Transportation/Travel

Credit: UZH As anxious passengers are often reassured, commercial aircrafts can easily continue to fly even if one of the engines stops working. But for drones with four propellers - also known as quadcopters - the failure of…

UTA students have earned 40-plus Eisenhower Transportation Fellowships in recent yearsCredit: UT Arlington Ten students from The University of Texas at Arlington have received coveted Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation…

Credit: Library of Virginia On the road to connecting the United States, government officials displaced hundreds of thousands of Americans. The interstate highway system launched in the 1950s as the most ambitious public works…

Drones, robots and autonomous systems can transform the natural world in and around cities for people and wildlife. International research, involving over 170 experts and led by the University of Leeds, assessed the opportunities and…

VANCOUVER, Wash. --People dreaming of travel post-COVID-19 now have some scientific data to support their wanderlust. A new study in the journal of Tourism Analysis shows frequent travelers are happier with their lives than people who…

NIH-funded study suggests our brains may be more in tune with each other than we thinkCredit: Courtesy of Suthana lab, UCLA. For the first time, scientists have recorded how our brains navigate physical space and keep track…

Can you imagine a world powered by 100% renewable electricity and fuels? It may seem fantasy, but a collaborative team of scientists has just shown this dream is theoretically possible - if we can garner global buy-in. The newly…

Train-mounted sensors are a cost-effective way to monitor emissions over an entire cityCredit: University of Utah Research-grade air quality sensors are costly--around $40,000. For cities trying to monitor their greenhouse gas emissions,…

Climate change mitigation requires curbing emissions from all sectors, including shipping. The European Union has set ambitious targets to achieve this goal. The European regulation number 757 on Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification…

Credit: Cockrell School of Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin. NASA and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research are backing a team of four universities, led by The University of Texas at Austin, in a project to re-define…

A new study has shown that films demonstrating responsible behaviour could lead to young drivers taking fewer risks on the road than if they only saw videos aimed at provoking fear of accidents. Over one million people are killed in…

Lower rates of self-isolation were observed in low-income areas Researchers at HSE University and Lomonosov Moscow State University analyzed data on Russians' movements during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Their analysis showed…

Study shows seven popular fishing spots across the state consistently attracted visitors from the same ZIP codes, providing key insights for natural resource managersCredit: Mark Kaemingk Fishing behavior of Nebraska anglers may be…

Working committee particulate matter (AAF) recommends concrete countermeasures for indoor areas: masks, ventilation, air purification and overhead extractionCredit: Hartmut Herrmann / Konstanze Kunze, TROPOS …

New edited volume shows the intimate link between energy efficiency and the technologies that will drive tomorrow's economic growthCredit: World Scientific Strategies for increasing the efficiency of energy use lie at the core of…

Canine trainers may no longer need to handle or expose dogs to real explosives and narcoticsCredit: Credit: Used with permission of the Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine. Trained dogs are incredible chemical sensors, far…

Modern humans may have deliberately crossed the sea to migrate to the Ryukyu Islands of southwestern Japan, even though the islands would not have been visible on the horizon when they set out, according to a study published Scientific…

Social needs--such as food and economic insecurity, poor housing and neighborhood conditions, and lack of access to transportation--were common in a group of African American cancer survivors in Detroit, and they were associated with…

Scientists find plastic fibres in snow samples from Mount EverestCredit: Baker Perry, National Geographic Scientists have identified the highest recorded microplastics ever found on Earth - at an altitude of more than 8,000metres,…

Researchers at DTU and the University of Copenhagen have developed a ground-breaking model that provides a completely new understanding of our movement patterns In recent years, big data sets from mobile phones have been used to provide…