Researchers build 'digital twin' to model Manhattan air quality

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Cornell engineers have developed a "digital twin" framework that creates a real-time virtual representation of urban carbon dioxide conditions, providing a tool that could help city planners monitor emissions, identify hotspots and evaluate potential interventions before implementing them in the real world.