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Latest results of the German Real Estate Index (GREIX), a project of ECONtribute and IfW Kiel The downward trend for real estate prices in Germany was partially halted in the second quarter of 2023.

New vehicles are responsible for around ten percent of plastic demand in the EU, and the automotive sector is the number one consumer of raw materials like aluminum, magnesium, platinum group metals, and rare earth elements.

By Birgit Baustädter Herwig Renner and Daniel Herbst are conducting research into the Austrian electrical energy system at TU Graz and explain in an interview whether our electricity grids are ready for electromobility.

With a name inspired by the Latin phrase "ad astra,” which means "to the stars,” the University of Michigan Solar Car Team unveiled its first three-wheeled, bullet-style vehicle today at the Michigan Theater.

Evan Kramer's latest foray into urban astrophotography puts the focus on his fellow researchers. MIT PhD candidate Evan Kramer discovered his passion for astrophotography as a high schooler, when he realized words alone were failing to communicate the sense of wonder he found in stargazing.

Every day, the City of Enschede receives complaints of noise caused by mopeds, motorcycles and cars. The noise pollution is especially bad around the canals, where there is a lot of traffic and where sound reverberates.

First results were presented at the EVS36 symposium from June 11, to June 14, in the United States.

Science, Health & Technology Lillienne Zen Bitumen, the sticky product from Alberta's oil sands, is normally burned as fuel or gets a second life as asphalt pavement.

From 24 to 26 May, the Institute of Lightweight Structures and Structural Biomechanics and the Institute of Engineering Design and Product Development went on a joint excursion to several companies in the Augsburg and Munich areas.

Full electrification of Uber and Lyft vehicles would provide only modest benefits to society, study shows Study: Life Cycle Air Pollution, Greenhouse Gas, and Traffic Externality Benefits and Costs o

By Falko Schoklitsch TU Graz's RailCharge project presents a new solution for the issue of range and power grid load in e-mobility.

By Falko Schoklitsch If you want to drive long distances with an electric car, you have to think about charging stops.

In order to travel from A to B in Berlin, you don't need a local taxi driver. Your cab could just as well be driven from Brazil - provided that the data packets are delivered reliably and, above all, quickly. A taxi driver navigating his cab through the city. A surgeon performing a procedure at the operating table.

Dr. Catherine Rosenberg is examining how the next generation of cellular networks can reduce digital divides   Faculty of Engineering If you've walked through a shopping mall or watched a big game on TV lately, you're sure to have seen an ad touting the benefits of 5G cellular networks.

A new study finds human supervisors have the potential to reduce barriers to deploying autonomous vehicles.

Reading time 1 min. Lower weight and significantly reduced aerodynamic drag The latest competition car from student group TUfast Eco makes its debut.

Future generations of self-driving cars should learn the language of cyclists to help them safely share the roads with bikes, new research suggests. Human-computer interaction specialists from the University of Glasgow are highlighting the need for new systems in autonomous vehicles (AVs) capable of replicating the complex social interactions between human car drivers and cyclists on UK roads.

Bruce Cameron's research interests include technology strategy, system architecture, and the management of product platforms.

New virtual testing environment breaks the 'curse of rarity' for autonomous vehicle emergency decision-making Study: Dense reinforcement learning for safety validation of autonomous vehicles (DOI: 10

Waterloo engineers help design and build one-of-a-kind electric car as part of Project Arrow By John Roe Faculty of Engineering An all-Canadian electric vehicle caused a sensation when it was unveiled at the Toronto International Auto Show last month.

More than 100 motorists who were stranded on a snow-laden road in the Altamont Pass early Friday morning received a helping hand from firefighters housed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

As "driverless" car companies seek to expand testing, Professor Jack Stilgoe (UCL Science & Technology Studies) takes a look in The Conversation at how tests in San Francisco and Phoenix caused friction within the communities, and how cities might adapt to their widespread use.

The Paul Scherrer Institute PSI and the Swiss start-up Metafuels are developing a new process for producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). They are now collaborating on the construction and operation of the first pilot plant on the PSI campus to validate the technology and prepare it for large-scale commercial deployment in the near future.

Software makes more ethically differentiated decisions Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed autonomous driving software which distributes risk on the street in a fair manner. The algorithm contained in the software is considered to be the first to incorporate the 20 ethics recommendations of the EU Commission expert group, thus making significantly more differentiated decisions than previous algorithms.

Allocating passenger aircraft emissions using airfares rather than travel class would give a more accurate idea of individual contributions, finds a study led by UCL.

With 75 years of aviation industry-focused research and education under its belt, the lab continues to develop propulsion systems for next-generation aircraft.

By Susanne Filzwieser Daniel Fruhwirt from TU Graz explains what causes bad air quality in tunnels, how fresh air gets into tunnel systems and how "smoke management" enables safe escape routes in the case of fire.

Study: Mapping electric vehicle impacts: Greenhouse gas emissions, fuel costs, and energy justice in the United States (DOI 10.1088/1748-9326/aca4e6) More than 90% of vehicle-owning households

Racing victory as the basis for the science of the future Autonomous driving is the focal point of mobility research Autonomous driving has a special significance for the mobility of the future.

A race car designed and built by a team of undergraduate students will next week compete at the Formula Society of Automotive Engineers competition, an international student motorsport race held in Victoria.

Dr Georgios Rigas attended Evidence Week 2022 and briefed MPs on how Imperial's aerodynamics research will improve future road and air vehicle designs Dr Georgios Rigas , Senior Lecturer in the Depar

Researcher Matthew Bruno wants even more Dutch people on bikes. Cycling is healthy, emits no CO2 and reduces congestion on the road.

Many traffic jams are caused by human behavior: a slight tap on the brakes can ripple through a line of cars, triggering a slowdown - or complete gridlock - for no apparent reason.

A new attack discovered by the University of Michigan and NASA exploits a trusted network technology to create unexpected and potentially catastrophic behavior Study: PCspooF: Compromising the Safety of Time-Triggered Ethernet (DOI: 10.1109/SP46215. A major vulnerability in a networking technology widely used in critical infrastructures such as spacecraft, aircraft, energy generation systems and industrial control systems was exposed by researchers at the University of Michigan and NASA.

Diesel-fueled freight trucks play an outsized role in producing India's total greenhouse gas and air pollution emissions. While the country has promoted policies to transition to electric vehicles for public transportation buses and cars, batteries that can power such large trucks have been too heavy and expensive to make their electrification possible.