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Vehicle fuel efficiency - where have all the savings gone?  1/26/2012
Vehicle fuel efficiency - where have all the savings gone?
Carmakers have made great strides in fuel efficiency in recent decades — but the mileage numbers of individual vehicles have barely increased. An MIT economist from the US explains ...
Which industries will fly and fall in 2012?  1/23/2012
Which industries will fly and fall in 2012?
As Australian operators prepare for the year ahead, business information research firm IBISWorld reveals its annual list nominating the top industries set to soar in 2012, and those ...
Research drives solutions to improve unsealed roads  1/11/2012
Research drives solutions to improve unsealed roads
A Kansas State University graduate student sees the unpaved road ahead, and it's filled with biomaterial.
Engineers make "building blocks" of chemical industry from wood  1/11/2012
Engineers make "building blocks" of chemical industry from wood
Chemical engineers at the University of Massachusetts in the US are using a catalytic fast pyrolysis process that transforms renewable non-food biomass into petrochemicals.
Graphene rips follow path of least resistance  1/8/2012
Graphene rips follow path of least resistance
Rice University simulations show carbon sheets tear along energetically favorable lines.
QUT research to help safer emergency aircraft landings  1/8/2012
QUT research to help safer emergency aircraft landings
Queensland University of Technology (QUT) aviation researchers are developing an information system to help Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) make safer emergency landings and better ...
Farms could yield jet fuel of the future  1/3/2012
Farms could yield jet fuel of the future
Ever since the Wright brothers, the aviation industry has been looking for ways to fly further faster. Now with the help of the US Department of Energy (DOE), Virent, and DOE's ...
Ford targets 30% less water consumption in manufacturing  1/3/2012
Ford targets 30% less water consumption in manufacturing
New aggressive water strategy calls for global reduction target of 30 percent per vehicle by 2015.
What's hot: the top 10 technology events of 2011  12/28/2011
What's hot: the top 10 technology events of 2011
Here is a look at the events that made a difference to the technology world in the year 2011.
A new spin in diamonds for quantum technologies  12/28/2011
A new spin in diamonds for quantum technologies
An Australian university has teamed up with its counterparts in Germany to research the potential of diamonds in quantum information devices and electrical and magnetic sensors.
Cities fail to recognise potential of smart technologies  12/12/2011
Cities fail to recognise potential of smart technologies
Cities are wasting the potential of smart technologies by failing to realise the value of their hidden infrastructure and digital assets.
Making future buildings safer  12/12/2011
Making future buildings safer
The capacity to realistically test the integrity of new materials and structures such as buildings, bridges and even airframes has been boosted thanks to a new Smart Structures ...
Materials and miniaturisation drive sensor market over next decade  12/8/2011
Materials and miniaturisation drive sensor market over next decade
Advances in sensor technology will improve the performance, reliability, longevity and cost of devices, claims analyst.
Scientists find way to form random molecular patterns  12/2/2011
Scientists find way to form random molecular patterns
Scientists at The University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom have discovered a way to control how tiny flat molecules fit together in a seemingly random pattern.
To destroy or not, virtual material testing finds better way  12/2/2011
To destroy or not, virtual material testing finds better way
Before computer modelling there was only one way to discover the limits of a metal alloy, or any other material – test it until it’s destroyed, but all that’s about to change.
New spark plug extends industrial engine service life  11/30/2011
New spark plug extends industrial engine service life
A new industrial spark plug, compatible with alternative fuels, is said to provide the power generation sector with extended life in industrial gas engines.
Sustainable plastics and paints get research boost  11/30/2011
Sustainable plastics and paints get research boost
Sustainable ways to produce plastics, foams, paints and other everyday materials could be the outcome of a $10 million, four-year project about to commence at the University of Sydney. ...
Developing a low-carbon metal industry  11/20/2011
Developing a low-carbon metal industry
Aluminium production uses 10 times the energy required for steel production, sucking up a massive chunk of Australia’s energy bill. Work within Australia’s research community is ...
NZ at forefront of global electric vehicle technology  11/20/2011
NZ at forefront of global electric vehicle technology
In by far the most significant technology transfer deal ever achieved by a New Zealand university, car travel worldwide is set to be transformed by revolutionary technology developed ...
IEEE backs Smart Grid standard  11/19/2011
IEEE backs Smart Grid standard
US-based IEEE ratifies standard providing alternative approaches and best practices for global Smart Grid projects.
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