EngineeringFebruary 17, 2017
Italian Armaments Technology, 1917
Reported in Scientific American, this Week in World War I: February 17, 1917.
Engineering
EngineeringFebruary 16, 2017
Heat Sensor Has Snaky Sensitivity
Researchers have developed a heat sensor that can detect temperature changes of just ten thousandths of a degree Celsius—comparable with the sensitivity of pit vipers. Christopher Intagliata reports.
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EngineeringFebruary 14, 2017
North Korea's Missile Threats to the U.S. May Not Be Empty for Long
North Korea has always talked the talk, and now it seems to be walking the walk as never before
EngineeringFebruary 14, 2017
Cool Coating Chills in Sunlight
A thin film coating can chill a vat of water to 15 degress Fahrenheit cooler than its surroundings, by absorbing—and then emitting—the sun's infrared rays. Christopher Intagliata reports.
EngineeringFebruary 10, 2017
An Inside Look at a Propaganda Submarine, 1917
Reported in Scientific American, this Week in World War I: February 10, 1917
EnvironmentFebruary 9, 2017
Drilling Resumes on the Dakota Access Pipeline
Legal experts have said the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe faces long odds in convincing courts to halt work on the pipeline
EngineeringFebruary 3, 2017
American Submarine Technology for Spain, 1917
Reported in Scientific American, this Week in World War I: February 3, 1917
TechnologyFebruary 2, 2017
“Escape Room” Game Challenges Physics-Phobes to Face Their Fear
A quantum leap in problem-solving is the only way out of a university’s new LabEscape scenario game
EngineeringFebruary 1, 2017
The Grand Face of Public Architecture, 1867 [Slide Show]
Images from the Archive of Scientific American
EngineeringFebruary 1, 2017
1967: Gene Therapy Might Cure Many Illnesses; 1867: The Grandeur of Public Architecture
Innovation and discovery as chronicled in Scientific American
EngineeringFebruary 1, 2017
A New Antarctic-Proof Greenhouse Heads South to Polar Scientists
EngineeringJanuary 30, 2017
Aquatic Robot Braves Volcanoes and Typhoons to Detect Tsunamis
A drone will circle the world’s newest volcanic island, near Japan, to warn of devastating waves