• Hyundai Expands Hydrogen Fuel Cell Truck Fleet Across California

    There are already 30 XCIENT Fuel Cell trucks being used in Oakland. The Class 8 hydrogen fuel cell trucks will be refueled at a FirstElement Fuel station. Hyundai believes the program can save over 24,000 metric tons of carbon emissions. Hyundai has brought zero-emission freight transportation to San Francisco and California’s Central Valley with the rollout of its NorCAL Zero Project featuring 30 Class 8 XCIENT Fuel Cell trucks. This project is the largest single commercial deployment of Class...

  • Toyota “hydrogen headquarters” will develop US fuel-cell products

    Toyota has big hopes for hydrogen, and it’s backing that up with a braintrust. The automaker announced Wednesday that it’s giving its research and development office in Gardena, California, a new name and focus. Set to be called Toyota’s North American Hydrogen Headquarters, the facility will, from here on, lead efforts on this

  • Plasma treatment enhances electrode material for fuel cells in industry, homes and vehicles

    Researchers from Skoltech and their colleagues have improved the properties of a carbon-based electrode material by exposing it to air plasma. Such treatment turned out to enhance electrode performance, which is the limiting factor for high-tech energy sources—particularly fuel cells. These are a promising technology for cleaner and more efficient electrical power generation. Published in the Journal of […]

  • New affordable housing development welcomed by new tenants

    Tenants who have moved into Lowther’s new homes at Raw Holdings have been enjoying the tranquillity of living in the countryside whilst having all the amenities of the bustling town of Livingston right on their doorsteps. The development by Scotland’s largest private-rent property company, part of Wheatley Group, includes a mix of 25 homes for mid-market rent and 38 homes for social housing, comprised of one, two and three-bedroom properties. The mid-market rent properties are aimed at people...

  • Scientists study lipids cell by cell, making new cancer research possible

    Imagine being able to look inside a single cancer cell and see how it communicates with its neighbors. Scientists are celebrating a new technique that lets them study the fatty contents of cancer cells, one by one.

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    A hotel row in Queens is getting a new look. New affordable housing is part of the mix.

    On a recent afternoon, sneakered tourists streamed out of the various hotels located along a quiet stretch of Jamaica, Queens. The Radisson, a Hampton Inn, a Residence Inn by Marriott, and erstwhile JFK Hilton, just a stone's throw from JFK Airport, represent the future of affordable housing in the city, as well as what is perhaps a missed opportunity. Months of interior demolition work is concluding at the 350-room Hilton property on 135th Avenue, just east of the Van Wyck Expressway. A...

  • A hotel row in Queens is getting a new look. New affordable housing is part of the mix.

    Rendering of the interior garden planned for the former JFK Hilton, near the airport in Queens. It's being converted into affordable housing. The former JFK Hilton is being transformed into affordable housing; project admirers wish there were more projects like it. [ more › ]

  • New CEO at EET Hydrogen Power will oversee development of Stanlow hydrogen power plant

    The developer of a massive green power plant at the Stanlow refinery has

  • Sustainable jet fuel costs twice as much as fossil fuel. New federal subsidies aim to close that gap.

    Sustainable jet fuel costs twice as much as fossil fuel. New federal subsidies from the Biden administration aim to close that gap.

  • Why You Can't Afford Most Hotels In New York City

    Why You Can't Afford Most Hotels In New York City Authored by Fred Roeder via RealClearMarkets, On a Friday night in March 2011, I stayed at an upscale W Hotel on Lexington Avenue in New York City for $124. That hotel later became The Maxwell, but sadly it didn’t survive the pandemic and is now permanently closed. Today the average hotel stay in that same neighborhood costs between $400 and $500 on a Friday night. The surge in hotel prices, particularly for upmarket accommodations,...

  • New discovery of a mechanism that controls cell division

    Researchers at Umeå University, Sweden, have discovered that how a special protein complex called the Mediator moves along genes in DNA may have an impact on how cells divide. The discovery may be important for future research into the treatment of certain diseases. The study is published in Nucleic Acids Research.

  • A new way to study and help prevent landslides

    Landslides are one of the most destructive natural disasters on the planet, causing billions of dollars of damage and devastating loss of life every year. By introducing a new paradigm for studying landslide shapes and failure types, a global team of researchers has provided help for those who work to predict landslides and risk evaluations.