Toyota scraps V8 in Tundra redesign, adds hybrid powertrain
Toyota is dumping the big V8 engine in the latest redesign of its Tundra full-size pickup truck, a bold move in a market that likes big, powerful engines.
Sep 21, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Can burying power lines protect storm-wracked electric grids? Not always
The good news when Hurricane Ida churned into Louisiana on Aug. 29, 2021 was that levees held up—especially those that were strengthened after Hurricane Katrina flooded New Orleans in 2005. The bad news: In many places, ...
Sep 6, 2021
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Encouraging coexistence: New model cuts measurement needs for spectrum sharing by about 33%
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a modeling technique that can save time and money in estimating how to configure wireless communications systems to share the same transmission ...
Aug 12, 2021
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Microwave-powered rocket propulsion investigated
Sending a rocket into space typically requires about 90% of the rocket's initial weight to be fuel. This limitation could be overcome by wirelessly transmitting the needed power to the rocket through a beam of microwave radiation. ...
Jul 26, 2021
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Machine learning & AI
Researchers design a system for detecting floods from space using artificial intelligence
Researchers at the Image Processing Laboratory (IPL) of the University of Valencia, in collaboration with the University of Oxford and the Phi-Lab of the European Space Agency (ESA), have developed a model for flood detection ...
Jul 12, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Bill Gates company to build reactor at Wyoming coal plant
A next-generation, small nuclear plant will be built at a soon-to-be retired coal-fired power plant in Wyoming in the next several years, business and government officials said Wednesday.
Jun 2, 2021
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Spatial sciences student maps NYC's successful move to outdoor dining
When New York City announced it would be greatly expanding outdoor dining in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, questions abounded. How was a city clogged with cars and buses, where the sidewalks are too narrow for people ...
May 7, 2021
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Improvements to free-space optical networks enable wireless transmission in urban settings
Free-space optical (FSO) communications has the potential for wide use in the license-free, interference-free transmission of data in unenclosed areas. By using laser beams to propagate through an open-air medium, FSO transmission ...
May 7, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Biden plan for cleaner power system faces daunting obstacles
If the nation is to meet President Joe Biden's goal of cutting America's greenhouse gas emissions in half by the end of the decade, it will have to undertake a vast transformation toward renewable energy.
Apr 27, 2021
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US lab looks to boost power supply ahead of nuclear mission
The U.S. government plans to build a new transmission line and make other upgrades costing hundreds of million dollars to ensure its laboratory in northern New Mexico has enough electricity for ongoing operations and future ...
Apr 20, 2021
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