| May 9, 2012 |
Sewage Power
- Microbial fuel cells, which clean wastewater and generate electricity, are getting closer to practicality.
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| May 4, 2012 |
Techno Animal Roundup
- Researchers are breeding specialized fish that glow when exposed to industrial pollutants.
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| February 18, 2012 |
Podcast for 18 February 2012
- AAAS 2012 ANNUAL MEETING SPECIAL - This week, we're coming to you from Vancouver, British Columbia, where scientists are gathering to tackle issues or global importance, such as how to boost crop productivity to feed a growing population, and making cookstoves safer for the world's poor. Also: video games to combat cataracts, and ultra-thin electronics printed with silver ink.
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| February 17, 2012 |
Safer Cookstoves
- Cleaner cookstoves could save millions of lives and slow global warming.
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| January 27, 2012 |
Light Roundup
- The sunflower’s spirals inspire new solar power plant design.
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| December 2, 2011 |
Energy Technology Roundup
- Researchers unveil new designs for longer-life batteries.
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| October 26, 2011 |
Anti-Magnets
- Scientists have designed a theoretical anti-magnet. If it works in practice, it could have profound effects on both medicine and industry.
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| October 14, 2011 |
Environment Roundup
- There's good news about both sea turtles and solar energy.
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| August 24, 2011 |
Electric Dolphins
- One dolphin species hunts by detecting the electricity given off by its prey.
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| August 17, 2011 |
Nuclear Reactor Robots
- Robots offer a safer way to inspect nuclear reactors for defects.
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| July 6, 2011 |
Waste Heat Cooling
- A prototype cooling system runs on waste heat from car exhaust.
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| April 29, 2011 |
Toxin Filters Roundup
- In the event of a nuclear accident, a new filter made of natural materials could treat water contaminated with radioactive iodine.
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| February 21, 2011 |
Storing the Wind
- The Department of Energy is developing new ways to store energy.
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| February 20, 2011 |
Podcast for 20 February 2011
- ANNUAL MEETING SPECIAL: The new science of aeroecology, deconstructing taste preferences, new ways to store energy, and 3-D printers that could one day produce replacement organs.
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| February 11, 2011 |
Cow Reactors Roundup
- A new study of the bacteria in cow's stomachs could help boost the production of biofuels.
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| January 20, 2011 |
Solar Wasps
- Wasps that harvest the sun's rays could inspire solar cell design.
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| January 7, 2011 |
Podcast
- NATURE OF INVENTION: Sea urchin teeth could inspire new nano-materials, and hornet stripes could lead to better solar technology. Also: automatic transmissions could revolutionize electric wheelchairs, and there's new research on the genetics of hair color and male pattern baldness.
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| November 18, 2010 |
Wasted Food Energy
- Reducing food waste could translate into big energy savings.
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| October 22, 2010 |
Energy Roundup
- A new nano-coating for thermoelectric materials could make generating electricity from heat much more efficient.
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| October 8, 2010 |
Podcast
- SPACE UPDATE: NASA prepares to launch a human-like robot into space, engineers are designing a more efficient system for launching payloads into orbit, why microwaves aren't as dangerous as some people think, and the physics behind the color of clouds.
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| September 29, 2010 |
Microwaves
- Some people think microwave ovens and cell phones are dangerous, but their fears are not backed up by science.
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| September 8, 2010 |
Motor Oil
- A listener asks what the numbers on a bottle of motor oil mean.
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| June 30, 2010 |
Sharkskin Paint
- A paint modeled on sharkskin could reduce drag on aircraft and save fuel.
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| June 9, 2010 |
Hydrogen Catalyst
- A new molecular catalyst may make clean hydrogen power economically viable.
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| June 4, 2010 |
Podcast
- TECHNOLOGY UPDATE: Ecologically-friendly plastic, a cleaner way to produce hydrogen fuel, cell phone air sensors, the perils of spaceflight, the ethical implications of synthetic life, and more.
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| May 20, 2010 |
Air Pollution & Pregnancy
- Exposing pregnant women to a common air pollutant may impact their children's intelligence.
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| May 7, 2010 |
Biofuels Roundup
- Researchers look into novel new biofuel sources.
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| March 5, 2010 |
Podcast
- TECHNOLOGY REPORT: Lung-powered batteries, a spider-inspired water-repellent, art-restoring lasers, the health risks of polycarbonate plastics, and more.
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| February 24, 2010 |
Energy Textiles
- A new technique turns textiles into batteries.
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| January 8, 2010 |
Podcast
- Mountaintop removal mining's devastating effects on the environment, ancient Martian lakes, an herbal disappointment, fish that punish cheaters, and reading and writing in the brain.
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| October 16, 2009 |
Podcast
- Debunking 2012 doomsday hype, developing a better rocket fuel, vegetarian spiders, and the genetics of aggression in Africanized bees.
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| September 18, 2009 |
Tech Power Roundup
- Powering devices through the air.
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| September 15, 2009 |
Geobacter
- A microbe generates electricity from mud.
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| August 14, 2009 |
Chicken Feather Roundup
- Chicken feathers could provide an efficient new way to store hydrogen fuel.
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| August 13, 2009 |
Improving Geothermal
- Chemical innovations could make geothermal power a bigger player in alternative energy.
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| July 16, 2009 |
Rammed Earth
- The right amount of water can make a green building material super-sturdy.
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| June 12, 2009 |
Podcast
- NEWS FROM SPACE: Mercury's mystery side unveiled, to be or not to be a supernova, and the environmental considerations of expanding space exploration.
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| May 27, 2009 |
Compact Fluorescent Lightbulbs
- The amount of mercury in a CFL bulb does not pose much of an environmental hazard.
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| May 6, 2009 |
Rockets & Ozone
- Possible increases in rocket launches could affect the Earth's protective ozone layer.
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| March 31, 2009 |
Server Naps
- Programming big computer servers to shut on and off in fractions of a second could save huge amounts of power.
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| March 27, 2009 |
Podcast
- How sleep affects your long-term memory, nap-time for computers saves energy and how we smell fear in people - literally.
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| February 23, 2009 |
Storing Wind Energy
- Engineers have developed a new way to make wind power more reliable.
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| January 16, 2009 |
Caffeinated Fuel
- In the future, cars could fuel up with coffee grounds.
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| January 13, 2009 |
Global Warming
- A listener asks: If it's so cold outside this winter, how can we be experiencing global warming?
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| January 12, 2009 |
Little Ice Age
- Widespread disease epidemics in the Americas may have set off a period of global cooling in the past.
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| January 2, 2009 |
Tech Energy Roundup
- Portable electronic devices could soon be charged by vibrations from your own body.
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Podcast
- CLIMATE CHANGE: A listener asks: How can it be "global warming" when it's so cold outside? And the chilling effects of deadly disease on the climate of the past.
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| November 14, 2008 |
Podcast
- TECHNOLOGY UPDATE: Could sunscreens be more than skin deep? Why headphones and pacemakers don't mix and a new use for electric cars.
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| October 28, 2008 |
Eel-ectricity
- Scientists make shocking discoveries about electric eels.
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| October 24, 2008 |
Podcast
- Learning from electric eels, the roots of ticklishness, the health benefits of web surfing and maternal vaccines that protect babies.
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