Hydrogen is often considered a fuel for the future, in the form of fuel cells to power electric motors or burned in internal combustion engines. But finding a practical, inexpensive and nontoxic way to produce large amounts ...
Materials Science
Sep 19, 2016
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A graphene-based electrical nano-device has been created which could substantially increase the energy efficiency of fossil fuel-powered cars.
Nanomaterials
Jun 2, 2016
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Beneath the hoods of the cars showing in Detroit this week lie engines that are as powerful as ever, but are smaller and, helped by direct injection, guzzle less gas.
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 12, 2016
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A University of Delaware research team is considering the important question of what it will take to create an affordable emissions-free car.
Materials Science
Jan 8, 2015
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A team of international researchers has discovered a new type of cool burning flames that could lead to cleaner, more efficient engines for cars. The discovery was made during a series of experiments on the International ...
Engineering
Jul 28, 2014
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(Phys.org) —The one-cylinder test engine in the basement of a University of Wisconsin-Madison lab is connected to a life-support system of pipes, tubes, ducts and cables. You might think that the engine resembles a patient ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 16, 2014
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(Phys.org) —For long distance driving, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles use the internal combustion engine more than necessary. At Chalmers University of Technology, a method has been developed to make the car remember ...
Energy & Green Tech
May 19, 2014
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Japan's eight carmakers have joined forces to develop environmentally friendly engines to stave off fierce competition from foreign rivals, a press report said Sunday.
Energy & Green Tech
May 18, 2014
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Apart from a brief break in the 1960s and 1970s, British engineering and drivers have played a dominant role in setting the land speed record in the fastest cars on the planet. Starting from Lydston Hornsted's Benz No. 3, ...
Engineering
May 16, 2014
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Bruce White worked with semiconductors and transistors at Motorola and Texas Instruments. But when he left industry for a position on Binghamton University's faculty, the materials scientist decided to take his research in ...
Nanomaterials
Mar 25, 2014
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