Drifting off or losing concentration is a major cause of cycling accidents, and because they're not as good as seeing hazards as adults, children are more often seriously hurt.
Dec 8, 2022
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Restricting speed limits to 20 miles per hour (mph) in town and city centers doesn't seem to reduce road traffic collisions, casualties, or driver speed, finds a 3-year study of its rollout in one major capital city, published ...
Nov 15, 2022
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Researchers from the University of Southampton are helping countries like Cambodia plan future prosthetics and orthotics (P&O) care, thanks to a new study showing how people who have experienced limb loss have changed over ...
Oct 24, 2022
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Cooks love their gadgets, from countertop slow cookers to instant-read thermometers. Now, there's increasing interest in magnetic induction cooktops—surfaces that cook much faster than conventional stoves, without igniting ...
Sep 14, 2022
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A new report reveals a hidden secret about the nation's beautiful rural roads: They're too often fatal for motorists.
Sep 6, 2022
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Trauma, such as surviving or witnessing road accidents, natural disasters and violence, can shake up our lives, challenging our core beliefs and views of the world.
Aug 15, 2022
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Motorcycles cause a far higher rate of injuries among children than quad bikes do, a study from UNSW Sydney and NeuRA has found, but quad bikes account for more serious individual injuries.
Jul 13, 2022
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Improvements in trauma care could save the lives of thousands of people injured in road traffic accidents in low- and middle-income countries annually, according to a study led by a Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian ...
Jul 1, 2022
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A new series published in The Lancet today highlights the growing problem of road traffic injuries and lays out some opportunities for preventing injuries and saving lives. The series comes at the same time as the United ...
Jun 30, 2022
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New research led by UNSW Sydney reveals traffic-related fatalities and injuries are the biggest killers of young people worldwide—causing more deaths than communicable and non-communicable diseases or self-harm. The findings ...
Jun 30, 2022
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