Ocean Power Fights Current Thinking
Corporations are readying the launch pf commercial ventures to generate power using ocean waves. Now, they hope the federal government will also get involved.
Energy
Ending the Grid Lock
Grid computing has long found a following in academia, the financial industry and pharmaceutical enterprises, but other industries have been slow to follow. Until now.
Engineering Climate
How technology can help the planet.
The Protein Grid
Cracking the human genome was just the beginning. Using two major community computing grids, researchers are taking a distributed approach to mapping the structure of human proteins.
The End of Oil?
There are good signs that worldwide oil production is declining. Best hold on tight.
Letters
We received an energetic response to our December story on nuclear waste.
And More...
Short items of interest.
Making New Energy Sources An Easier 'Cell'
A Mountain View company hopes to make fuel cells more efficient by creating a better electricity conductor, which could mean longer running, battery-powered consumer devices.
In the Middle of Iraq, it's Gaming, Gaming, Gaming for the American Military
The generation brought up on video games has taken their chosen entertainment with them as they do real battle overseas.
Farm Scene
Farmers wonder about their future as technology increasingly takes over their tasks.
