CARSP Launches Resources to Support the United Nations’ Second Decade of Action for Road Safety
Wednesday, 20 October 2021
Tuesday, 19 October 2021
Solar energy can be cheap and reliable across China by 2060
How much will solar power really cost in China in the coming decades, including the challenges its inherent variability poses to the grid? Researchers have found that solar energy could provide 43.2% of China's electricity demands in 2060 at less than two-and-a-half U.S. cents per kilowatt-hour.
source https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/10/211018163221.htm
source https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/10/211018163221.htm
Breakthrough proof clears path for quantum AI
Convolutional neural networks running on quantum computers have generated significant buzz for their potential to analyze quantum data better than classical computers can.
source https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/10/211018154236.htm
source https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/10/211018154236.htm
How marsh grass protects shorelines
Marsh plants can play a major role in mitigating coastal damage as sea levels rise and storm surges increase. A new study provides greater detail about how these protective benefits work under real-world conditions shaped by waves and currents.
source https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/10/211018154233.htm
source https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/10/211018154233.htm
Neuroinflammation protein linked to worse survival in men with glioblastoma
Scientists have discovered a new link that could bring the scientific and medical community closer to understanding why glioblastoma, the most common malignant brain tumor, is deadlier in males than females.
source https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/10/211018150655.htm
source https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/10/211018150655.htm
Powerful technique allows scientists to study how proteins change shape inside cells
The scientists' new 'binder-tag' technique allows researchers to pinpoint and track proteins that are in a desired shape or 'conformation,' and to do so in real time inside living cells. The scientists demonstrated the technique in, essentially, movies that track the active version of an important signaling protein -- a molecule, in this case, important for cell growth.
source https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/10/211018150652.htm
source https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/10/211018150652.htm
People love the billionaire, but hate the billionaires’ club
Americans may respect and admire how individual billionaires -- think Oprah Winfrey or Bill Gates -- made their billions, even as they rage against the "top 1%" as a group, new research finds.
source https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/10/211018150649.htm
source https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/10/211018150649.htm
A new treatment for glaucoma?
A new study in mice has identified new treatment targets for glaucoma, including preventing a severe pediatric form of glaucoma, as well as uncovering a possible new class of therapy for the most common form of glaucoma in adults.
source https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/10/211018141750.htm
source https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/10/211018141750.htm
NASA, ULA launch Lucy Mission to ‘fossils’ of planet formation
NASA's Lucy mission, the agency's first to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Over the next 12 years, Lucy will fly by one main-belt asteroid and seven Trojan asteroids, making it the agency's first single spacecraft mission in history to explore so many different asteroids. Lucy will investigate these 'fossils' of planetary formation up close during its journey.
source https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/10/211017100558.htm
source https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/10/211017100558.htm
So-called junk DNA plays critical role in mammalian development
Despite the prevalent view that some 98% of our genome is junk DNA, new research shows that one piece of junk DNA -- the promoter of a virus-based transposon -- plays a critical role in cell proliferation and timing of embryo implantation in mice. The group found virus-based promoters linked to genes involved in development in other mammals, including humans, suggesting that transposons have been broadly repurposed for important regulatory roles.
source https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/10/211018140504.htm
source https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/10/211018140504.htm
Climate change and human pressure mean migration may be 'no longer worth it'
Researchers have found that the benefits of migration have been eroded by the effects of climate change and human pressure.
source https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/10/211018130400.htm
source https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/10/211018130400.htm
How herbivore activity around water affects plant communities
Plants need water to grow. So if there's water, shouldn't there be more plants? New research shows it's a lot more complicated than that.
source https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/10/211018130349.htm
source https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/10/211018130349.htm
Titan’s river maps may advise Dragonfly’s 'sedimental' journey
With future space exploration in mind, a team of astronomers has published the final maps of Titan's liquid methane rivers and tributaries -- as seen by NASA's late Cassini mission -- so that may help provide context for Dragonfly's upcoming 2030s expedition.
source https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/10/211018130346.htm
source https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/10/211018130346.htm
Four-legged swarm robots
Engineers have built multi-legged robots capable of maneuvering in challenging environments and accomplishing difficult tasks collectively, mimicking their natural-world counterparts.
source https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/10/211018130343.htm
source https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/10/211018130343.htm
18,000 Upgraded Parking Meters are Coming Citywide
18,000 Upgraded Parking Meters are Coming Citywide
By Jessie Liang
Published October 18, 2021 at 11:21PM
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By Jessie Liang
Beginning early next year, SFMTA will be replacing more than 18,000 parking meters throughout San Francisco. The parking meter hardware upgrade is taking place under a $70 million contract with MacKay Meters, Inc, which was approved by the Board of Supervisors. According to the agreement, more than half of the 28,000 paid parking spaces in San Francisco will see their meters replaced. With this project we expect to save an estimated $6 million in operating costs over the next decade.
The new meters will improve the user experience by providing a wider and brighter screen, accepting contactless payment, and allowing customers to receive a parking receipt via text message.
Many of the city’s parking meters and paystations purchased in 2014 are nearing the end of their useful life due to subsequent technology improvements and the age of the hardware. In addition, the existing meter hardware was equipped with outdated 3G technology to communicate payment and maintenance information which will no longer be supported by service providers after the end of 2022.
The new meter technology will transmit data more efficiently and accurately, which not only reduces the cost of maintenance but also saves operating costs of maintaining an aging system.
The SFMTA manages 23,500 single-space and 4,500 multi-space metered parking spaces for vehicles and motorcycles under the Agency’s jurisdiction and for the Port of San Francisco. The agreement authorizes the SFMTA to procure approximately 16,000 single-space parking meters and 2,200 multi-space paystations, associated Meter Management Systems (MMS), and vendor support services including programming and integration with other parking management systems.
The replacement work of parking meters will start from February 2022. For more information about parking meters, please visit the SFMTA parking website.
Published October 18, 2021 at 11:21PM
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