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Researchers from MIT invent a highly accurate clock using quantum entanglement that can lead to new physics.
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If you've ever wondered how a Zoom call works, you might want to ask Marian Croak, Vice-President of Engineering at Google.
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Agriculture is responsible for a quarter of greenhouse emissions, but who pays for these environmental costs?
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Former Volkswagen Chief Executive Martin Winterkorn will face charges of conspiracy to commit organized commercial fraud with a high likelihood of conviction, a court probing the carmaker’s diesel emissions scandal said on Wednesday. A court in Braunschweig, Germany, near where Volkswagen is headquartered, expanded the list of charges beyond fraud to include organized commercial fraud, …
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Amazon.com Inc said on Friday it had ordered 1,800 electric vans from Mercedes-Benz for its European delivery fleet, as part of the online retailer’s plans to run a carbon neutral business by 2040. A majority of the electric vehicles from Daimler AG’s car and vans division will go into service this year, the company said, …
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Daimler, the maker of Mercedes-Benz cars, says it has reached an agreement in principle to settle US claims over emissions from its diesel vehicles for over $2.2 billion. The Stuttgart, Germany-based automaker said late Thursday that the agreement with various US authorities concerns civil and environmental claims involving about 250,000 diesel cars and vans. The …
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Without additional structural reform, however, these changes will likely have little long-term impact. The sweeping halt of economic activity around the world has governments scrambling to provide adequate relief for vulnerable industries and people. But one silver lining is emerging from this economic freeze: carbon emissions are down. And scientists estimate that they could fall …