Tag: Cars
To make less-harmful road salts, we’re studying natural antifreezes produced by...
Monika Bleszynski, University of Denver
Many people associate a fresh snowfall with pleasures like hot chocolate and winter sports. But for city dwellers, it can...
With fewer cars on US streets, now is the time to...
Kevin J. Krizek, University of Colorado Boulder
Sticking closer to home because of COVID-19 has shown many people what cities can be like with less...
Bargain-hunting robocars could spell the end for downtown parking – cities...
Corey Harper, Carnegie Mellon University and Constantine Samaras, Carnegie Mellon University
Imagine a scene from the near-future: You get dropped off downtown by a driverless...
How the Volkswagen Beetle sparked America’s art car movement
John A. Heitmann, University of Dayton
With a mariachi band playing along, the last Volkswagen Beetle rolled off the assembly line of a Mexican factory...
‘Traveling while black’ guidebooks may be out of print, but still...
Cotten Seiler, Dickinson College
In the summer of 2017, the NAACP issued a travel advisory for the state of Missouri.
Modeled after the international advisories...
Your shampoo, hair spray and skin lotion may be polluting the...
Matthew Coggon, University of Colorado
Millions of Americans apply personal care products every morning before heading to work or school. But these products don’t stick...
Driverless cars might follow the rules of the road, but what...
Abdesalam Soudi, University of Pittsburgh
Recently, while on my way to the University of Pittsburgh’s campus, I made a quick “Pittsburgh left” – taking a...
Why Volvo going ‘all-electric’ is not as revolutionary as it seems
Jim Saker, Loughborough University
The announcement from Volvo that all of its new models from 2019 will include an element of electric vehicle technology was...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
