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  • Alstom Tests Fuel Cell Passenger Train

    The world’s first fuel cell-powered, low floor passenger train has completed its initial test run at 80 km/h (50 mph).

  • Electric vs Diesel Buses: Wireless Charging Cuts Emissions

    Using electric buses charged with a wireless rapid rechargeable battery system resulted in reduced carbon dioxide emissions relative to diesel bus use.

  • Cochlear Implants by Surgical Robot

    A stereotactically guided robotic solution is designed to enhance procedural precision and improve patient outcomes during cochlear implant procedures.

  • “Super Sponge” Promises Effective Toxic Clean-Up of Lakes and More

    Mercury is very toxic and can cause long-term health damage, but removing it from water is challenging. This "super sponge" promises easier clean up.

  • Next-Gen Steel Under the Microscope

    Next-generation steel and metal alloys are a step closer to reality, thanks to an international research project. The work could overcome the problem of hydrogen alloy embrittlement that has led to catastrophic failures in major engineering and building projects.

  • Novel Bifacial Solar PV Project Slated for the Netherlands

    The cells can generate power not only from the front side, but also from the rear side by making use of the reflected photons that hit the module on the back side.

  • Tesla Teams With Tiny Hawaiian Utility to Store Solar

    A 33,000-member electric power cooperative on the island of Kauai in the Hawaiian archipelago is emerging as a leader as it moves from fossil-based power generation to renewables, and deploys what ranks as one of the world’s largest arrays of lithium-ion battery packs.

  • Smartphone App Could Reduce Workplace Injuries

    A smartphone application could play a key role in assessing factory employees’ injury risk.

  • Xcel Plans 1,550 MW of Wind Energy Investment

    The company proposes a combination of owned projects and power purchase agreements representing more than $2.5 billion in capital investments.

  • Toyota Upgrades UK Plant to Support New Design Platform

    Starting in 2017, the facility will be upgraded with new equipment, technologies, and systems. This will enable production of vehicles on the Toyota New Global Architecture platform.

  • Oxea Starts Work on Propanol Unit

    Once commissioned, the unit will add a capacity of 100,000 mt/year of propanol and 40,000 mt/year of propionaldehyde.

  • Trump Budget Proposes Funding Cuts for Energy and EPA

    President Donald Trump's fiscal year 2018 budget proposes cuts to federal environmental programs, including climate change research and grants meant to spur the development of advanced energy technologies.

  • FY18 Budget Includes Funding to Restart Yucca Mountain

    The White House’s fiscal 2018 budget plan for the U.S. Department of Energy includes $120 million to restart licensing for the proposed Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump in Nevada.

  • Deals Worth $65bn Floated as Saudi King Visits China

    Saudi and Chinese companies signed 21 deals, ranging from exploring investments in oil and petrochemical plants to e-commerce and cooperating in renewable energy markets.

  • CH2M Signs Engineering Services Deal with Shell

    CH2M will provide engineering, procurement, construction, and project management services across upstream, integrated gas and downstream projects globally.

  • Exhaust Fumes as a Resource

    A research team headed by Professor Dr. Markus Heinrich, Medicinal Chemistry, FAU has now developed a highly efficient method of combining these two aspects — namely the purification of waste gas outflows and the practical recycling of nitrogen oxides.

  • New Flexible Sensor Holds Potential for Foldable Touch Screens

    Picture a tablet that you can fold into the size of a phone to put in your pocket, or an artificial skin that can sense your body's movements and vital signs. A new, inexpensive sensor developed at the University of British Columbia could help make advanced devices like these a reality.

  • Tiny Battery Powers and Cools Microchips

    Researchers at ETH Zurich and IBM Research Zurich have built a proof-of-concept redox flow battery tiny enough to both power and cool stacks of computer chips.

  • FPL Taps Blattner and Black & Veatch for Solar

    The utility says the average estimated capital cost across the eight new plants is less than $1,500/kWac.

  • EPA Reopens Vehicle Efficiency Standards

    The Obama administration's rules, negotiated with automakers in 2012, were aimed at doubling average fleetwide fuel efficiency to 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025.

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