Automotive
The for-hire electric scooters that have become ubiquitous in Paris and other cities worldwide are under scrutiny in the French capital, where residents vote Sunday on whether to ban them.
Apr 2, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
There's a lot of potentially useful raw materials bound up in used face masks, grocery bags and food wrap. But it has been much cheaper to keep making more of these single-use plastics than to recover and recycle them.
Feb 23, 2023
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Engineering
Allowing cycling in both directions on one-way streets does not pose a safety risk and should be made mandatory in all but exceptional cases, according to a new study by Leeds researchers.
Dec 15, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
A machine learning technique to improve analysis and prediction of lithium-ion battery life has been developed by researchers in Scotland. Gonçalo dos Reis and colleagues at the University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University, ...
Dec 14, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
A research team has conducted a systematic analysis of thermal safety in lithium-sulfur pouch cells. The team focused their study on the exothermic reactions which leads to the temperature rise of lithium-sulfur batteries ...
Dec 8, 2022
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Engineering
For the first time, Sandia National Laboratories researchers delivered electricity produced by a new power-generating system to the Sandia-Kirtland Air Force Base electrical grid.
Aug 9, 2022
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Automotive
Dangerous situations can develop when cyclists are overtaken by cars. How threatened or safe cyclists feel during an overtaking maneuver depends on the type of road. They expect to be safer on roads with a speed limit of ...
Aug 3, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Perovskites, mineral materials composed of calcium titanate, have been found to be valuable for the fabrication of high-performance solar cells. While teams of scientists and engineers worldwide have been developing and testing ...
Energy & Green Tech
Researchers have designed a fuel production system that uses water, carbon dioxide (CO2), and sunlight to produce aviation fuel. They have implemented the system in the field, and the design, publishing July 20 in the journal ...
Jul 20, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
In years to come, sodium-ion batteries (NIBs) could potentially be a great alternative to current energy storage systems. Despite their advantages, including the abundance of sodium and a potentially long cycle life, these ...
