Vehicles

Credit: Ha et al./Patterns Although electric vehicles that reduce greenhouse gas emissions attract many drivers, the lack of confidence in charging services deters others. Building a reliable network of charging stations is difficult…

Study measures which kinds of infrastructure improvements could lead to wider adoption of clean vehicles A new study from researchers at MIT uncovers the kinds of infrastructure improvements that would make the biggest difference in…

Researchers demonstrate automated drone landing using 2D camera-based symbol detection, with potential applications in rescue missionsCredit: Malik Demirhan and Chinthaka Premachandra in "Development of an Automated Camera-Based Drone…

Credit: Video credit belongs to the American Chemical Society. Robots are widely used to build cars, paint airplanes and sew clothing in factories, but the assembly of microscopic components, such as those for biomedical…

Credit: Chao-Yang Wang's lab, Penn State Range anxiety, the fear of running out of power before being able to recharge an electric vehicle, may be a thing of the past, according to a team of Penn State engineers who are looking at…

Ten times more skilled at 'life or death' reactionsCredit: Flinders Foundation, Jonathan Barge photographer Scientists are homing in on the amazing flying skills of insects. How flying insects are able to respond rapidly and…

Unlocking the potentials of EV batteries with roof-top PVs for urban decarbonization Cities have become the focus of global climate mitigation efforts because as they are responsible for 60-70% of energy-related CO2 emissions. As the world…

Proposed design could reduce nitrogen oxide emissions by 95 percent, a new study finds At cruising altitude, airplanes emit a steady stream of nitrogen oxides into the atmosphere, where the chemicals can linger to produce ozone and fine…

Credit: Michelle Lehman/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Microscopy -- Nanoscale commuting Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, or CNMS, contributed to a groundbreaking experiment published in Science that…

Terahertz waves to help bounce wireless communication into the next generationCredit: Princeton University Assembling tiny chips into unique programmable surfaces, Princeton researchers have created a key component toward unlocking a…

Credit: FEFU press office Fuel cells based on methanol oxidation have a huge potential in the motor and technical industries. To increase their energy performance, scientists suggest using electrodes made of thin palladium-based…

University of Arizona researcher Zheshen Zhang leads a team to create sensor systems for navigation, health care and communications -- on Earth and beyondCredit: Zheshen Zhang Vehicle navigation systems, space communications and health…

A new nanomaterial helps obtain hydrogen from a liquid energy carrier, in a key step toward a stable and clean fuel sourceCredit: Jeff Urban/Berkeley Lab Hydrogen is a sustainable source of clean energy that avoids toxic emissions…

Credit: Credits: NASA/Chris Gunn Lengthened to the size of a tennis court, the five-layer sunshield of NASA's fully assembled James Webb Space Telescope successfully completed a final series of large-scale deployment and tensioning…

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- Robotic systems packed with muscle tissue can produce never-seen-before agility and versatility, Army researchers said. Researchers with the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command, now known as…

Credit: U.S. Army graphic ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. -- Researchers believe a new hinge is the key to get load-bearing, large, Army quadrotors to climb a few dozen feet in seconds. Dr. Jean-Paul Reddinger, a research aerospace…

$18M in government funding supports new Virtual Prototyping of Ground Systems Center at CU-ICAR Automotive autonomy technology is changing economies and global industries - and is also a driving force behind military modernization.…

Institute engineers continue to maintain integrity of T-38 Talon SAN ANTONIO -- December 14, 2020 -- Southwest Research Institute has received a $4 million subcontract from Sabreliner Aviation to maintain the integrity of a fleet of…

Credit: Michael Roan for Virginia Tech An interdisciplinary research group at Virginia Tech is using an award of $550,000 to create a virtual environment to test safety measures for the interaction between electric vehicles (EVs) and…

Credit: Xinyi Xiao, Penn State Additive manufacturing (AM) machinery has advanced over time, however, the necessary software for new machines often lags behind. To help mitigate this issue, Penn State researchers designed an…