http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (PhysOrg.com) -- A new study by UCLA professor Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris documents the gap between women's transit safety needs and programs in the U.S. that respond to them. http://www.physorg.com/news179073593.html Other Sciences Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:50:02 EST news179073593 (PhysOrg.com) -- As a society, we are increasingly interested in finding new ways of transportation that are cleaner for the environment. New concepts in mass transit seem to be one of the main ways to move toward this future. However, many people (especially in the U.S.) don't want to give up the privacy of individual travel. As a result, it might be that so-called "sky pods" may provide the answer. http://www.physorg.com/news172939296.html Technology Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:42:27 EST news172939296 (PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers have developed new control systems that let driverless vehicles communicate and cooperate with each other. Could fleets of high throughput rapid transit systems soon be cruising our cities? http://www.physorg.com/news170075917.html Technology Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:30:02 EST news170075917 The U.S. mass transit system, the largest in the world, provides affordable and efficient transportation to more than 33 million riders each weekday. The system is generally considered one of the safest modes of travel. But recent public health studies have identified several sources of environmental hazards associated with mass transit, including excessive noise, a large and growing problem in urban settings. http://www.physorg.com/news164623516.html Medicine & Health Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:46:01 EST news164623516 The world is "getting closer" to a swine flu pandemic as the virus shows early signs of spreading locally in countries outside the Americas, a senior World Health Organisation official said Tuesday. http://www.physorg.com/news163168813.html Medicine & Health Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:40:40 EST news163168813 A new study by researchers at the University of British Columbia suggests taking public transit may help you keep fit. http://www.physorg.com/news157294575.html Medicine & Health Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:57:09 EST news157294575 Something is about to happen on Saturn that's so pretty, even Hubble will pause to take a look. http://www.physorg.com/news154282058.html Space & Earth Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:08:06 EST news154282058 (PhysOrg.com) -- Ford's first all-electric vehicle in the US will be a commercial van that gets a range of 100 miles per charge with a top speed of 70 mph. The van, called the Ford Transit Connect, should be available in the US in 2010, although the price has not yet been announced. http://www.physorg.com/news153503664.html Technology Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:55:37 EST news153503664 (PhysOrg.com) -- Astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics have discovered a planet somewhat larger and more massive than Neptune orbiting a star 120 light-years from Earth. While Neptune has a diameter 3.8 times that of Earth and a mass 17 times Earth's, the new world (named HAT-P-11b) is 4.7 times the size of Earth and has 25 Earth masses. http://www.physorg.com/news151679885.html Space & Earth Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:18:36 EST news151679885 (PhysOrg.com) -- The thought of a bus moving along city streets while its driver has both hands off the wheel is alarming. But a special bus introduced today (Friday, Sept. 5), steered not by a driver, but by a magnetic guidance system developed by engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, performed with remarkable precision. http://www.physorg.com/news140102238.html Technology Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:17:18 EST news140102238 Millions of people each day rely on transit, yet few urban area emergency plans have focused on its role in an emergency evacuation, says a new report from the National Research Council's Transportation Research Board. Transit systems could play a significant role in transporting carless and special needs populations in times of emergency, but these groups are inadequately addressed in most local emergency plans and evacuating them could easily exceed limited transit resources. http://www.physorg.com/news135957840.html Other Sciences Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:04:00 EST news135957840