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Researchers find ammonium concentration in PM2.5 leading to higher risk of death

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This finding stems from the largest global analysis of its kind, led by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) as part of the Multi-City Multi-Country (MCC) Collaborative Research Network. Differences in composition explained a substantial part of the heterogeneity in PM 2.5 —Masselot et al. components.

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ICL, CMU study associates PM2.5 air pollution in US with >30,000 deaths and reduced life expectancy

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Air quality in the US may be linked with increased mortality and reduced life expectancy according to new research from Imperial College London and the Center for Air, Climate and Energy Solutions at Carnegie Mellon University. The team then combined this with death counts from the National Center for Health Statistics.

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New study to investigate emissions from commercial buses in fleet operations

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Brighton & Hove operates a fleet of approximately 280 modern buses in and around the city of Brighton & Hove which, according to recent Department for Transport statistics, boasts the country’s highest—and consistently growing—number of bus journeys per head of population outside London.

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Fundamental Energy Transitions Can Take a Century

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One hundred and forty years ago, Thomas Edison began generating electricity at two small coal-fired stations, one in London ( Holborn Viaduct ), the other in New York City ( Pearl Street Station ). Even now, not all parts of the world have easy access to it.

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Video Friday: Liquid Metal Bubble Actuator

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CoRL 2022 : 14–18 December 2022, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND ICRA 2023 : 29 May–2 June 2023, LONDON RoboCup 2023 : 4–10 July 2023, BORDEAUX, FRANCE RSS 2023 : 10–14 July 2023, DAEGU, KOREA IEEE RO-MAN 2023 : 28–31 August 2023, BUSAN, KOREA Enjoy today’s videos! We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months.

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IEA: Electric vehicles posted strong gains in 2016; 2M now in global parc

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When available, stock numbers from official national statistics have been used, provided good consistency with sales evolutions. London for its part encourages EV adoption by waiving its congestion charge. The electric car stock shown here is primarily estimated on the basis of cumulative sales since 2005.

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US study of miners links heavy exposure to diesel exhaust to increased risk of lung cancer death; researchers suggest implications for urban areas with high exhaust concentrations

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The study was carried out by researchers from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, both parts of HHS. We observed a statistically significant exposure–response.

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