News tagged with transport
An analyzer to measure the quantity and size of pollutants and aerosols in smoke emission
Chiang Mai University researchers invented an analyzer capable of measuring the quantity and size of pollutants and aerosols in smoke emissions, providing an equally accurate, lower-priced, local Thai substitute for pollution ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Jun 10, 2011 |
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UIC engineer tests improved 'icephobic' coatings
(PhysOrg.com) -- While scientists and engineers have developed several products that repel water and, to a lesser degree, snow and ice, considerable room remains for something "new and improved."
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jun 02, 2011 |
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Green and lean: Secreting bacteria eliminate cost barriers for renewable biofuel production
A Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University research team has developed a process that removes a key obstacle to producing low-cost, renewable biofuels from bacteria. The team has reprogrammed photosynthetic ...
May 26, 2011 |
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$25,000, 350-mile-per-charge electric car could be reality by 2017, DOE says
In an event flanked with all the electric cars that have recently come to market, and a handful of those that are poised for sale later this year, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu and L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa flipped ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
May 25, 2011 |
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Overly easy to steal cargo from transport networks
Each year, billions of euros worth of goods are being stolen from European transport networks. A discouraged transport and logistics sector has more or less chosen to tolerate the problem. But there are solutions, according ...
May 24, 2011 |
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New tool to help response to threat of asteroid collision
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new software system has been developed that could support decisions on how to respond to potential Near Earth Object (NEO) impacts on Earth.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
May 13, 2011 |
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Razing Seattle's viaduct doesn't guarantee nightmare commutes, model says
Debate about how to replace Seattle's deteriorating waterfront highway has centered on uncertainties in the project's price tag. Drilling a deep-bore tunnel and building an underground highway is estimated ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
May 10, 2011 |
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How microbes take out the trash
(PhysOrg.com) -- The molecular machinery bacteria use to rid themselves of toxic substances including antimicrobial drugs has been studied in detail by a UA-led team of researchers. A better understanding ...
May 10, 2011 |
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Pairing quantum dots with fullerenes for nanoscale photovoltaics
(PhysOrg.com) -- In a step toward engineering ever-smaller electronic devices, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have assembled nanoscale pairings of particles ...
May 10, 2011 |
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The ethics of biofuels
An article in the current issue of Global Change Biology Bioenergy outlines a framework for evaluating biofuels in order to address ethical issues surrounding the rapidly evolving race to develop biofuels.
May 09, 2011 |
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3-D nanocone solar cell technology cranks up efficiency
(PhysOrg.com) -- With the creation of a 3-D nanocone-based solar cell platform, a team led by Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Jun Xu has boosted the light-to-power conversion efficiency of photovoltaics by ...
Apr 29, 2011 |
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Better design decisions make energy-efficient buildings, researcher says
In the search for better ways to make more energy-efficient buildings, Leidy Klotz isn't exactly looking for ways to improve the engineering. He's seeking ways to improve the engineer.
Apr 19, 2011 |
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Philippines launches electric tricycles
The Philippines wants to replace millions of petrol-powered tricycles with electric ones as part of efforts to clean up the nation's polluting mass transport system, President Benigno Aquino said Friday.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Apr 15, 2011 |
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Current biofuels policies are unethical, says UK report
Current UK and European policies on biofuels encourage unethical practices, says a report by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics today following an 18-month inquiry. Policies such as the European Renewable Energy Directive ...
Apr 13, 2011 |
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Former Dutch astronaut leads development of Superbus (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Former Dutch astronaut Wubbo Ockels, once a mission specialist on the Challenger, has of late been working with a design team from TU Delft University, in Delft, to come up with a new kind ...
Apr 12, 2011 |
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