International automotive supplier Continental will launch production this month of short range radar sensors for advanced driver assistance systems at its plant in Seguin, Texas. Expanding our manufacturing capacity takes us a step closer ...
Russian coking coal producer Raspadskaya lost a net $126 million in 2013, quadrupled from a net loss of $29.5 million a year ago, as its share of exports in its overall sales volumes grew to 42% due to weaker domestic demand, Raspadskaya ...
Tags: Coking Coal, Miner, integrated mining
Farmers rely more on individual private health insurance plans than most so many were a tractor or truck accident away from bankruptcy, a U.S. expert says. Heidi Johnson, Dane County University of Wisconsin-Extension crops and soils ...
Tags: health insurance plans, medical checkups, riskiest businesses
Authorities are being urged to review road lighting on two stretches of the M65. Following a fatal crash in November near junction 8 - a stretch which is managed by the Highways Agency - the Blackburn Coroner has written to the Agency ...
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A team of researchers working at the university of Notre Dame has discovered a whole new group of quasicrystals. In their paper published in the journal Nature, the team describes how they accidently created a new kind of quasicrystal as ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics
A British scientist whose work helped form the basis for flat-screen TVs, computers and mobile phone displays has won AkzoNobel's UK Science Award for 2014. Professor John Goodby, FRS, Chair of Materials Chemistry at the University of ...
Tags: Construction&Decoration
Thirteen workers at a U.S. underground nuclear waste dump in New Mexico have tested positive for radiation exposure after a recent leak, raising questions about whether the facility's safety systems worked as well as officials have said. ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
U.S. officials are planning to announce Monday whether automakers should be required to equip new cars and light trucks with technology that enables vehicles to communicate with each other to prevent collisions. Such vehicle-to-vehicle ...
Tags: Car-to-Car Communication, Wi-Fi, GPS function, Qualcomm
By Thomas Sullivan Associate Principal Kitch Attorneys and Counselors This Opinion piece appears in the Feb. 10 print edition of Transport Topics. Click here to subscribe today. When technology and regulation develop along parallel ...
Tags: ELD, Transport Topic, Counselors, CFR
Following its global debut almost exactly one year ago in Geneva, new international car brand, Qoros, presents the world premiere of its second series production car, the new Qoros 3 Hatch, at the 2014 Geneva International Motor Show. ...
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Uniden has released its first Crash Cam app for smartphones as an extension of its iGO Cam in-car vehicle recorders range, helping a number of drivers to protect themselves from the significant costs resulting from road-related disputes. ...
Tags: Crash Cam APP, Google
Colombian coal exports in 2013 dropped 1% on the year to 76.652 million mt, according to data late Friday from the country's statistics agency DANE. Colombia's 2013 export sales in 2013 fell 14% on the year to $6.687 billion FOB, DANE ...
Tags: Coal Exports, Mineral
More than 99.9% of the mass of any atom is concentrated into a quadrillionth of its volume, the part occupied by the nucleus. Unimaginably small, dense and energetic, atomic nuclei are governed by laws quite distinct from those that ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
GREENSBORO, N.C. -- If you think you've got the safety fleet in North America, and you're operating at least one Volvo truck, now is the time to put your record to the test. Volvo Trucks is now accepting entries for its annual Volvo ...
Tags: Volvo Trucks, Michelin America, North America, entries
Encouraging older drivers to self-regulate their driving rather than revoking their licence based on age, has the potential to improve their safety and maintain their independence, a QUT study has found. Ides Wong, from QUT's Centre for ...
Tags: self-regulate, driving ability