Scientists Reveal That Self-Driving Cars Can Make Traffic Slower
A recent study reveals that vehicles that wirelessly communicate with each other, known as “connected” vehicles, considerably enhance the flow of traffic at intersections. However,…
A recent study reveals that vehicles that wirelessly communicate with each other, known as “connected” vehicles, considerably enhance the flow of traffic at intersections. However,…
MIT researchers are converting the plant material lignin into hydrocarbon molecules that could help make jet fuel 100 percent sustainable. An MIT research team is…
Severe drought is reducing the number of daily passages on the transoceanic shipping route. While some weather-related delays are mere nuisances, others have a more…
Researchers highlight the importance of caregivers having conversations with care recipients and healthcare professionals about driving. The majority of older adults with cognitive impairment continue…
Forty-four years ago this July, NASA began testing a technology that would become one of the agency’s most visible and beneficial contributions to commercial aviation…
Oxford University researchers have discovered how lithium metal solid-state batteries (Li-SSBs) fail, potentially paving the way for improved EV batteries. The team identified that the…
The U.S. Air Force has designated the Sustainable Flight Demonstrator project, a collaboration between NASA and Boeing, as the X-66A. The project aims to develop…
Technology demonstrations show the machine’s major components achieve the required performance. MIT engineers are developing a compact, lightweight, and powerful 1-megawatt electric motor that could…
A new AI-based approach for controlling autonomous robots satisfies the often-conflicting goals of safety and stability. In the film “Top Gun: Maverick,” Maverick, played by…
A research study reveals that alcohols from windshield washer fluid contribute more significantly to vehicle emissions than previously thought. This holds true even with the…
University of Cambridge scientists have developed an ‘artificial leaf’ that, powered by sunlight, converts CO2 and water into ethanol and propanol. This innovation eliminates the…
Revolutionary design could combine superconductor levitation, lossless electricity transmission, and liquid hydrogen transportation into one system. A proof of concept for a superconducting highway has…
New Concept Would Offer Economic, Environmental Benefits for Next-Generation Transit, Energy Transmission, and Storage Researchers have proposed a cost-effective superconductor system that integrates electrical power…
Electric vehicles don’t catch fire often, but when they do, things get spicy. How do these fires start? And why are they so hard to…
Research study finds world leaders give up on increasing gas taxes and reducing subsidies to producers. Around the world, governments have widely attempted two strategies…
NASA’s quiet supersonic X-59 aircraft now has the jet engine that will power it in flight. Earlier this month, at Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works facility…
Researchers have developed an alternative positioning system that is more robust and accurate than GPS, especially in urban settings. An alternative positioning system that is…
Research demonstrates a pathway to sustainably produce biojet fuel domestically and meet the country’s growing aviation fuel demand. Every day in the United States, 45,000…