The US Department of Transportation apparently thinks it’s a good idea to use artificial intelligence to draft rules impacting the safety of airplanes, cars, and pipelines, a ProPublica investigation ...

Remember when we looked at whether you can use vegetable oil as a motor oil substitute? Well, today's situation is nothing like that. Brake fluids based on mineral oil — although not pure mineral oil ...

The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) on Wednesday (January 21, 2026) de-licensed half the spectrum in the 6 gigahertz (GHz) band, a heavily contested band of airwaves that tech firms have argued ...

Venezuelan carrier Avior Airlines has asked the U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) to amend and renew its long-dormant authority to operate flights between Venezuela and the U.S., moving to position ...

Water powers our lives. It feeds our crops, keeps factories running, generates electricity, and fills our taps. But until now, no one had a clear, national picture of how much water we're using—and ...

Research in the lab of UC Santa Barbara materials professor Stephen Wilson is focused on understanding the fundamental physics behind unusual states of matter and developing materials that can host ...

A group of congressional Democrats from New York and New Jersey, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, sent a letter Wednesday urging President Donald Trump to “promptly release” committed ...

Moisturizers use oils and occlusive agents to seal skin and prevent water loss, while hydrators use humectants to pull water in. Adding water alone to your skin evaporates quickly and can be drying if ...