A new finding comes amid a debate about the carbon footprint of the oil sands generally. Emissions released from burning them still would be small compared with those from burning coal and natural gas...
If the old SimCity could nurture a generation of urban planners, perhaps its newest rendition will inspire tomorrow's natural resource managers and environmental engineers
Snails are joining beetles and cockroaches among living creatures to have been "electrified," for possible battery-free military applications
The U.S. government aims to improve energy production from renewables to oil, but what does that mean in practice?
Scientific American editor David Biello takes us through newly released audio from the first week of the nuclear meltdown crisis at Fukushima Daiichi
Newly released audio takes us through the first week of the nuclear meltdown at Fukushima Daiichi on this first anniversary of the crisis. David Biello reports
The U.S. has reactors of the same designs that melted down at Fukushima Daiichi, but regulators hope changes could prevent a repeat of Japan's nuclear crisis
Data centers powered by biogas and solar energy could make Apple's Cloud cleaner. Larry Greenemeier reports
Buildings that produce as much energy on-site as they consume are becoming more common
The March meeting of the American Physical Society brought together thousands of researchers from around the world
Satellite data could warn of incoming air pollution.
Japan still struggles with the effects of a powerful earthquake, devastating tsunami and multiple meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant
The Fukushima evacuation zone raises the issue of what would happen during an evacuation in heavily populated U.S. metropolises during a nuclear meltdown
The government failed to provide accurate warnings after the March 11 event that damaged the Fukushima reactors. Public mistrust remains high
The third annual ARPA-E summit showcases potentially transformative energy technologies
The third annual ARPA-E summit showcases potentially transformative energy technologies
The U.S. offers food aid in exchange for moratorium on uranium enrichment and weapons testing
Researchers study the idea of alternately powering up and then cooling down mobile processors to squeeze out better performance without overheating
Canadian crude is dirtier than most other oil, but the environmental impact of its use may be more local than global
Material changes enable a new battery to store more electricity--and could boost the driving range of electric vehicles
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