Uber Eats starts robot deliveries in Tokyo
"Caution: robot!" chirps the green self-driving delivery vehicle as it trundles down the street to a pork cutlet restaurant in Tokyo to pick up a meal ordered on Uber Eats.
Mar 5, 2024
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Energy & Green Tech
Researchers enhance safety of lithium batteries with graft polymerization technique
Lithium-ion batteries are a widely used class of rechargeable batteries in today's world. One of the processes that can hamper the functioning of these batteries is an internal short circuit caused by direct contact between ...
Jan 25, 2024
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Engineering
Team develops a novel low-cost unmanned aerial vehicle platform for electrical transmission line inspection
Electricity is an indispensable resource for our daily lives; it powers our homes, industries, and agriculture, among other things. Electricity is generated in power plants that are often located in remote areas due to safety ...
Dec 14, 2023
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Preventing catastrophic failure in lithium ion batteries
In a recent study published in Advanced Energy Materials, a team of ANSTO scientists, led by Prof. Vanessa Peterson, used neutron scattering techniques to understand the formation of harmful lithium structures in rechargeable ...
Nov 3, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Exploring the potential of solar cars
A new study, modeling the potential of solar-powered vehicles in the urban context in 100 cities across the world, shows that solar energy provides a range between 11 and 29 km per day, reducing charging needs by half.
Sep 22, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
The SolarEV city concept: A sustainable option for Paris?
The iconic city of Paris is synonymous with climate change, thanks in part to it being where the landmark 2015 Paris Climate Change agreement was adopted. Now, a research group has investigated the potential of integrating ...
Sep 14, 2023
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Full electrification of Uber and Lyft vehicles would provide only modest benefits to society, study shows
Both Uber and Lyft ride-hailing services have pledged to fully electrify their vehicle fleets by 2030 in the United States.
Jun 7, 2023
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Engineering
Propellers are louder over ground, researchers find
The effects of the ground on propeller noise have been measured experimentally for the very first time by researchers in the Aeroacoustics research team at the University of Bristol.
May 23, 2023
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Business
Mapping the inequalities of low-carbon electricity
Greenhouse gas reduction, new jobs, new investment opportunities: the benefits of decarbonizing the electricity sector—one of the most polluting—are obvious. However, a transition to lower-carbon electricity production ...
May 2, 2023
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Engineering
Artificial muscles are making drive systems small and sustainable
Wherever electric motors or electromagnets are too large or too heavy to be incorporated into a technical component, the novel drive mechanisms being developed by a research team led by Professors Stefan Seelecke and Paul ...
Apr 5, 2023
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