News tagged with power trains

Last nuclear waste train heads to Germany

Thousands of anti-nuclear protestors were awaiting the arrival of a train carrying radioactive nuclear waste from France at its destination in northern Germany Saturday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 26, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 4

Second Dutch nuclear rail shipment heads to France

A train carrying nuclear waste on Tuesday left the Netherlands bound for a recycling plant in France, the second such shipment that has sparked ire and protests of anti-nuclear activists.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Reducing costs of electric vehicle batteries

Costs of manufacture of batteries and power trains of electric vehicles can be halved by 2018, if the gaps in the innovation chain can be closed. For reaching this objective, KIT scientists develop concrete, ...

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Sep 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Study: Brain games don't make you smarter

(AP) -- People playing computer games to train their brains might as well be playing Super Mario, new research suggests.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 20, 2010 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (12) | comments 8

Mass production micro-hybrid technology set to cut emissions and fuel use in cars

The EUREKA (Belgium) i-StARS project is developing a compact, fully integrated and low-cost start-stop system for cars to replace conventional alternators in mass production. This second-generation starter alternator reversible ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 15, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0