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S. Korea activists seek court ban on cigarette sales

South Korean anti-smoking activists have gone to the constitutional court to try to shut down the country's cigarette industry, a court official said Thursday.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

2 more dead birds in HK test positive for H5N1

Hong Kong authorities say two more dead birds have tested positive for a dangerous strain of bird flu, adding to health worries in the city.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Man dies from bird flu in southern China

A bus driver in southern China who contracted the bird flu virus died Saturday, health authorities said, in the nation's first reported human case of the deadly disease in 18 months.

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Dec 31, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Arctic Whisper - First fast-charging hybrid electric bus debuts in Sweden

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Spanish "green" technology firm, Opbrid, has delivered a new kind of diesel-electric hybrid commuter bus to the northern Swedish town of Umea for initial testing of its over-head fast ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 3 | with audio podcast report

Bus, tram passengers warned to keep germs to themselves

You are six times more likely to end up at the doctors with an acute respiratory infection (ARI) if you have recently used a bus or tram — but those who use buses or trams daily might well be somewhat ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

GPS keeps track of school bus riders

Josh Case climbed aboard the yellow school bus Tuesday, lifting his backpack to scan an ID card that had been assigned to him on his first day of kindergarten.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Sep 03, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

'Super bus' could cure Beijing traffic woes

China's capital Beijing, recently named along with Mexico City as having the worst traffic jams in the world, is looking for solutions. One could be the elevated "super bus". ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Aug 24, 2010 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (14) | comments 18

S.Korea unveils 'recharging road' for eco-friendly buses

South Korean researchers Tuesday launched an environmentally friendly public transport system using a "recharging road" -- with a vehicle sucking power magnetically from buried electric strips.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 09, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 4

Green jobs grow slowly

Last year, Randy Hagen, president of Solar Skies Mfg in Starbuck, Minn., laid off four of his 14 workers after orders stalled for the rooftop solar collectors he makes. Government rebates promised last year under the Obama ...

Technology / Business

created Jan 22, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 5

TacSat-4 spacecraft complete and awaiting launch

Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) engineers have completed all environmental and performance testing on the TacSat-4 COMMx payload. This completes the entire TacSat-4 spacecraft as the spacecraft bus was completed ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Germany, Mexico, US top smart energy list

Germany, Mexico and the United States have crafted some of the world's smartest policies for improving energy use, according to a study released on Thursday on the sidelines of the UN climate talks here.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Ultracapacitors Make City Buses Cheaper, Greener

(PhysOrg.com) -- A fleet of 17 buses near Shanghai has been running on ultracapacitors for the past three years, and today that technology is coming to the Washington, DC, for a one-day demonstration. Chinese ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (45) | comments 31 weblog

Magnetic leaves reveal Bellingham's most polluted byways

Tree leaves may be powerful tools for monitoring air quality and planning biking routes and walking paths, suggests a new study by scientists at Western Washington University in Bellingham. The research will ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Feds weigh cell phone ban for bus, truck drivers

(AP) -- Safety investigators told federal regulators three years ago that it was dangerous for bus drivers to talk on cell phones while driving and recommended a ban.

Technology / Other

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Used frying oil to power MIT shuttles

(PhysOrg.com) -- If you catch a whiff of french fries this fall when an MIT shuttle rolls past, it won't be a coincidence. Part of the fuel in its tank may have come out of a kitchen deep fryer just a few ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Bus

A bus (archaically also omnibus, multibus, or autobus) is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. A bus seat a maximum of 8 to 300 passengers. Buses are widely used public transportation.

The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses. A luxury bus is called a coach. A bus is powered by a combustion engine, although early buses were horse drawn and there were experiments with steam propulsion. Trolleybuses use overhead power lines. In parallel with the car industry bus manufacturing is increasingly globalised, with the same design appearing around the world.

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