German railway company Alstorm has officially tested their battery-powered train this month after the first prototype began to be developed five years ago. The company is partnered with the Technical University of Berlin in this endeavour, and the team also seeks to understand the economic viability of using battery-operated trains on major lines. Alstorm reports …
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The Thursday Trains series reaches its last station today, and concludes by examining a new railway development that may become much more common in the future. Hydrogen fuel cells are a surprisingly old technology. The first one was created by Welsh physicist and inventor Sir William Robert Grove in 1839. Although this fuel cell used …
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When considering humanity’s effects on our planet, it always seems like there is a serious impact coming from a relatively unexpected sector. One human activity that is an unexpectedly high source of greenhouse gas emissions is the production of concrete. Cement is the main ingredient in concrete, and its manufacturing process produces a substantial amount …
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