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Popular Mechanics
February 2006
Alex Hutchinson |
New Game Theory The surprising, fresh science behind the icy tracks, massive leaps and blistering speeds of the Winter Olympics.   |
Popular Mechanics
February 2006
Susan Tweit |
Can't We Just Blow It Up? The world's biggest dam removal will return Washington's Elwha River to its free-flowing state. But the colossal three-year project proves there's a lot more to deconstruction than tons of TNT. |
Chemistry World
February 13, 2006
Katharine Sanderson |
Storing up High Hopes for Hydrogen Economy Polymer scientists have joined the race to store hydrogen as fuel. Their breakthrough could help make the hydrogen economy a reality, they claim. |
Scientific American
February 13, 2006
JR Minkel |
Pinching Out Sulfur A few young companies with unconventional methods of sweetening crude oil may soon answer the call for new and better technology to comply with the tightening sulfur limits mandated by Europe and the U.S. |
Home Theater
February 12, 2006
Darryl Wilkinson |
High Praise for High Frequency Inventor William Hecht, the inventor of the soft-dome tweeter, has had a quite successful career working behind the scenes. Although most of us take the soft-dome tweeter for granted, it's been the most widely used tweeter design worldwide since it was first patented in 1967. |
Chemistry World
February 9, 2006
Katharine Sanderson |
Silicon Conducts an Electrical Surprise Silicon can conduct electricity when experts assumed it couldn't, sparking a surprising direction in silicon electronics. |
PC Magazine
February 1, 2006
Sebastian Rupley |
Spider Bots in Space Spiderman is a pretty cool web crawler, but he's got nothing on these things. |
PC Magazine
February 1, 2006
Sebastian Rupley |
Lights, Cameras--Everywhere Astounding battery life could lead to the camera's next frontiers. |
Geotimes
February 2006 |
Turning Trash Into Energy Global investment is growing in a variety of projects that take trash and convert it into usable energy: Turkey to oil... Poop power... From bread basket to fuel pump... Flying high on plant waste... Trash to light up New York... |
Home Toys
February 2006
Michael Kintner-Meyer |
Grid Friendly Appliances What can home appliances do to help ensure the reliability of the electricity grid? A lot -- if they employ smart control technology. |
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