Stories by David Biello

It's not just a matter of stopping the spill, it's also a matter of where the oil ends up

A nut-and-bolts, transformer-and-cable view of the power grid as it gets smarter

Improving turbines, which lie at the core of a modern power grid, is all about standing up to the heat

The smart grid will save energy and money, but implementation may prove costly

Widely used herbicide atrazine disrupts frogs' sexual development  

Turning plant sugars into gasoline with heat, pressure and catalysts

Burning plutonium and other fissile materials in nuclear reactors may be a good way to get rid of the dangerous materials

Understanding what causes annual plankton blooms in the North Atlantic could be key to understanding how these microscopic plants will respond to climate change

Since the 1970s woodlands that had been rebounding started to shrink again

New facilities use everything from guns to temperature extremes to test the safety of photovoltaics and other clean energy technologies

New tools attempt to capture the sixth extinction currently underway, while also highlighting ways to stop it

Some scientists are calling for more study of technological interventions to forestall catastrophic global warming. Why?

Silane gas has killed and injured workers at cell-making plants. Can the photovoltaic industry live without it?

The first national regulations to cut greenhouse gas emissions aim to reduce fuel consumption in vehicles

E. coli turned into cellulose-chomping biodiesel refineries

Ice-age sea-level rise brings up questions about glacier melting

Natural gas cracked out of shale deposits may mean the U.S. has a stable supply for a century--but at what cost to the environment and human health?