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The International Electrotechnical Commission has published a pre-release version of  IEC/IEEE 61850-9-3:2016, the standard for "Communication networks and...

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a way to...

Today's solar cells are pretty amazing, thanks to research advances inspired by art, computers, and...

Volkswagen is recalling the 2009 Routan because the air bag control units can fail. This defect can prevent the air bags from deploying during a crash, or it can make them deploy inadvertently, which could cause a crash and increase the risk of injury to people sitting in the front seats of the minivan.

General Motors (GM) is recalling several 2016 models for electrical problems that increase the...

Google’s autonomous vehicle software just learned an unofficial rule of the road: public transit buses are not as friendly as your average car. On Valentine's Day, a self-driving Lexus RX450h hit a bus. Although Google’s autonomous vehicles have previously been involved in crashes, this is the first time that a Google car is at fault.

In many ways, graphene seems to be the cure-all solution for anything electronic, and it’s...

Boeing describes its new 777X as “the largest and most efficient twin-engine jet in...

A new propulsion technique using an amplified laser beam could push a spacecraft to...

MIT researchers have demonstrated the thinnest, lightest solar cells that have ever been produced....