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Carbon capture and storage: A shiny new pipe dream
May 10th 2012, 3:06 from Print edition
Capturing the carbon dioxide from power stations is not hard. But it is expensive. A new project in Norway aims to make it cheaper(33)
Optoelectronics: Graphene shows its colours
May 10th 2012, 3:06 from Print edition
A much-vaunted new material may change telecommunications(10)
Solar power in India: Waiting for the sun
Apr 26th 2012, 3:02 from Print edition
Is the sun the answer to India’s energy problems?(105)
DNA computing: Computing with soup
Mar 1st 2012, 4:00 from Print edition
Molecular computing: DNA is sometimes called the software of life. Now it is being used to build computers that can run inside cells(4)
Excessive regulation: Tangled up in green tape
Feb 16th 2012, 3:59 from Print edition
The EPA, Congress, activists, the courts and power companies themselves all share the blame for the chaotic nature of environmental regulation in America(166)
Energy in India: The future is black
Jan 19th 2012, 4:07 from Print edition
Power is essential for India’s long-term growth. But electricity is unlikely to flow fast enough(71)
The semiconductor industry: Space invaders
Jan 5th 2012, 4:00 from Print edition
America’s Intel and Britain’s ARM have long dominated different bits of the global chip market. Now each is attacking the other’s stronghold(20)
Avionics: Mythology at 10,000 metres
Dec 27th 2011, 7:50 from Babbage
The risk of personal electronics to interfere with airplane avionics is not speculation—it is a myth(45)
Tablet computers: Difference Engine: The iPad's third coming
Dec 2nd 2011, 10:55 from Babbage
The iPad 3 is coming, but not in time for the holiday season(91)
Cooling chips: Pumping ions
Nov 30th 2011, 11:35 from Babbage
Researchers at IBM want to cool the next generation of chips with liquid - and provide them with power in the same way(7)
Carbon capture and storage: What's in store
Nov 10th 2011, 2:16 from Blighty
A new alliance is a tiny step forwards for carbon capture and storage(7)
Tackling climate change: Deep storage
Nov 9th 2011, 8:33 from Print edition
Carbon capture remains a good idea, but not much more(20)
Fusion power: Next ITERation?
Aug 31st 2011, 5:32 from Print edition
Generating electricity by nuclear fusion has long looked like a chimera. A reactor being built in Germany may change that(35)
Transistors: Plugging the leaks
Aug 17th 2011, 7:17 from Print edition
As physical limits bite, electronic engineers must build ever cleverer transistors(6)
Tech clusters: How the West was won
Aug 4th 2011, 9:31 from Print edition
Inmos, Picochip, Icera and their founders: the evolution of a tech cluster(2)
New transistors: Mechanical advantage
Jul 14th 2011, 11:01 from Print edition
Two new types of transistor may lead to simpler, more efficient computers(10)
Difference engine: Nikola Tesla's revenge
Jun 2nd 2011, 11:04 from Print edition
Transport: The car industry’s effort to reduce its dependence on rare-earth elements has prompted a revival in the fortunes of an old-fashioned sort of electric motor(10)
Environmentalism under fire: Soaring emissions
Jun 2nd 2011, 11:04 from Print edition
The rhetoric about environmental controls killing jobs is getting louder and louder(39)
Computer processors: The Difference Engine: Intel left outside
May 13th 2011, 5:05 from Babbage
Despite its clever processor chips, Intel has failed to crack the mobile market(17)
High-tech warfare: Something wrong with our **** chips today
Apr 7th 2011, 10:58 from Print edition
Kill switches are changing the conduct and politics of war(20)
Technology monitor: Your flexible friend
Apr 5th 2011, 9:18 from Babbage
Plastic computer chips take a step forward(7)
Japan: After the earthquake
Mar 22nd 2011, 9:25 from Cities Omnibus
Scenes from the devastation(0)
Stretchable electronics: A shapely future for circuits
Mar 10th 2011, 10:55 from Print edition
Electronics: Flexible circuits that can bend and stretch with their surroundings could have a wide range of uses(2)
The coal boom: Burning ambitions
Jan 27th 2011, 10:58 from Print edition
What is good news for miners is bad news for the environment(30)
China's coal: Central planning takes a black eye
Jan 24th 2011, 7:45 from Banyan
Price controls disrupt China’s power industry(31)