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December 07, 2016

Taking back control of an autonomous car affects human steering behavior
Stanford CA (SPX) Dec 07, 2016
There you are, cruising down the freeway, listening to some tunes and enjoying the view as your autonomous car zips and swerves through traffic. Then the fun ends and it becomes time take over the wheel. How smooth is that transition going to be? Twenty-two drivers put that question to a test - on a track, not a freeway - to find out. The results, which were published in the first issue of Science Robotics on Dec. 6, could help in the design of future autonomous cars. The researchers, who had a co ... read more

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The promise of greener power generation Modeling the combustion of fossil fuels by KAUST researchers has helped to characterize some of the components of methane, laying the foundations for greener power generation1. In energy produ ... more		High-precision magnetic field sensing Researchers from the Institute for Biomedical Engineering, which is operated jointly by ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich, have succeeded in measuring tiny changes in strong magnetic fields wi ... more		Why friction depends on the number of layers Based on simulations, friction properties of the two-dimensional carbon graphene were studied by scientists of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in cooperation with researchers of the Fraunhof ... more
				New material could lead to erasable and rewriteable optical chips A military drone flying on a reconnaissance mission is captured behind enemy lines, setting into motion a team of engineers who need to remotely delete sensitive information carried on the drone's c ... more		Wall-jumping robot is most vertically agile ever built Roboticists at UC Berkeley have designed a small robot that can leap into the air and then spring off a wall, or perform multiple vertical jumps in a row, resulting in the highest robotic vertical j ... more

Physicists decipher electronic properties of materials in work that may change transistors University of Texas at Dallas physicists have published new findings examining the electrical properties of materials that could be harnessed for next-generation transistors and electronics. D ... more		New aspect of atom mimicry for nanotechnology applications In nanotechnology control is key. Control over the arrangements and distances between nanoparticles can allow tailored interaction strengths so that properties can be harnessed in devices such as pl ... more		Course correction needed quickly to avoid pathway to 'hothouse Earth' scenario, scientists say Engineered microbes use light to build new molecules Smartphone kit offers low cost on site radiation dose checks		Improving the resolution of lithography Flow-lithography is a lithographic method for continuously generating polymer microstructures for various applications such as bioassays, drug-delivery, cell carriers, tissue engineering and authent ... more
				Simple processing technique could cut cost of organic PV and wearable electronics A simple solution-based electrical doping technique could help reduce the cost of polymer solar cells and organic electronic devices, potentially expanding the applications for these technologies. B ... more		Solar panels repay their energy 'debt': study The climate-friendly electricity generated by solar panels in the past 40 years has all but cancelled out the polluting energy used to produce them, a study said Tuesday. ... more

6th Annual Modular Construction Summit for Oil and Gas Agenda - December 7-9 - Houston

Develop commercial strategies for the global deployment of SMRs and Advanced Reactors

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More help coming to Afghan energy sector More than $400 million in grants will help Afghanistan increase access to reliable sources of energy, the Asian Development Bank said. ... more		Gas prices follow the price of oil higher U.S. gasoline prices are rising alongside oil prices that rallied on the back of an OPEC production deal, though retail analysts are questioning the duration. ... more		Iran says it can sell as much oil as it wants Iran can sell as much crude oil as it wants to thanks in part to a multilateral nuclear agreement that eased crippling sanctions, the country's president said. ... more		Cuban oil program accelerating A Cuban-focused oil company said it was taking a closer look at the business climate there with the goal of accelerating its drilling program next year. ... more

	High renewable electricity growth continued in 2015 The 2015 Renewable Energy Data Book shows that U.S. renewable electricity grew to 16.7 percent of total installed capacity and 13.8 percent of total electricity generation during the past year. ... more		Ultrathin protective layer brings quite a bit more stability to perovskite solar cell The addition of a few nanometers of a thin layer of aluminum oxide protects a perovskite solar cell against humidity - still a major stumbling block to the commercial application of this new type of ... more

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