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For Japan to effectively reach its carbon emission reduction goals it must work to implement policies that establish more renewable energy, decarbonize the manufacturing process, and extend vehicle lifetime. Credit: Kyushu University/Samantha Sastrawidjaja Researchers at Kyushu University have found that Japan's current policy of stopping the sale of gas vehicles by 2035 and transitioning only to hybrids and electric…

Tesla’s fix for its Autopilot recall of more than 2 million vehicles is being called “insufficient” by Consumer Reports, following preliminary tests. Kelly Funkhouser, the nonprofit organization’s associate director of vehicle technology, tells TechCrunch she discovered it’s still possible to cover the cabin camera while using Autopilot, meaning drivers can neutralize one of the two main ways the car monitors if they are paying attention to the road.  What’s more, Funkhouser says she did not notice any differences…

Research funded by the NIH demonstrates that insufficient sleep heightens insulin resistance in women, especially postmenopausal women, potentially increasing the risk of type 2 diabetes. This emphasizes the critical role of adequate sleep in maintaining women’s health and preventing diabetes.Findings highlight insufficient sleep as a modifiable risk factor for type 2 diabetes.Chronic insufficient sleep can increase insulin resistance in otherwise healthy women, with more marked effects in postmenopausal women, according…

Published By: Paras YadavLast Updated: April 20, 2023, 08:42 ISTImage used for Representation. (Photo: IANS)With the current number of EVs in the German Market, there is still a long way to go to meet the government target of one million public charging points by 2030Although Germany’s electric vehicle (EV) market is growing steadily, the government target of 15 million electric cars on the roads by 2030 would not be reached with current policies, the German Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW) said.The…

The material dimension of poverty is calculated by taking low-income and material deprivation indicators into account. Credit: Geranda Notten, Author provided Canada's inflation rate has started to ease up after peaking at 8.1% last summer, but food and shelter prices are showing little sign of slowing down. Increases in wages and…

 Baidu's Ernie bot can within seconds generate pictures of flowers and write Tang dynasty-style poems but will decline questions about Chinese President Xi Jinping by saying it has not yet learnt how to answer them, Reuters tests showed. The Chinese search engine giant last week unveiled China's closest rival to OpenAI's chatbot ChatGPT and from Thursday allowed users to apply for access to it. Some analysts and users soon began posting positive reviews of their experiences with Ernie bot, and…

Malaria is a serious infectious disease caused by parasites that are transmitted to people through the bites of infected mosquitoes. It is prevalent in tropical and subtropical regions, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.According to researchers who have analyzed clinical trial data for the new antimalarial drug tafenoquine, higher doses of the drug are necessary in order to become a reliable cure.A report recently published in the journal eLife highlights the ineffectiveness of the current…

Change in expenditures during the Great Recession and ARRA contributions. Credit: Educational Researcher (2022). DOI: 10.3102/0013189X221125764 Although the federal government provided an unprecedented level of emergency funding to U.S. public schools during the COVID-19 pandemic, this support was insufficient and poorly targeted to offset the cost of recovering student learning loss, according to new research. The study, by…

The study also found that short-sleepers were more likely to have unhealthy characteristics such as elevated blood pressure or abnormal glucose levels.Teenagers who sleep less than 8 hours are more likely to be overweight and obese.According to a study presented at the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress 2022, adolescents who sleep fewer than eight hours per night are more likely to be overweight or obese than their peers who get enough sleep. Shorter sleepers were also more likely to have a mix of other…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Residents of a public housing estate in Melbourne, Australia are missing out on education and employment opportunities, and health and income support because of barriers to the access and use of reliable and affordable internet, a new University of Melbourne report has found. …