Humans pour billions of tons of carbon into the air every year.
To find someplace besides the atmosphere to put it, scientists
are studying the geology
of the Texas Gulf Coast.
Some communities of wild microbes thrive where nothing else
can live. They could help us clean up the environment, but until
now it has been almost impossible to sequence
their genomes.
The New York Times Company is building a transparent Manhattan
headquarters building 52 stories tall, to let
the sun shine in and save electricity.
Using energy mostly means burning fuel, but we know surprisingly
little about basic combustion. A new computing solution simulates
flames with remarkable success.
Building a better battery may be the key to energy-saving vehicles.
The first step is testing
experimental battery materials from labs around the world.
February
17, 2004
