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EFFin' Unsound (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
- posted by demo kid I’m almost tempted to say that I put them in a round room and told them to piss in a corner. But no, the amateur transportation engineers at (un)Sound Politics are measuring yellow light timing for any hint of malfeasance. Of particular interest was this choice quote: I measured the [...]
Science Daily (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
The more prominent and financially successful a corporation becomes, the more likely it is to break the law, according to a new study that challenges previous research.
Science Daily (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Using gravity measurement data from the NASA/German Aerospace Center's Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) mission, a team of scientists from the University of Texas at Austin has found that the East Antarctic ice sheet-home to about 90 percent of Earth's solid fresh water and previously considered stable-may have begun to lose ice.
Science Daily (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Chemists and physicists have succeeded in getting custom-shaped particles to interact and assemble in a controlled way in a liquid crystal.
Science Daily (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Researchers have developed a unique new computer model called the Virtual StreamLab, designed to help restore real streams to a healthier state. The Virtual StreamLab demonstrates the physics of natural water flows at an unprecedented level of detail and realism.
Science Daily (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Technology designed to blast aliens in computer games is part of a new GPU (graphics processing units) computer cluster that will process research data thousands of times faster and more efficiently than a desktop PC.
Hybrid Car Review (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
The Advanced Vehicle Testing Activity (AVTA), run by the US Dept of Energy (DOE), has now run their plug-in hybrid test vehicles for one million miles. Using fleet and public drivers the AVTA is attempting to assess and demonstrate Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV). They have now surpassed the 1 million mile mark, plus they have had 26,000 'charging events' to date. With more than 215 PHEVs,...
Science Daily (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
A new species of chameleon has been discovered in a threatened forest in Tanzania. Researchers first spotted the animal while surveying monkeys in the Magombera Forest when they disturbed a twig snake eating one.
Science Daily (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
A new study concluded that 50 million US acres of cropland, idle cropland, and cropland pasture could be converted from current uses to the production of perennial grasses, such as switchgrass, from which biomass could be harvested for use as a biofuel feedstock. Economically viable production of a perennial grass monoculture from which substantial quantities of biomass are removed annually is expected...
trucks world news (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Boulder,COL,USA - Fleet Owner, by Sean Kilcarr -Nov 18, 2009: -- A new study forecasts a big global spike in hybrid purchases by fleets over the next five to six years, with medium- and heavy-duty trucks along with buses comprising the biggest growth categories... According to consulting firm Pike Research, cumulative sales of hybrid vehicles in the fleet sector should total nearly four million worldwide...
Green Car Congress (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
Transportation technology provider and consultant Ricardo has been awarded a major contract by Moscow-based KATE LLC to partner with it in the development of a new 7-speed automatic transmission for use in AvtoVAZ cars. KATE LLC, an independent company established...
EIN Presswire (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
/ EIN Presswire / 15th Nov 2009 - Softec International, the leading software development and Services Company operating from the UAE, London, Austria and Egypt and represented by Aptec, launched its SaaS cloud-based fleet management solutions, ALTAIR Air and ALTAIR Ground recently. Softec specializes in aviation and ground transportation technologies and has diversified into developments across various...
EINNews Press Releases (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
/ EIN Presswire / 15th Nov 2009 - Softec International, the leading software development and Services Company operating from the UAE, London, Austria and Egypt and represented by Aptec, launched its SaaS cloud-based fleet management solutions, ALTAIR Air and ALTAIR Ground recently. Softec specializes in aviation and ground transportation technologies and has diversified into developments across various...
MSNBC.com: Automotive (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
When it comes to pollution, these cars prove it's not just about fuel economy. Fuel economy in automobiles - Automobile - Transportation - Technology - Energy
Streetsblog San Francisco (Free subscription) | 13/11/2009
A typical greenstreet facility in Portland, Oregon. This one compines a stormwater treatment facility with a bulbout to reduce pedestrian crossing distances. Photos: Portland BES.When Streetsblog San Francisco took part in the Congress for the New Urbanism's Project for Transportation Reform in Portland last week, city planners and transportation engineers treated [...]
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