‘Smart ant’ algorithms cut vehicle fleet emissions in half

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Fleets of commercial vehicles that operate in large towns and cities could halve their emissions and better meet clean air targets using a new technology developed by Aston University researchers, which imitates how ants share knowledge, scaling them up to real world problems—such as optimizing routes …

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Octopus Energy joins LEVC electric van trials

Image credit: LEVC LEVC’s real-world testing and trial phase for VN5, its new electric van, has added a new partner: the UK entech company Octopus Energy, an energy retailer focused on driving the technology-enabled green energy system. Octopus Energy engineers will use the VN5 prototypes to install the very same …

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I’d love to see a statue of Claudia Jones

Claudia Jones • I DO enjoy reading Angela Cobbinah’s British African history features, but I need to flag up a couple of points in the latest one, (If anyone deserves a statue it is Claudia, June 18). Black History Month (BHM) was introduced to London in 1987, so that’s hardly …

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