North Korea’s traditional bellicosity has intensified to new levels with its threatened nuclear war against the U.S. and South Korea. One expert explains why the North should be allowed to keep its nukes in exchange for peace...
The highly biodiverse country has rain forest, the Andes and the Galapagos Islands
The goal: Inexpensive hydrogen for fuel cells that power cars and homes
The magnitude 5.6 earthquake ramps up concerns over energy extraction methods
MIT engineers have invented a bubble-wrapped, sponge-like device that uses sunlight to boil water, even on relatively cool, overcast days.
Carbon dioxide emissions from natural gas–fired power plants will be 10 percent greater than emissions from coal-fired plants in 2016
Despite already low costs, the installed price of solar fell by 5 to 12 percent in 2015
But it wants rate payers to foot the $160 million bill
If scaled up, batches of bacteria could convert CO2 emissions into fuel, in a single step
The synthetic membrane from ExxonMobile would also avert 45 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions
Battery could pave the way for so-called transient power sources for scientific instruments or tools of espionage, researchers say
Innovation and discovery as chronicled in Scientific American
Perlan mission will surf stratospheric waves and conduct atmospheric research
Individuals offer their charging stations to the public, to fill gaps in commercial recharging networks
Just like desktops, laptops and smartphones, plugs to rapidly charge electric cars are not compatible across brands
The U.S. Energy Information Administration is now providing hourly electricity operating data online in near–real time
Researchers have developed a new variation of lithium–oxygen battery chemistry that could overcome previous shortcomings for this promising storage technology
Why “fast charge” when you can “flash charge”? In Geneva, an innovative charging system will soon allow electric buses on Line 23 to charge their batteries en route...
Reported in Scientific American, this Week in World War I: July 29, 1916
