Engineering
It is hard to imagine modern traffic networks without tunnels. They help us bypass rivers and mountains, and make sure traffic doesn't interfere too much with our daily lives in urban areas. Modern tunnels are highly complex ...
Dec 13, 2022
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Engineering
Nature in city environs has a positive effect on people's well-being. At the same time, biological diversity in urban areas continues to shrink, for example, because of increasing building density. In the Ecolopes project, ...
Dec 8, 2022
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Robotics
A trio of researchers at Columbia University has developed a very simple, small, soft-bodied robot based on hair-clip technology. Zechen Xiong, Yufeng Su and Hod Lipson have written a paper available on arXiv describing the ...
Robotics
Drones are already shaping the face of our cities—used for building planning, heritage, construction and safety enhancement. But, as studies by the UK's Department of Transport have found, swathes of the public have a limited ...
Dec 2, 2022
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Automotive
After years of delays, US automaker Tesla is expected on Thursday to deliver its first battery-powered semi truck, with which it hopes to get a jump start on the nascent electric heavy duty vehicle market by offering longer ...
Dec 1, 2022
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Consumer & Gadgets
Digital games are a bigger part of our culture than ever before. Over 50% of people in the UK, Europe and US are now gaming regularly, regardless of age or gender. Only recently, however, have developers begun consistently ...
Nov 30, 2022
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Automotive
Since its debut for the 2021 model year, the Toyota RAV4 Prime has served as a benchmark for what a small SUV with a plug-in hybrid powertrain can be. It's efficient, fast and nearly as practical as a regular RAV4. But now ...
Nov 30, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Lina Ghotmeh has pegged her career on sustainable construction.
Nov 25, 2022
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Engineering
Scientists have now found out how to optimize the functional and aesthetic character of the world's first fully electric high-speed ferry. The aim is to persuade passengers to opt for fossil-free transport.
Nov 21, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Study one of the first to address nuclear waste production of small modular reactors.
Nov 18, 2022
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