Ford uses van service to enter medical transport business
Ford is getting into the non-emergency medical transportation business as it moves toward making money off its experimental ventures in new mobility.
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Why the electric vehicle revolution will bring problems of its own
After years of being derided as a joke by car manufacturers and the public, interest in electric vehicles has increased sharply as governments around the world move to ban petrol and diesel cars.
Key tethering protein found to transport cellular cholesterol
Despite its less-than-stellar reputation in the news, cholesterol is an essential molecule for living things. It serves as the building block for hormones and gives shape to the membranes that enclose cells and their internal ...
Fleets of compact e-vehicles could help battle air pollution
Lightweight electric mini-cars could soon be a common sight on the streets of Europe's cities thanks to longer-lasting batteries, tilting and stackable design, and modular components to bring down the cost of mass production.
Tesla, Feds clash over release of fatal crash information
Federal investigators say they have booted electric car maker Tesla Inc. from a group that's investigating a fatal crash in California that involved an SUV using the company's Autopilot system.
Autonomous vehicle to improve integrated transport solutions
We all know that, in the future, cars will be driving themselves. In fact, some already are – but debate is still raging about their safety after a pedestrian in Arizona was killed by a car in autonomous mode last month.
Faced with global warming, aviation aims to turn green
Will we someday be able to fly without the guilt of causing environmental damage? A handful of firms and regulators hope that the electric revolution in cars will also take to the skies, helping the industry cope with an ...
Scientists explain what happens when nanoparticles collide
Helmets that do a better job of preventing concussions and other brain injuries. Earphones that protect people from damaging noises. Devices that convert "junk" energy from airport runway vibrations into usable power.
Image: Testing InSight
Testing continued on NASA's Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, or InSight, spacecraft on inside the Astrotech processing facility at Vandenberg Air Force Base in early March 2018.
Strings of electron-carrying proteins may hold the secret to 'electric bacteria'
Could a unique bacterium be nature's microscopic power plant?
