A new way of thinking in regional transport policy is leading to a revival of electric tramway concepts that were long thought to be dead. If the previously isolated streetcars can be linked to the rail network, an important goal in regional planning will have been achieved....

Germany is facing unprecedented challenges as a result of the energy transition. Infrastructures established over decades have to be dismantled to tackle climate change and become geopolitically less dependent on fossil fuels. An important element of this transformation is to...

During formalin production gaseous by-products are produced in addition to the desired main product formaldehyde. This gaseous by-product stream is an explosive mixture consisting mainly of hydrogen and nitrogen in addition to traces of organic compounds.

Around 1.4 million people reside in the Helsinki metropolitan area. On top of that, millions more visit the Finnish capital every year. Its two metro lines are the veins of the city, and commuters and tourists alike rely on them to get from A to B. The number of passengers in...

In conceptual terms the TSB is designed for urban passenger transport over distances of one to 50 kilometres and is based on magnetic levitation train technology (or maglev: magnetic levitation, for short). In essence the TSB concept is a driverless, automated passenger transport...

The pharmaceutical production facilities of the Nutrition & Care division of Evonik in the southern German town of Dossenheim have been upgraded with a new safety system. Due to a lack of space in the existing control rooms, standard control cabinets could not be installed....