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Cutting fuel usage in new project

Researchers from the University of Bath are embarking on a new project to achieve a ground breaking 35 per cent reduction in car fuel usage that will decrease running costs and cut carbon emissions.

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 01, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Maths Research Tackles Problems of Bike + Car

(PhysOrg.com) -- The efforts to get more people out of cars and on their bikes in the UK could be being hampered by Governments' own transport strategies, claims new research from the University of Derby.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 16, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0




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Mobile lab takes hybrid electric vehicle technology on the road

Take some galvanized nails, vinegar, soda pop and copper wire, piece them together just right, and what do you get? A battery.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

IBM, partners enable smarter charging for electric vehicles

IBM announced that it has teamed with American Honda Motor Co., Inc. and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) on a new pilot project that will allow communication between electric vehicles (EVs) and the ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Young Americans less likely to drive

(AP) -- Driving is becoming so last century. Since the end of World War II, getting a driver's license has been a rite of passage for teens, but that's less and less the case. The share of people in their teens, 20s and ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 06, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 3

Young, affluent snap up smartphones

The smartphone continues to edge out traditional cellphones as the mobile device of choice, but there are holdouts among buyers.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Apr 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

3D planning tool for the city of tomorrow

Noise levels, fine particulate matter, traffic volumes – these data are of interest to urban planners and residents alike. A three-dimensional presentation will soon make it easier to handle them: as ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Predicting an electric future

Experts at Northumbria University have developed a formula to predict the impact that electric cars will have on the nation’s power supplies. 

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Judge awards iPhone user $850 in throttling case

(AP) -- When AT&T started slowing down the data service for his iPhone, Matt Spaccarelli, an unemployed truck driver and student, took the country's largest telecommunications company to small claims court. ...

Technology / Telecom

created Feb 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Music listeners attentive while crossing street, research shows

We may not know why the iPod user crossed the road, but research indicates he paid as much attention in doing so as the typical non-iPod user.

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 23, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Low rainfall in UK prompts drought summit

Low rainfall in recent months means large areas of Britain face drought this year, according to the government, which is staging a "drought summit" on Monday to decide what action to take.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

China's pollution related to E-cars may be more harmful than gasoline cars, researchers find

Electric cars have been heralded as environmentally friendly, but findings from University of Tennessee, Knoxville, researchers show that electric cars in China have an overall impact on pollution that could be more harmful ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 13, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (13) | comments 16 | with audio podcast


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