A New Logic Prototype Chip Based on Bayesian Probability
A probability-based processor may speed up flash memory, and eventually much more. A computer chip that performs calculations using probabilities, instead of binary logic, could...
2011 Ford Explorer Goes Green
Ford Explorer goes green
The 2011 Ford Explorer is 85 percent recyclable. The reinvented SUV leverages Ford's industry-leading use of bio foam and recycled fabric...
Toyota City Low-Carbon Verification Project Begins
Toyota City , Japan, August, 2010—Toyota City and 19 private-sector enterprises (listed below) established the Toyota City Low-Carbon Society Verification Promotion Council (Chairman:...
Silk Technology Offers Solutions for Medicine and Electronics
An ancient fiber could soon be spun into cutting edge technology. Recent discoveries and new processing techniques have shown that silk can offer innovative...
Invisibility Cloak Made of Glass
Could you imagine that a scientist at Michigan Technological University would be serious about building a working invisibility cloak? I suppose no, but that’s...
Carbon sequestration: Boon or burden
The idea to sequester carbon is gaining support as a way to avoid global warming. For example, the European Union plans to invest billions...
Climate change scientists turn up the heat in Alaska
Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory are planning a large-scale, long-term ecosystem experiment to test the effects of global warming...
Americans Still Believe in Global Warming
According to a new survey by researchers at the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University, three out of four Americans believe that...