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A realistic look at the future of sustainable aviation fuel
The United States could feasibly produce enough sustainable aviation fuel to meet roughly two-thirds of its 2030 federal target, but getting there will require overcoming major hurdles, according to a new Washington State ...
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Many biofuels haven't panned out. Could algae make the clean diesel and aviation fuel Australia needs?
Diesel is critical to Australia. Any supply disruption has immediate and widespread consequences, given Australia imports almost 80% of its liquid fuels. As the energy shocks of the Iran war ripple out, Australia's leaders ...
May 25, 2026
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Waymo pauses driverless car service in Atlanta and Texas ahead of potentially dangerous storms
Waymo has suspended driverless car services in Atlanta and Texas after one of its vehicles was stranded by flooding during heavy rains that will likely also hinder travel in a large swath of the U.S over the holiday weekend.
May 22, 2026
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Six minutes to recharge? Battery advance could rewrite what fast charging means for electric cars
Researchers at Adelaide University have discovered a promising new strategy that could deliver fast battery charging. The team, led by Professor Shi-Zhang Qiao, an ARC Industry Laureate Fellow in the University's School of ...
May 21, 2026
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Business
Why the US EV battery supply still depends on imports despite domestic mining push
As electric vehicle (EV) adoption grows in the United States and globally, the demand for EV batteries and their critical materials—such as lithium, nickel, cobalt, and graphite—is expected to surge dramatically. This makes ...
May 21, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
Aviation fuel testing center delivers first results in push for greener flights
The University of Sheffield has announced a major milestone in the push for greener aviation, as it produces its first report from testing a new sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The research, from Sheffield's Energy Innovation ...
May 21, 2026
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Automotive
Urban drone grid could cut congestion and improve safety in Dubai skies
Drones are becoming increasingly common in densely populated urban centers, supporting applications ranging from parcel delivery to surveillance. However, their growing presence has introduced significant challenges related ...
May 18, 2026
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Automotive
AI system developed to help prevent airport collisions
Near misses like the one at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport inspired a group from the AirLab in Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute (RI) to create World2Rules, an AI system that learns interpretable ...
May 18, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
Researchers establish minimum effective coating thickness for longer-lasting solid-state EV batteries
Sulfide-based all-solid-state batteries (ASSBs), which use a solid electrolyte instead of a liquid one, are emerging as a promising way to overcome the safety and energy-density limitations of conventional lithium-ion batteries. ...
May 15, 2026
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Engineering
Multiscale residual stress evaluation can improve the reliability of aircraft engine blades
Researchers at Skoltech conducted a comparative study of two techniques for evaluating mesoscale residual stresses in the aerospace alloy VT6 (Ti-6Al-4V) used to manufacture fan and compressor blades in aircraft engines. ...
May 15, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
Historic solar plane ends in Gulf crash after military test mission
The experimental plane Solar Impulse 2, which completed a historic round-the-world trip in 2016 without using jet fuel, crashed into the Gulf of Mexico recently, its owner revealed.
May 14, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
EV charging simulation model could help cities manage electric vehicle charging demands
As electric vehicles become more common, cities are facing the new and increasingly complex task of managing when and where drivers plug in. Concordia researchers have developed a new tool that offers a clearer picture of ...
May 14, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
Thicker yet cooler: Novel magnet technology for next-generation motors
A research team led by Su-Min Kim and Jung-Goo Lee (Korea Institute of Materials Science; KIMS) has developed next-generation magnet manufacturing technology that uniformly enhances magnetic performance throughout thick magnets ...
May 14, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
EU rules could make fossil-free aviation fuels unnecessarily expensive and energy-intensive, study indicates
The effects of the Iran war on the oil market have brought renewed attention to the EU's plans for domestic production of fossil-free aviation fuels. But EU rules for synthetic aviation fuels risk steering development toward ...
May 14, 2026
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Consumer & Gadgets
GPS data reveal why pedestrians in Phnom Penh rarely walk the shortest route
Cities across the Global South are urbanizing at pace, but their built environments for walking rarely resemble ideal, tidy, and well-regulated networks. Vehicles are parked on pedestrian sidewalks, and a seemingly direct ...
May 13, 2026
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Automotive
Smart AI gives electric vehicle batteries 23% longer life—without increasing the charging time
Fast charging shortens the life of vehicle batteries, but is necessary on longer journeys with electric vehicles. Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have now developed a new AI method that adapts fast ...
May 12, 2026
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Consumer & Gadgets
For most US drivers, EVs offer emissions benefits and cost savings
Despite regional variability in climate, electricity sources, congestion, and the wide variation in individual driving patterns, electric vehicles generate less greenhouse gas emissions and do not cost more than comparable ...
May 12, 2026
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Engineering
Cracking the code of hypersonic flight: A decade of experiments maps turbulent physics of ultra-fast travel
From the heartbreak of an early flight failure to a resounding triumph over the Norwegian Sea, the Boundary Layer Transition and Turbulence (BOLT) Program spent nearly a decade launching rockets into the atmosphere, to investigate ...
May 12, 2026
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Automotive
Self‑driving cars struggle to see at night or in fog—but imitating the human brain can make them safe
Picture this: you're driving on a mountain road, when you suddenly hit a thick patch of fog. You respond instinctively. Your vision sharpens, and you narrow your eyes to make out the shape of any oncoming cars.
May 12, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
What kills EV battery range? Real-time images pinpoint lithium metal weak spots
A crucial clue to simultaneously increasing electric vehicle (EV) driving range and battery lifespan has been discovered. A research team at KAIST has observed the exact moment of degradation in lithium metal batteries at ...
May 11, 2026
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Software
How new helicopter wildfire simulator could make pilot training safer and more realistic
Sophisticated new flight simulation software capable of accurately modeling the performance of firefighting helicopters could help train pilots to tackle wildfires more effectively in the future. Researchers from the University ...
May 11, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
Wealthy people were the first to buy electric vehicles. The current boom risks entrenching inequality
Australia is in the midst of an electric vehicle boom. The combined rise of battery electric, plug-in hybrids and conventional hybrid cars is steadily shifting the long-term market dominance of petrol and diesel.
May 11, 2026
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Automotive
New AI tool predicts airport traffic to avert devastating collisions
In managing airport traffic, small errors can cause catastrophe. A group from the CMU Robotics Institute's AirLab used the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center's Bridges-2 supercomputer to create World2Rules, an AI that draws ...
May 8, 2026
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