Daily non-political popular news in brief.

Researchers give new hybrid vehicle its first test drive in the ocean

Taking a page out of a science fiction story, researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Webb Research Corporation (Falmouth, Mass.) have successfully flown the first environmentally powered robotic vehicle through the ocean. The new robotic "glider" harvests heat energy from the ocean to propel itself across thousands of kilometers of water.

Read more »

Keywords: researchers, hybrid, vehicle, test, drive, ocean, researcher

« Previous | Next »

Similar news on "Researchers give new hybrid vehicle its first test drive in the ocean":

1. Researchers Give New Hybrid Vehicle Its First Test-Drive in the Ocean
   02-06-2008 · Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)
   Taking a page out of a science fiction story, researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and Webb Research Corporation (Falmouth, Mass.) have successfully flown the first environmentally powered robotic vehicle through the ocean. The new robotic “glider” harvests heat energy from the ocean to propel itself across thousands of kilometers of water.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
2. Drivers Unwanted: MIT 'Robocar' passes test drive
   06-28-2007 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
   A team of MIT faculty and researchers are working toward what could be the car of the future: a vehicle that drives itself, with people as passengers. Their vehicle passed a driving test last week during a visit by officials from the DARPA Urban Challenge competition.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
3. As personal genomics stands poised to go mainstream, researchers urge caution
   09-20-2007 · EurekAlert!
   Imagine this: you visit your clinician, undergo genetic testing and then you are handed a miniature hard drive containing your personal genome sequence, which is subsequently uploaded onto publicly accessible databases. This may sound like science fiction, but it is scientific fact, and it is already happening. In an article published in the journal Science, University of Alberta researcher Tim Caulfield and co-authors highlight the need to proceed cautiously when it comes to personal genomics.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
4. Stanford researchers say living corals thousands of years old hold clues to past climate changes
   02-14-2008 · EurekAlert!
   Stanford researcher Brendan Roark to talk at AAAS meeting about discovery that deep-water corals off Hawaii are as old as 4,000 years. Coral may hold clues to ocean and climate changes of past centuries, and must be protected from devastation from fishing ships and coral harvesters.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
5. New ORNL theory aims to explain recent temperature, climate extremes
   06-12-2007 · Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
   Using an ocean of data, sophisticated mathematical models and supercomputing resources, researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are putting climate models to the test with particular focus on weather extremes.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
6. Hybrid school buses hit the road; Iowa State researchers test their performance
   01-16-2008 · EurekAlert!
   Iowa State University's Center for Transportation Research and Education helped the Nevada and Sigourney school districts put two of the country's first hybrid school buses on the road this month. The buses use an electric motor at street speeds; their V-8 diesel engines kick in at higher speeds. Iowa State researchers will study and evaluate the buses' performance over three years.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
7. UltraBattery sets new standard for HEVs
   01-17-2008 · EurekAlert!
   The odometer of a low emission hybrid electric test vehicle today reached 100,000 miles as the car circled a track in the UK using the power of an advanced CSIRO battery system.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
8. Louisiana Tech researchers investigate tracking, sensors to assist Air Force
   09-10-2007 · EurekAlert!
   The research conducted by two Louisiana Tech professors will affect many applications such as chemical agent monitoring, weather and hurricanes tracking and monitoring and explosive detection at the battlefield, Selmic said. The project also aims to develop unmanned air vehicle sensor nodes and a wireless sensor network test bed for the Air Force.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
9. Drivers Unwanted: MIT 'Robocar' takes a spin
   06-28-2007 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
   A team of MIT faculty and researchers are working toward what could be the car of the future: a vehicle that drives itself, with people as passengers. Their vehicle took a driving test last week during a visit by officials from the DARPA Urban Challenge competition.
   Similar news · Read more »
   
10. ASU researcher finds belief about neighbor's conservation is stealthily influential
    02-18-2007 · EurekAlert!
    If everyone jumped off a bridge, would you? Probably not, but according to a study by Arizona State University researchers, peer influence plays a greater role in people's behavior than is generally acknowledged. The study, which is being presented by ASU Regents' Professor of Psychology Robert Cialdini on Feb. 18 at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, suggests that peer influence is an under-recognized factor in energy conservation.
    Similar news · Read more »