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Underage drinking laws reduce fatal accidents, saving 732 lives per year

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 07, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

State laws that prohibit people under the age of 21 from purchasing or possessing alcohol, and from driving with any alcohol in their system save 732 lives a year in the United States, according to a study released today ...





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Software takes a hard look at traffic fatalities

Technology / Software

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bergen County Police and a Hackensack, N.J., drug treatment center are among a growing number of agencies using a software program to identify dangerous intersections, spot teen driving trends and reduce accident fatalities.


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Stable Opera 10.10 browser with Unite now available

Technology / Software

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (8) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- The web browser Opera 10.10 has been released as a stable version, and it has a number of new features to enhance the browsing experience, including "Unite", which is a group of applications ...


Cisco has released a Web security app for iPhone

Cisco releases Web security app for iPhone

Technology / Software

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Cisco on Friday announced the release of a free iPhone application for anyone who wants to stay on top of the latest trojans, worms, or other threats marauding on the Internet.


A brief intervention that works for drivers who persist in driving while intoxicated

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Driving while impaired (DWI) contributes significantly to road-traffic crashes, and is involved in more than one-third of all fatalities. Many DWI recidivists - drinking drivers who re-offend - do not participate in mandated ...


Night beat, overtime and a disrupted sleep pattern can harm officers' health

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A police officer who works the night shift, typically from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m., already is at a disadvantage when it comes to getting a good "night's" sleep.


Walking hazard: Cell-phone use -- but not music -- reduces pedestrian safety

Walking hazard: Cell-phone use -- but not music -- reduces pedestrian safety

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Two new studies of pedestrian safety found that using a cell phone while hoofing it can endanger one's health. Older pedestrians, in particular, are impaired when crossing a busy (simulated) street while speaking ...


Switching Gears to Greener Transportation

Switching Gears to Greener Transportation

Technology / Energy

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 3

Automakers around the world continue to slowly infuse their cars and trucks with greener, more efficient technology, but researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute contend that technology alone will not ...


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Path to good health, less pollution is the sidewalk: report

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

US pressure groups joined forces Monday to urge authorities to spend more to improve Americans' health and cut greenhouse gas emissions.


Tackling new Arctic challenges from space

Space & Earth / Environment

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

International scientists, researchers and decision makers met at the 'Space and the Arctic workshop' to identify the needs and challenges of working and living in the rapidly changing Arctic and to explore how space-based ...


Lawmakers seek ban on laptops in airliner cockpits

Technology / Other

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

(AP) -- Lawmakers are moving to ban the use of computer laptops and other personal electronic devices in airline cockpits to prevent another incident like the Northwest Airlines plane that overshot Minneapolis by 150 miles.



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