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Back seat less safe: Australian study

Adults who ride in the back of new cars are at higher risk of serious injury during an accident than those in the front seat, new research has found.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 31, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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US workers are 'giving away the store,' costing firms billions

Nearly 70 percent of the nation's service employees give away free goods and services – from hamburgers to cable TV – costing companies billions of dollars a year, according to a groundbreaking study.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 10

Fuel economy of new vehicles continues to rise: report

(PhysOrg.com) -- The average fuel economy of current model year vehicles is 14 percent higher than just four years ago, say researchers at the University of Michigan.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

A new system of stereo cameras detects pedestrians from within the car

A team of German researchers, with the help of a lecturer at the University of Alcalá (UAH, Spain), has developed a system that locates pedestrians in front of the vehicle using artificial vision. Soon ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

THEMIS satellite sees a great electron escape

(PhysOrg.com) -- When scientists discovered two great swaths of radiation encircling Earth in the 1950s, it spawned over-the-top fears about "killer electrons" and space radiation effects on Earthlings. The ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

SwRI-led RAD measures radiation from solar storm

The largest solar particle event since 2005 hit the Earth, Mars and the Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft travelling in-between, allowing the onboard Radiation Assessment Detector to measure the radiation a human astronaut ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Super Bowl advertisers should skip TV ads, focus online

(PhysOrg.com) -- Last year’s hit Super Bowl ad, a Volkswagen spot featuring a boy dressed as Darth Vader, was unique in that it was actually released before the game.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

BMW shows hands-free driving on Autobahn (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Move over, Google, or better still, stay off the Autobahn, best not to interfere with the main show, which now stars BMW and its technology feats with self-driving cars. BMW has been drawing ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (12) | comments 14 | with audio podcast report

Fold-up car of the future unveiled at EU

A tiny revolutionary fold-up car designed in Spain's Basque country as the answer to urban stress and pollution was unveiled Tuesday before hitting European cities in 2013.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jan 24, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 6

Treasure haul as N.Z. police raid Megaupload guru

New Zealand police on Friday seized a pink Cadillac and a sawn-off shotgun, and froze millions of dollars in cash, after a raid on the fortified mansion of an Internet guru accused of online piracy.

Technology / Other

created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

At auto show, social media extend automakers' reach

As Andreas Schmid traipsed through the exhibits at the Detroit auto show recently, he did so with dozens of unseen followers.

Technology / Internet

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