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Urban transit operation presents seriously uneven passenger load along bus lines during peak periods. This is especially serious in electric battery bus fleets; electric buses must recharge batteries after executing several ...

When it comes to emergency preparedness, universities and colleges understand the importance of having policies, protocols and procedures in place to minimize damage, prevent tragedies and ensure a safe environment for staff ...

Pythagoras (569-490 BC) established that the octave (the ratio 1:2 of a string's length) was the fundamental musical interval and saw it as a sign that nature itself, including the planetary orbits ("the spheres"), is governed ...

Morality is a complex human phenomenon, but predicting an adult's position on moral issues is relatively easy if we know a few simple things about them, e.g., age, religion, political identity. For example, in the United ...

Imagine placing oranges or tennis balls into a rigid container. How can the balls be arranged such that they occupy the largest volume fraction of the container, otherwise known as the largest packing density? This is one ...

Astronomers are increasingly drawing back the curtains on black holes. In the past few years, we have finally captured actual photos of these fearsome creatures and measured the gravitational waves—ripples in spacetime—that ...

Have you ever spilled coffee on a solid surface such as the floor, table or clothing? Most of us have had the experience, but if you have not, or if you are curious, spill just a drop and let it dry for some time. You will ...

Richard Feynman famously said, "I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics." Since Feynman won a Nobel Prize in physics for his work in quantum theory, he certainly understood how to use it. Indeed, ...

Why did the valet hate being in a parallel universe?

Just over a year ago, material from the Japanese Hayabusa 2 mission to Asteroid (162173) Ryugu arrived back on Earth . And this week, the first two papers reporting analysis of the material have been published in Nature Astronomy.

Blocking an immune system molecule that accumulates after traumatic brain injury could significantly reduce the injury's detrimental effects, according to a recent mouse study my neuroscience lab and I published in the journal ...

More than 120 million years ago in what is now modern Brazil, an ancient waterway was filled with all manner of strange creatures. These included dinosaurs, pterosaurs, sharks, bony fishes, a dizzying array of insects, strange ...