Science news articles about 'fuel usage'

Researchers from the University of Bath are embarking on a new project to achieve a ground breaking 35 per cent reduction in car fuel usage that will decrease running costs and cut carbon emissions.

... discovered that he could control fire and combust fuels for heat and cooking, he has had to deal with the byproducts ... two million years of our existence, man’s fuel usage was limited to the combustion of wood in simple ...

A new IBM consulting offering can help companies reduce carbon dioxide emissions, fuel usage and costs by providing a detailed analysis of their supply chain logistics and suggesting improvements...

... deep and for so long. But now, new research from Baylor University biologists has found that there is a switching of fuel usage as this animal goes from a non-diving ...

... is responsible for about five per cent of total fuel usage, rising to around ten per ... (FOEN). Furthermore, two thirds of the additional fuel usage could be saved if air conditioning systems ... represent a saving of some two-thirds of the additional fuel usage (Figure 2, blue bar ...

... consumption of three different hybrid cars. The fuel usage characteristics were measured on a dynamometer, both ... driving, which naturally has a very positive effect on their fuel consumption and CO2 emission levels. The repeated ...

... of Almere. The study calculates what this urban farming would mean in terms of fossil fuel usage, greenhouse gas emissions and food ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- Denso Corp. has designed the next version of 'the smart traffic light system'. By using messaging between vehicles and the traffic-light controller, better decisions about when to ...

... , one of seven sirtuin proteins, is known for controlling fuel usage from its post in the mitochondria, the cell's energy source. It responds to stressful changes in the availability of nutrients ...

A new system reduces carbon emissions and fuel usage at natural gas power plants by 20 percent by injecting solar energy into natural gas.