Before beaming 300 miles to Earth's surface, bouncing off the ground and travelling another 300 miles back into space, the laser photons on NASA's Ice, Cloud and Land Elevation Satellite-2 first have to complete a 7½-foot ...
Space Exploration
Jun 17, 2015
0
15
Researchers at UPM have developed an application that generates traffic information for cities and roads by detecting a Bluetooth device boarded on vehicles.
Engineering
Jun 16, 2015
0
9
It's not been a good year so far for major transport projects in Australia's capital cities.
Mathematics
May 21, 2015
2
80
Sitting in traffic during rush hour is not just frustrating for drivers; it also adds unnecessary greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere.
Engineering
Mar 31, 2015
0
35
Research by the University of Twente has shown that many road users do not choose the shortest or fastest route. In some situations, this applies to no less than 75% of road users. There are several reasons for this, including ...
Engineering
Feb 12, 2015
0
24
Despite safety concerns about equipment failure, a majority of drivers on three continents have high expectations for autonomous vehicles.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Oct 31, 2014
0
0
(Phys.org)—University of Queensland researchers have simulated time travel using light particles. Lead author and PhD student Martin Ringbauer, from UQ's School of Mathematics and Physics, said the study used photons – ...
Quantum Physics
Jun 20, 2014
23
1
What separates humans from other animals, including our closest relatives? It's one of those big questions perennially posed by the evo-curious public. But until recently I seldom gave it much thought. Mostly because the ...
Evolution
Jun 3, 2014
21
0
University of Cambridge physicist Luke Butcher has uploaded a paper to the arXiv preprint server suggesting that there might exist some type of wormhole that is capable of staying open long enough for a photon to pass through—which ...
Google on Wednesday added virtual time travel to its Internet offerings.
Internet
Apr 23, 2014
1
0
