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Study finds engines emit exhaust nanoparticles even when not fueled during engine braking

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The study by researchers in Finland and Greece, published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology , suggests that both the characteristics of these particles and the mechanism by which they form seem to differ significantly from those of soot and nucleation particles.

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Asad Madni and the Life-Saving Sensor

Cars That Think

An automotive journalist, testing a new Mercedes on a test track, was performing the so-called elchtest , often referred to as the “elk test”: He swerved at normal speed, intending to simulate avoiding a moose crossing the road, and the car rolled over. He asked me questions left and right about it, why this, why that.

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Powering Offshore Wind Farms With Numerical Modeling of Subsea Cables

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Whitehouse” refers to the chief electrician of the Atlantic Telegraph Company at the time, Wildman Whitehouse.) The foundations for these structures are expensive to construct and difficult to install in deep sea environments, as the cables have to be buried in the seafloor. References M. Reply by coils.” Sound familiar?

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