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Aircraft operated by Emirates, at Dubai International Airport in the United Arab Emirates.Christopher Pike | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesDubai's Emirates Airline posted a loss of $1.1 billion in the year through March, up from a $5.5 billion loss the previous year, despite soaring jet fuel costs which threaten to overshadow a nascent recovery in the global aviation sector.The world's largest long haul carrier said Friday that revenue jumped 91% to $16.1 billion dollars, helping to narrow its losses, as travel lockdowns eased…

Powering medical implants can be tricky, but tapping into the body’s own fuel source could keep them going long-term. A new design for a tiny fuel cell converts glucose into electricity to power implants more efficiently than any other so far.Implants like pacemakers might need to run for decades, so they need a steady supply of electricity, and cables can’t just be run out through a patient’s skin. Batteries may be the obvious solution, but changing them requires surgery. Even with new advances in wireless charging from…

Indications emerged Friday that fuel queues have resurfaced in petrol stations across Abuja, the nation’s capital city, with many motorists scrambling to get petroleum products. The immediate cause of the latest queues in Abuja remains unknown as filling stations in the Wuse, Bwari and Lugbe areas of the FCT sold petrol at prices ranging from N162 to N165. However, a PREMIUM TIMES correspondent who visited petrol stations around the metropolis Sunday morning found that some filling…

The prices for gas and diesel fuel, over $6.00 a gallon, are displayed at a petrol station in Los Angeles, March 2, 2022.Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty ImagesDiesel prices are surging, contributing to inflationary headwinds due to the fuel's vital role in the American and global economy. Tankers, trains and trucks all run on diesel. The fuel is also used across industries including farming, manufacturing, metals and mining."Diesel is the fuel that powers the economy," said Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at…

Even as the electric vehicle (EV) industry is finding its feet in India, automakers are offering a range of engine and fuel technologies. As gas prices soar, consumers are also thinking differently about the cars they drive and the fuels they use. ET takes a look at the pros and cons of various engine technologies that are being offered by automakers — battery-operated electric vehicles (BEV), mild hybrid electric vehicles (MHEV), hybrid electric vehicles (HEV), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) and hydrogen powered…

An artist’s impression of what a lunar base could look like. Scientists exploring whether lunar resources can be used to facilitate human exploration on the moon or beyond have reported that lunar soil contains active compounds that can convert carbon dioxide into oxygen and fuels. Credit: ESA – P. CarrilSoil on the moon contains active compounds that can convert carbon dioxide into oxygen and fuels, according to a new study by scientists in China that was published on May 5, 2022, in the journal Joule. They are currently…

Lunar soil has the potential to generate oxygen and fuel, a new Chinese study has revealed. Further elaborating on that, scientists have said, the lunar contains active compounds that can convert carbon dioxide into oxygen and fuels. The study further pointed out the soil can be used to obtain hydrogen and methane, which can power equipment and habitation in the earth's satellite.  The study, published in the journal Joule, comes at a time when several missions have planned to land…

While scientists all over the world are exploring the Moon to find ways to maintain a sustainable human presence, researchers from China have claimed that the lunar soil has the potential to generate oxygen and fuel. They say the soil on the Moon contains active compounds that can convert carbon dioxide into oxygen and fuels. These findings suggest soil on the lunar surface could be used to get hydrogen and methane, which can power equipment and habitation on the Moon. They can also lead to a breathable atmosphere in our…

Toyota Motor Europe (TME) will supply its fuel cell module (TFCM) for use in the new Daimler Buses city bus, the Mercedes-Benz eCitaro Range Extender. The TFCM2-F-60 is a second generation flat module which produces 60kW of power and can be easily integrated into the roof of the bus, alongside the battery and hydrogen tanks. A major benefit of fuel cell technology is the range of the electric bus can be extended in urban traffic to around…

Scientists at a laboratory in England have shattered the record for the amount of energy produced during a controlled, sustained fusion reaction.The production of 59 megajoules of energy over five seconds at the Joint European Torus – or JET – experiment in England has been called "a breakthrough" by some news outlets and caused quite a lot of excitement among physicists.  But a common line regarding fusion electricity production is that it is "always 20 years away."We are a nuclear physicist and a nuclear engineer who…