The crash late Wednesday of American Eagle Flight 5342 near Reagan National Airport has brought fresh attention to a technology known as a Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System, or TCAS, which ...

Astronomers from the University of Sheffield and Pennsylvania State University have performed X-ray and optical observations of a massive star known as Melnick 39. As a result, they found that Melnick ...

Each year, more than 4,000 people die in large truck crashes. This shocking number of deaths is equivalent to all of the passengers in ten fully-loaded 747s. Yet we are largely immune to the carnage ...

Currently available only as an option on certain cars, the sensor-driven technology should be installed on all automobiles and shouldn't cost the buyer extra, according to the National Transportation ...

The manufacturer rather than the consumer is responsible for including available and safely designed safety systems to mitigate or avoid foreseeable accidents. When a vehicle manufacturer designs and ...

Continental describes its collision warning system as a digital guardian angel in traffic, protecting vulnerable road users. The system will be presented at this year’s ITS (Intelligent Transport ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. artist's impression of colliding asteroids For only the second time ever, a collision between two asteroids has been observed ...

PARIS — French infrared technology developer HGH unveiled a next-generation collision avoidance system to prevent unmanned surface vehicles from hitting other boats or floating debris. The company ...

Commercial planes have technology that helps prevent crashes — but it has limitations, which was highlighted by the accident in Washington. By Niraj Chokshi For decades, airlines, regulators, ...