It’s really hot outside. Hmm, it is. Three more floors to go. Cue awkward small talk, as silence feels unbearable. Abu Dhabi-based Kritika Chowdhury reluctantly admits she used to be that person, the ...

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Let's be honest, shall we? Every single one of us has pushed the 'close door' button in the elevator whether someone was coming or not because we just want to keep moving. Hey, I've done it. I've even ...

(NEXSTAR) – Perhaps no button on Earth is mashed as furiously as the “door close” button in an elevator. The button, usually denoted by a set of arrows pointing inward, is a favorite of impatient ...

TORONTO - You might want to use an elbow to push the elevator button the next time you are in a hospital.

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HIKONE, Shiga Prefecture--Long before the COVID-19 crisis cast its shadow over the world, a leading manufacturer in this western Japan city began work on developing a touchless elevator that allows ...

You might want to use an elbow to push the elevator button the next time you are in a hospital. A new study suggests that elevator buttons in hospitals have more bacteria on them than surfaces in ...