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Sunlight and seawater could make electricity to power tomorrow's fuel cells. Researchers at Osaka University developed an efficient way to turn water into hydrogen peroxide, which is a practical alternative to hydrogen gas.

Winnebago is recalling a total of 56 units of model year 2014 Winnebago Tour, and Itasca Ellipse vehicles which are built on a Freightliner chassis. On certain recreational vehicles (RVs) built with a heavier, adjustable foot pedal, the brake activation signal to certain towed devices may not deactivate when the service brakes are released.

We previously reported that perovskite solar cells could be healed by the dark, and...

Chrysler is recalling certain model year 2014-2016 RAM ProMaster vehicles and 2015-2016 ProMaster City vehicles because of problems with the exterior lighting. The Trailer Tow Lighting Control Module may have a software error that can result in a processing issue that prevents the trailer brake lights from illuminating under certain conditions.

German researchers have set a new world record for wireless data transmission. They achieved six gigabits per second, sending the entire contents of a DVD in less than ten seconds using radio waves.

Chrysler is recalling certain model year 2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee vehicles because a loose electrical connection can cause the transmission to unexpectedly lock in the Park or Neutral position. Chrysler will notify owners, and dealers will replace the shifter assembly, free of charge.

Tiny insect-sized drones can help with search and rescue missions by looking for survivors in hard to reach places. But small drones don’t have a lot of space for batteries, so they run out of energy quickly. A team of Harvard roboticists has developed a way for small drones to stay in the air longer.

A team of nanoengineers and electrical engineers at the University of California San Diego have...

Soft actuators are emerging in robotics because they are small, affordable, and could potentially be safer around humans than traditional rigid robots. However, elastic actuators (stretchy membranes that get filled with air) usually must be connected to pumps and compressors in order to work. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart, Germany have developed an alternative.

Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory have figured out why perovskite solar cells degrade in sunlight, and better yet—they have also discovered a solution.