Energy & Green Tech
Tires are essential to modern transport, but their production and use raise environmental concerns. One important issue is zinc oxide, a common activator used in rubber vulcanization. Zinc oxide helps rubber form the crosslinked ...
Jul 13, 2026
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Automotive
A man was nearly sucked out of the window of a Ryanair flight when it "detached" midair en route to Germany, with other passengers pulling him back inside, witnesses and officials said Friday.
Jul 11, 2026
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Automotive
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory's (ORNL) National Transportation Research Center have developed a novel electric motor drive design that meets the performance demands of aircraft, ...
Jul 7, 2026
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Engineering
A University of Houston engineer has built a new safety monitoring system for the operation of quadrotor drones that can keep them on course and out of danger in real time.
Jul 7, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
As shipping faces growing pressure to cut greenhouse gas emissions, new doctoral research from Tallinn University of Technology shows that the cleanest solution for small vessels is not one-size-fits-all. Instead, the best ...
Jul 6, 2026
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Automotive
Combinatorial optimization problems are often encountered in real-world applications, including logistics, scheduling and network design. These problems involve finding the best possible solution from a finite set of discrete ...
Jul 6, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
A research team led by Jihee Yoon of the Advanced Materials Research Division (Korea Institute of Materials Science; KIMS), in collaboration with a team led by Insung Hwang of Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI), ...
Jul 5, 2026
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Energy & Green Tech
Recently, it has been argued that a rapid transition is unjust—particularly because of concerns about mining critical minerals, including for EVs. Specific concerns have been raised about deaths among artisanal and small-scale ...
Jul 3, 2026
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Automotive
In March, Jensen Huang, chief executive of computer chip giant NVIDIA, declared the "ChatGPT moment" for self-driving cars had arrived. In Australia, Tesla's Full Self-Driving (FSD) system is already available on public roads. ...
Jul 3, 2026
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Automotive
Indian officials said Friday they had taken down two smartphone apps following reports that some e-rickshaws could be remotely shut down, exploiting a security gap in the budget vehicles.
Jul 3, 2026
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