As the world shifts towards sustainable practices, the aviation industry is not left behind. Electric planes are emerging as a promising solution for a greener future. Here are seven reasons why ...

Finding ways to connect the human body to technology could have broad applications in health and entertainment. A new "electric plastic" could make self-powered wearables, real-time neural interfaces, ...

Electra has received a small research contract from the Army to mature hybrid-electric propulsion systems the company is developing for its ultra-short takeoff and landing (STOL) aircraft to advance ...

Hardly a modern invention, the electric car has a history tracing back all the way to the mid-1800s. Interest in technology has boomeranged over the years based on both consumer trends and economic ...

The Army has detailed an extensive plan for evaluating hybrid-electric vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) platforms and enabling technologies, with an aim to hold capability demonstrations between ...

Since entering service in 2015, the all-electric ferry MF Ampere has sailed the equivalent of 17 times around the equator on batteries alone.Despite a chorus of critics and skeptics in during the ...

Scientists at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) have developed a new class of lightweight, highly conductive carbon nanotube (CNT) wiring that does away with copper and aluminum ...

The railroad industry is struggling to determine what the locomotive of the future will look like. Railroads have committed to carbon emission reductions, but there still much uncertainty about the ...

Electric vehicles are nothing new. In fact, some of the earliest automobiles were battery-powered EVs. Despite having been around for more than 100 years, it's only recently that this drivetrain ...