Pablo Saide.

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Toyota’s Collaborative Safety Center introduces 9 new research projects exploring the safety needs of an evolving mobility ecosystem

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The new research projects, announced during a virtual CSRC media event showcasing safer mobility, will examine the diversity of safety needs and analyze safe mobility options that accommodate a variety of applications, physical characteristics and levels of accessibility for people and society.

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New efficient hybrid optimization control method for diesel engine emissions and performance

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Researchers at Iowa State have developed a new hybrid optimization control method to improve diesel engine emissions and performance. A Hybrid Global Optimization Algorithm: Particle Swarm Optimization in Association with a Genetic Algorithm.” Sahnehsaraei, M. Andalib et al. “A

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