Tag Archives: power grid

Feeding the electric cars of the future

Impact: Clean Transportation    February 2, 2010
There’s an interesting article in The Economist this week, “Running out of juice” that raises the issue (for the U.S. specifically, and by implication the world in general) of not having enough energy infrastructure to recharge all the vehicle batteries expected in the ‘green revolution’. If we’re really going electric in the near future (that’s [...]
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Superconducting transformers for the grid

News: Alternative Energy    January 31, 2010
Superconductivity (the ability to conduct electricity without loss of energy – no resistance) is still one of those relatively mysterious properties of some materials that scientists continually test. Some try to find new superconducting materials. Some research materials that become superconducting at higher temperatures (most materials need to be cooled to nearly absolute zero). Others [...]
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Also tracking: Science and tech disappointments

Impact: General    January 13, 2010
Turning the year to a new decade is bound to produce a wide variety of retrospectives. Lists are always popular. I came across an interesting list the other day at the Scientific American site: 10 Science Letdowns of the New Millennium by Katherine Harmon. The original is presented as a slide show. Why, I’m not [...]
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