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MIT News | Jun 12, 2013
"When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.”
A version of this quote, originally penned by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in “The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes,” appears in a dog-eared copy of “Advanced Mathematical Methods for...
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MIT Tech Review | May 30, 2013
Last week, the new U.S. secretary of energy, Ernest Moniz, pledged to continue his predecessor’s work in making the Department of Energy a “center of innovation,” while also highlighting projects he thought deserved more attention. Near the top of his list is a renewed emphasis on carbon dioxide...
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Quartz | May 24, 2013
By: Steve LeVine
Environmental websites are buzzing that China, the world’s biggest emitter...
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MIT News | May 09, 2013
Cirrus clouds form around mineral dust and metallic particles, study finds.
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National Journal | May 09, 2013
By Coral Davenport
Kerry Emanuel registered as a Republican as soon he turned 18, in 1973. The...
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The Atlantic | Apr 29, 2013
By Charles C. Mann
New technology and a little-known energy source suggest that fossil fuels may not be finite. This would be a miracle—and a nightmare.
As the great research ship Chikyu left Shimizu in January to mine the explosive ice...
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American Chemical Society | Apr 23, 2013
Cooling Down Climate Change, While Heating Up Grocery Bills: ES&T's Top Policy Analysis Article 2012
By: Janet Pelley March 28, 2013
By 2100, the world population will...
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Christian Science Monitor | Apr 22, 2013
Most efforts to address carbon emissions focus on preventing them from entering the atmosphere in the first place. But how to get rid of CO2 already there? Start-ups are developing prototype air-capture systems.