Category: Science
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AMTRAK DEBUTS NEW NATIONAL NETWORK LOCOMOTIVES
Cleaner, faster, more efficient engines now in service; More to be ordered CHICAGO – New Amtrak locomotives – made in the U.S. and cleaner, faster, and more fuel efficient than predecessors – began service today pulling the famous Amtrak Empire Builder train westbound from Chicago to Seattle. Locomotives 301 and 302 are among the first of 75 locomotives…
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NASA Advisory Council Welcomes New Members, Sets 2022 Goals
NASA Administrator Bill Nelson announced Wednesday he appointed new members to the NASA Advisory Council (NAC), which provides leadership counsel and advice on a variety of important and complex agency programs and topics. Retired Gen. Lester Lyles will continue to chair the NAC and its more than 50 members appointed across the council and five committees…
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Texas Based Electric Scooter Company GOTRAX Expands Dealer Program to 200 Locations
The GOTRAX whole sale program now allowing up to 100 more applicants to participate, after successful program launch in 2021 DALLAS, TX — GOTRAX an electric scooter start up based in Dallas TX is now opening 100 new positions in their exclusive dealer (wholesale) program. “The independent dealers are a big part of GOTRAX’s strategy in…
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BRIGHTLINE COMPLETES FIRST MAJOR CONSTRUCTION ZONE FOR ORLANDO EXTENSION
The completed zone is the first of its kind in the country integrating high-speed passenger rail into an active airport ORLANDO, Fla. – Brightline, the only provider of modern, eco-friendly, intercity rail in America, has completed its first major construction zone (Zone 2) on its 170-mile extension from West Palm Beach to Orlando International Airport (OIA). One of four…
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NASA Offers Up to $200 Million to Help Push New Technologies to Market
Companies with technologies that may advance exploration but need a little extra push to finalize development have two new opportunities to partner with NASA to make it over the finish line. Through Tipping Point, NASA seeks to support space technologies that can foster the growth of commercial space capabilities and benefit future agency missions. NASA…
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City of Repentigny and its police department (SPVR) announce a pilot project for Quebec’s first all-electric emergency response patrol cars and thoughts on a new visual identity
New York City already interested in expertise developed here REPENTIGNY, QC/CNW Telbec/ – As part of a move to highlight promising and innovative projects, the City of Repentigny and its police department (SPVR) have introduced Quebec’s very first all-electric police car, which will have all the features of a regular emergency response patrol car. The project, which has entailed converting…
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The Canal that Accidentally Grew a Forest in the Arizona Desert
Andrew Millison Permaculture instructor Andrew Millison visits the Central Arizona Project canal and shows how the raised canal structure has inadvertently become a major water harvesting swale that stretches across a wide landscape, and is one of the broadest examples of a desert swale in existence…all by accident! Subscribe to his channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/amilliso…
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ORLANDO WELCOME BRIGHT BLUE
Orlando, Fla. – Brightline, the only provider of modern, eco-friendly intercity rail welcomes the arrival of its first train to Orlando, “Bright Blue 2.” Brightline’s newest train set arrived at Brightline’s Vehicle Maintenance Facility located south of Orlando International Airport, marking a historical moment as the first Brightline train to arrive in Orlando.
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ORLANDO WELCOMES BRIGHT BLUE
Orlando, Fla. – Brightline, the only provider of modern, eco-friendly intercity rail welcomes the arrival of its first train to Orlando, “Bright Blue 2.” Brightline’s newest train set arrived at Brightline’s Vehicle Maintenance Facility located south of Orlando International Airport, marking a historical moment as the first Brightline train to arrive in Orlando. Bright Blue 2, a…
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Snow, climate change and the Olympic Winter Games
06 Feb 2022 – The snowflake played a central role at the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, where its diversity was used in numerous different contexts during the show. But snow’s central role is not limited to the creative field. On the field of play too, many of the Olympic winter sports rely on…