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Accelerated crash tests for autonomous vehicles
A new road safety testing simulation multiplies adverse events, so commercially available driverless vehicles can get on the road faster.
A fresh look at indoor air pollution in China
Indoor air pollution kills millions of people globally each year. Tsinghua University researchers are documenting the problem and coming up with simple solutions to save lives.
People may be more likely to choose partners of the same blood type
How we choose a spouse is probably not random. Studies already suggest that spouses often share phenotypes — a person’s observable traits, such as body mass index, weight, height and intelligence1-7. Now, a new examination of 931,964 couples in China suggests that romantic pairs are also more l...
Lithium-carbon dioxide batteries get a boost
A novel bidirectional catalyst, designed at Tsinghua University, has overcome a key issue hindering the development of rechargeable lithium-carbon dioxide (Li-CO2) batteries. Still in the early stages of development, potential uses for these unusual batteries range from powering rovers under the ...
Everything is relational
Stella Christie studies how children and great apes reason. She has concluded that human society is built on the back of our relational mind.