Hong Kong saw its first electric taxis hit the streets on Saturday in a step towards reducing the city's high levels of roadside pollution.

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

May 18, 2013 5 / 5 (10) 8

(Phys.org) —A Wayne State University researcher understands that the three most important things about real estate also apply to small ground robotic vehicles: location, location, location.

Technology - Engineering

May 14, 2013 3.7 / 5 (3) 0 |

(Phys.org) —Bosch Automotive Services has announced the unveiling of a Level 2 Electric Vehicle (EV) charger which it plans to sell for just $449. Currently the company markets a $950 EV charger called ...

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

May 13, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 1 |

(Phys.org) —A truss design devised to help workers process space shuttles continues to find new uses as a space shuttle engineer-turned-entrepreneur adapts it to everything from a solar-powered electric ...

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

May 15, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

You get into your car and ask it to get you home in time for the start of the big game, stopping off at your favorite Chinese restaurant on the way to grab some takeout.

Technology - Engineering

May 03, 2013 4.7 / 5 (3) 0 |

(Phys.org)—The world of rechargeable batteries is full of trade-offs. While lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries are currently the most commercially successful, their low energy density doesn't allow for a long ...

Nanotechnology - Nanophysics

Feb 25, 2013 4.7 / 5 (31) 7 |

(Phys.org) —Researchers have created a new tool to detect flaws in lithium-ion batteries as they are being manufactured, a step toward reducing defects and inconsistencies in the thickness of electrodes ...

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

May 08, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 0 |

(Phys.org)—Over the past few years, Li-air batteries (more precisely, Li-oxygen batteries) have become attractive due to their theoretical ability to store nearly as much energy per volume as gasoline. ...

Physics - Condensed Matter

Jan 02, 2013 4.9 / 5 (18) 10 |

Setting foot on Mars by the 2030s is human destiny and a US priority, and every dollar available must be spent on bridging gaps in knowledge on how to get there, NASA's chief said Monday.

Space & Earth - Space Exploration

May 06, 2013 4.3 / 5 (9) 15

(Phys.org)—While most of today's electric vehicles rely on batteries to store energy, supercapacitors have enjoyed significant improvements that have made them serious competitors to batteries. Batteries ...

Nanotechnology - Nanomaterials

Oct 12, 2012 4.4 / 5 (17) 0 |

University of Manchester scientists, writing in the journal Nature Geoscience, have shown that natural emissions and manmade pollutants can both have an unexpected cooling effect on the world's climate by mak ...

Space & Earth - Earth Sciences

May 05, 2013 4.8 / 5 (9) 14 |

Researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory flew their fuel cell powered Ion Tiger UAV for 48 hours and 1 minute on April 16-18 by using liquid hydrogen fuel in a new, NRL-developed, cryogenic fuel ...

Technology - Energy & Green Tech

May 10, 2013 4.9 / 5 (8) 4

(Phys.org)—While the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas starting January 8 will be full of mobile-computing gadgetry next week, autonomous driving demonstrations will also capture visitors' attention, ...

Technology - Hi Tech & Innovation

Jan 06, 2013 4 / 5 (13) 20 |

(Phys.org)—A group of scientists at Oxford University in the UK have demonstrated their version of the self-driving car, which promises to be much cheaper than similar cars being developed elsewhere.

Technology - Engineering

Feb 15, 2013 4.9 / 5 (10) 5 |

(Phys.org) —Scientists working on robots often concentrate on how to mimic the shape and movements of animals that show exceptional efficiencies in varied tasks; a recent team accomplishment takes a page ...

Electronics - Robotics

Mar 17, 2013 5 / 5 (11) 18 |