Although prevention has been the mantra in occupational hearing conservation programs over the years, the hoped-for results have not been realized. Despite years of regulation, hours of training, and ...

In the past decade or so, automakers have turned to downsized turbocharged engines—often with direct injection and higher ...

ONE of the biggest barriers to effective use of hearing protection devices (HPDs) as the last line of defense against noise in the workplace is that there has never been a good way to test performance ...

Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it has developed a plug-in hybrid vehicle for public road tests in Japan and plans tests for the U.S. and Europe. Plug-in hybrids, whose batteries can be recharged ...

Toyota Motor Corp., the leading seller of gasoline-electric hybrid vehicles in the U.S., said today that it would partner with two California universities to test so-called plug-in versions of its ...