Saving Holland
With much of its land already below sea level, the Netherlands is charting a course around the ominous trends of climate change.
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David Talbot
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I’m MIT Technology Review's chief correspondent, keeping an eye most often on the world of information and communication technologies—and asking my kids when I don’t understand what’s going on. Recent projects have taken me to Kenya to write about mobile-phone-based health initiatives, and Germany to explore how they’ll ramp up renewable power while closing down nuclear plants. My 2008 feature on the Obama campaign’s social-networking operation was selected for The Best Technology Writing 2009.
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All-Day Solar Cells
New photovoltaics get better performance throughout the day.
A More Robust Grid for Manhattan
Superconducting cables could make power-grid infrastructure more secure.
Planning for a Climate-Changed World
As the global picture grows grimmer, states and cities are searching for the fine-scale predictions they need to prepare for emergencies--and to keep the faucets running.
Coal Reality Check
MIT report suggests locations to sequester carbon dioxide.
Solar Cells That Work All Day
On the surface of a new photovoltaic prototype, microscopic nanotube towers perform best when they catch light on their sides.
TR10: Nanocharging Solar
Arthur Nozik believes quantum-dot solar power could boost output in cheap photovoltaics.
Hell and Hydrogen
No matter how well they're engineered, hydrogen cars offer no real answer to the imminent threats posed by global warming.
Fuel Cell for Coal
GE's solid-oxide cell could be an energy breakthrough
Using Wind to Extract Fresh Water
A research project involving GE and Texas Tech plans to use wind turbines to run desalination plants.
