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IEEE Spectrum
April 9, 2008
Prachi Patel-Predd |
Antineutrino Detector Could Spot Atom Bomb Cheats A new type of detector that researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), and Sandia National Laboratories, recently tested detects particles known as antineutrinos that fly out of the reactor. The device can help in monitoring nuclear reactors.   |
Popular Mechanics
April 8, 2008
Virginia Hughes |
5 High-Tech Firefighting Tools Headed for the Front Lines ATV-mounted power torch... Firewatch helicopters... Psychic software... Flying fire watchers... The concrete pounder... |
Popular Mechanics
April 4, 2008
Ben Stewart |
GM Testing Volt's Battery, iPhone-like Dash on Track to 2010 Although still not quite set for prime time, it's easy to get excited about the Volt -- which could be America's first production plug-in hybrid vehicle. GM is now testing two batteries in what amounts to a horse race for the future of driving. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2008
John Boyd |
Electromagnetic Link Deep in the Earth Varies the Length of the Day Scientists find that 2600 kilometers down, the Earth is electrically conductive. The mineral responsible could point the way to new superconductors. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2008
Morgen E. Peck |
A Brainy Approach to Image Sorting DARPA project reads the brain waves of image analysts to speed up intelligence triage. |
AskMen.com
Jacob Franek |
5 Things You Didn't Know: Nanotechnology What began in the early '80s as a simple topic of conversation at physicists' cocktail parties is now being realized in a sweeping movement that is going largely unnoticed. |
Popular Mechanics
May 2008
Mark Wolverton |
Efficient Centrifuge Enriches Nuclear Power Future: How It Works A look at how nuclear power may be the most prospective solution to the energy crisis. |
Popular Mechanics
April 1, 2008
Chris Ladd |
Nano Tanks Could Store Hydrogen in Microscopic 'Soccer Balls' While hydrogen gas and fuel cells remain far-off realities for solving the fuel crunch, new computer models of interlocked carbon chambers have proven to store hydrogen at similar pressures to the cores of huge planets. |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2008
Samuel K. Moore |
Risk Analysis Finds Nuclear Deterrence Wanting Engineering risk-analysis methods applied to the Cold War years point to a continuing threat, says Stanford professor |
IEEE Spectrum
April 2008
Peter Fairley |
Solar-Cell Squabble Organic photovoltaics could be dirt cheap, but their efficiency is in dispute |
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