Is Reprocessing the Answer to Eliminating Fissile Materials from Bombs and Nuclear Waste?
Burning plutonium and other fissile materials in nuclear reactors may be a good way to get rid of the dangerous materials
Burning plutonium and other fissile materials in nuclear reactors may be a good way to get rid of the dangerous materials
Scientific American 's 2006 researcher of the year, M.I.T.'s Angela Belcher, has engineered a virus so that it captures light energy and uses it to catalyze the splitting of water, a first step in a possible new way to generate hydrogen for fuel cells...
Preventing explosions in coal mines isn't rocket science. David Biello reports
New facilities use everything from guns to temperature extremes to test the safety of photovoltaics and other clean energy technologies
Texas has harnessed the wind to provide at times more than 20 percent of its electricity. How did the Lone Star State do it?
Editor's Note: Scientific American 's George Musser will be chronicling his experiences installing solar panels in Solar at Home (formerly 60-Second Solar).
North Carolina State University researchers take the first steps toward making an affordable and more dynamic Braille display
Silane gas has killed and injured workers at cell-making plants. Can the photovoltaic industry live without it?
Some economists charge that the U.S. government is lowballing the cost of greenhouse gases in new regulations
Editor's Note: Scientific American's George Musser will be chronicling his experiences installing solar panels in Solar at Home (formerly 60-Second Solar).
The first national regulations to cut greenhouse gas emissions aim to reduce fuel consumption in vehicles
In the drive to devise more efficient and durable batteries, one promising option uses carbon nanotubes, which not only can store far more electricity by weight than lithium ion batteries but also retain their charge for a much longer time...
Advanced transmissions, efficient engines and some smaller cars represent one strategy that would help an automaker meet the nation's first-ever greenhouse gas standard
Sometimes the pursuit of a great discovery is its own reward
Ford Motor Co. was in New York City on Tuesday (in anticipation of the upcoming International Auto Show that starts later this week) to show off its first attempt to go gas-free—the Transit Connect Electric. Scientific American went for a spin in the all-electric compact van (about the size of a minivan but with much more headroom) on the rain-slicked streets of New York to get some idea of what the vehicle looks, sounds and feels like...
In 1983, a Columbia University undergraduate named Barack Obama wrote an article, “Breaking the War Mentality,” for the school publication Sundial.
Although Americans are now recycling much of their discarded plastic, they may have to search for venues that accept durable items, such as ski boots, because many municipalities still do not accept articles made of hard plastic...
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?
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