Electric vehicles outperformed diesel in this winter’s extreme cold

  • March 1, 2024
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Image via NBC 9News. A lot of fuss was made this winter when some Tesla owners in Chicago experienced difficulty charging – but that wasn’t the experience for the majority of EV owners. In Colorado’s West Grand School District, electric school buses didn’t perform as well as their diesel counterparts. They performed better. The town of […]

Toyota says it would rather buy credits than ‘waste’ money on EVs

  • March 1, 2024
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The CEO of Toyota isn’t mincing words, saying that he believes EVs will only make up 30% of the US new-vehicle market in 2030, half of the target the EPA sought last year. As the car industry’s largest hybrid pusher, Toyota says it is better positioned to just buy credits to close the EPA gap […]

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VR study reveals Alzheimer’s insights

  • March 1, 2024
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People at risk of Alzheimer’s disease have impaired spatial navigation prior to problems with other cognitive functions, including memory, a new study led by UCL researchers has revealed. The research, published in Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association, used virtual reality (VR) to test the spatial navigation of 100 asymptomatic midlife adults, […]

California wants to force people into mental health care. Advocates say it will backfire

  • March 1, 2024
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Proposition 1 would raise $6.4bn for housing and treatment for people with mental health and substance use disorders. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images View image in fullscreen Proposition 1 would raise $6.4bn for housing and treatment for people with mental health and substance use disorders. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images California wants to force people into mental health care. […]

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AI reveals prostate cancer is not just one disease

  • March 1, 2024
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AI has helped scientists reveal a new form of aggressive prostate cancer which could revolutionise how the disease is diagnosed and treated in the future. A new Cancer Research UK-funded study found that prostate cancer, which affects one in eight men in their lifetime, includes two different subtypes termed evotypes. The discovery was made by […]

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Research and innovation hub in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes seeks applications for £15,000 awards for local innovators – htn

  • March 1, 2024
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A research and innovation hub in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes has issued a call for applications for its research and innovation fund, following a £3 million investment from NHS England, with successful applicants to be awarded up to £15,000 for projects tackling an aspect of research or innovation in integrated care provision. Applications will be […]

Long Covid May Lead to Measurable Cognitive Decline, Study Finds

  • March 1, 2024
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Long Covid may lead to measurable cognitive decline, especially in the ability to remember, reason and plan, a large new study suggests. Cognitive testing of nearly 113,000 people in England found that those with persistent post-Covid symptoms scored the equivalent of 6 I.Q. points lower than people who had never been infected with the coronavirus, […]