News tagged with heavy trucks

Mandatory alcohol testing for truck and bus drivers reduces alcohol involvement in fatal crashes

Mandatory alcohol testing programs for truck and bus drivers have contributed to a significant reduction in alcohol involvement in fatal crashes, according to a new study by researchers at the Mailman School of Public Health ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fuel efficiency of vehicles on the road: Little progress since the 1920s

(PhysOrg.com) -- Vehicles on America's roads today get only about three miles more per gallon than vehicles back in 1923, University of Michigan researchers say.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created May 05, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (30) | comments 22




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Sudden wealth part of Silicon Valley's everyday

(AP) -- In Silicon Valley, where sudden wealth is hardly something new and CEOs favor hoodies over bespoke blazers, Facebook's IPO on Friday didn't bring everyday life to a halt.

Technology / Business

created May 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Diesel technologies drastically cut emissions under real-world conditions

New research from North Carolina State University shows that federal requirements governing diesel engines of new tractor trailer trucks have resulted in major cuts in emissions of particulate matter (PM) and nitrogen oxides ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

CWRU raises wind-energy labs over Cleveland area

Case Western Reserve University and its partners have erected their third and largest research wind turbine — and begun the process of tying into the grid.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Apr 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cheap natural gas makes inroads as US vehicle fuel

Natural gas, whose price is at record lows thanks to a shale drilling boom, is gaining traction as an alternative energy in the United States, with automakers jumping on the bandwagon.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 6

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

Oil sands pollution comparable to a large power plant

It takes a lot of energy to extract heavy, viscous and valuable bitumen from Canada's oil sands and refine it into crude oil. Companies mine some of the sands with multi-story excavators, separate out the bitumen, and process ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Rio Tinto plans world-first driverless rail network

Miner Rio Tinto will use driverless trains to deliver its iron ore to ports in Western Australia in what it said Monday will be the world's first automated, long-distance, heavy-haul rail network.

Technology / Other

created Feb 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

A 'natural' solution for transportation

As the United States transitions away from a primarily petroleum-based transportation industry, a number of different alternative fuel sources—ethanol, biodiesel, electricity and hydrogen—have each ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (7) | comments 22

Efforts to control the 'Mighty Mississippi' result in flooded farmland and permanent damage

When the water in the Mississippi River rose to 58 feet with a forecast of 60 feet or higher in May 2011, the emergency plan to naturally or intentionally breach the levees, established over 80 years prior, ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

NASA moves shuttle engines from Kennedy to Stennis

(PhysOrg.com) -- The relocation of the RS-25D space shuttle main engine inventory from Kennedy Space Center's Engine Shop in Cape Canaveral, Fla., is underway. The RS-25D flight engines, repurposed for NASA's ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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